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Three tracks into Adieu, Sweet Bahnhof and it's starting to sound as though the headway made by the Nits on the previous year's Omsk and Kilo was all for naught. "Woman Cactus," "Silly Fool," and "Think It Over" are catchy synth pop at best, yet for the most part charmless, dated, and disposable. Then, frustratingly, comes a triple whammy of three of their most memorable songs. Legend has it that Stars on 45 producer Jaap Eggermont pushed the band into adopting a more commercial approach on Adieu, Sweet Bahnhof, although he is only credited as engineer. Yet that at least would explain the blitzkrieg of brittle pop pastiche that opens the album and the solid gold nuggets you have to rummage around for. "Mask," the first such nugget, is another of those slow-burning ballads like "Dapper Street," on which Henk Hofstede summons his best Elvis Costello croon, bolstered by a satisfyingly abrasive brass section. The bandmembers were never happy with the recording, however, and reworked the song in a spellbinding new arrangement with the Amsterdam Saxophone Quartet for the 1989 live album Urk. In fact, reservations about the production extend to much of the album, which sounds muddy, drowned in reverb, and heavy on the analog synths. No amount of technical shortcomings could sabotage the title track, though. It's a delightfully wistful Parisian waltz with a refrain that still gets audiences joining in over 20 years later. Hofstede's "The Tender Trap" is the album's last classic, a widescreen vignette of romance gone wrong with a stately brass arrangement and an overarching melody. Though the album eventually fizzles out, there are still three more fine songs to come in the form of Robert Jan Stips' "Poor Man's Pound," Michiel Peters' "The Infant King," and Hofstede's "Vah Hollanda Seni Seni." This latter is a rare venture into the world of social comment for the Nits, with its depiction of racism as seen through the eyes of a Turkish immigrant girl.
© Christopher Evans /TiVo
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Nits, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Producer, Associated Performer, Producer - Robert Jan Stips, Keyboards - Henk Hofstede, Composer, Guitar, Keyboards, Lyricist - Jaap Eggermont, Engineer - Michiel Peters, Guitar, Keyboards - Rob Kloet, Drums - Esther Apituley, Violin
(P) 1984 Sony Music Entertainment (Holland) B.V.
Nits, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Producer, Associated Performer, Producer - Robert Jan Stips, Keyboards - M. Peters, Composer, Lyricist - Jaap Eggermont, Engineer - Henk Hofstede, Guitar, Keyboards - Michiel Peters, Guitar, Keyboards - Rob Kloet, Drums - Esther Apituley, Violin
(P) 1984 Sony Music Entertainment (Holland)
Nits, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Producer, Associated Performer, Producer - Robert Jan Stips, Composer, Keyboards, Lyricist - Jaap Eggermont, Engineer - Henk Hofstede, Guitar, Keyboards - Michiel Peters, Guitar, Keyboards - Rob Kloet, Drums - Esther Apituley, Violin
(P) 1984 Sony Music Entertainment (Holland) B.V.
Nits, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Producer, Associated Performer, Producer - Robert Jan Stips, Keyboards - Jaap Eggermont, Engineer - Henk Hofstede, Composer, Guitar, Keyboards, Lyricist - Michiel Peters, Guitar, Keyboards - Rob Kloet, Drums - Esther Apituley, Violin
(P) 1984 Sony Music Entertainment (Holland) B.V.
Nits, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Producer, Associated Performer, Producer - Robert Jan Stips, Keyboards - Henk Hofstede, Composer, Guitar, Keyboards, Lyricist - Jaap Eggermont, Engineer - Michiel Peters, Guitar, Keyboards - Rob Kloet, Drums - Esther Apituley, Violin
(P) 1984 Sony Music Entertainment (Holland) B.V.
Nits, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Producer, Associated Performer, Producer - Robert Jan Stips, Keyboards - Henk Hofstede, Composer, Guitar, Keyboards, Lyricist - Jaap Eggermont, Engineer - Michiel Peters, Guitar, Keyboards - Rob Kloet, Drums - Esther Apituley, Violin
(P) 1984 Sony Music Entertainment (Holland) B.V.
Nits, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Producer, Associated Performer, Producer - Robert Jan Stips, Keyboards - M. Peters, Composer, Lyricist - Jaap Eggermont, Engineer - Henk Hofstede, Guitar, Keyboards - Michiel Peters, Guitar, Keyboards - Rob Kloet, Drums - Esther Apituley, Violin
(P) 1984 Sony Music Entertainment (Holland) B.V.
Nits, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Producer, Associated Performer, Producer - Robert Jan Stips, Keyboards - Henk Hofstede, Composer, Guitar, Keyboards, Lyricist - Jaap Eggermont, Engineer - Michiel Peters, Guitar, Keyboards - Rob Kloet, Drums - Esther Apituley, Violin
(P) 1984 Sony Music Entertainment (Holland) B.V.
Nits, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Producer, Associated Performer, Producer - Robert Jan Stips, Keyboards - M. Peters, Composer, Lyricist - Jaap Eggermont, Engineer - Henk Hofstede, Guitar, Keyboards - Michiel Peters, Guitar, Keyboards - Rob Kloet, Drums - Esther Apituley, Violin
(P) 1984 Sony Music Entertainment (Holland) B.V.
Nits, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Producer, Associated Performer, Producer - Robert Jan Stips, Composer, Keyboards, Lyricist - Jaap Eggermont, Engineer - Henk Hofstede, Guitar, Keyboards - Michiel Peters, Guitar, Keyboards - Rob Kloet, Drums - Esther Apituley, Violin
(P) 1984 Sony Music Entertainment (Holland) B.V.
Nits, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Producer, Associated Performer, Producer - Robert Jan Stips, Composer, Keyboards, Lyricist - Jaap Eggermont, Engineer - Henk Hofstede, Guitar, Keyboards - Michiel Peters, Guitar, Keyboards - Rob Kloet, Drums - Esther Apituley, Violin
(P) 1984 Sony Music Entertainment (Holland) B.V.
Nits, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Producer, Associated Performer, Producer - Robert Jan Stips, Keyboards - M. Peters, Composer, Lyricist - Jaap Eggermont, Engineer - Henk Hofstede, Guitar, Keyboards - Michiel Peters, Guitar, Keyboards - Rob Kloet, Drums - Esther Apituley, Violin
(P) 1984 Sony Music Entertainment (Holland) B.V.
Nits, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Producer, Associated Performer, Producer - Robert Jan Stips, Keyboards - Henk Hofstede, Composer, Guitar, Keyboards, Lyricist - Jaap Eggermont, Engineer - M. Peters, Composer, Lyricist - Michiel Peters, Guitar, Keyboards - Rob Kloet, Drums - Esther Apituley, Violin
(P) 1984 Sony Music Entertainment (Holland) B.V.
Chronique
Three tracks into Adieu, Sweet Bahnhof and it's starting to sound as though the headway made by the Nits on the previous year's Omsk and Kilo was all for naught. "Woman Cactus," "Silly Fool," and "Think It Over" are catchy synth pop at best, yet for the most part charmless, dated, and disposable. Then, frustratingly, comes a triple whammy of three of their most memorable songs. Legend has it that Stars on 45 producer Jaap Eggermont pushed the band into adopting a more commercial approach on Adieu, Sweet Bahnhof, although he is only credited as engineer. Yet that at least would explain the blitzkrieg of brittle pop pastiche that opens the album and the solid gold nuggets you have to rummage around for. "Mask," the first such nugget, is another of those slow-burning ballads like "Dapper Street," on which Henk Hofstede summons his best Elvis Costello croon, bolstered by a satisfyingly abrasive brass section. The bandmembers were never happy with the recording, however, and reworked the song in a spellbinding new arrangement with the Amsterdam Saxophone Quartet for the 1989 live album Urk. In fact, reservations about the production extend to much of the album, which sounds muddy, drowned in reverb, and heavy on the analog synths. No amount of technical shortcomings could sabotage the title track, though. It's a delightfully wistful Parisian waltz with a refrain that still gets audiences joining in over 20 years later. Hofstede's "The Tender Trap" is the album's last classic, a widescreen vignette of romance gone wrong with a stately brass arrangement and an overarching melody. Though the album eventually fizzles out, there are still three more fine songs to come in the form of Robert Jan Stips' "Poor Man's Pound," Michiel Peters' "The Infant King," and Hofstede's "Vah Hollanda Seni Seni." This latter is a rare venture into the world of social comment for the Nits, with its depiction of racism as seen through the eyes of a Turkish immigrant girl.
© Christopher Evans /TiVo
À propos
- 1 disque(s) - 13 piste(s)
- Durée totale : 00:49:21
- Artistes principaux : Nits
- Compositeur : Various Composers
- Maison de disque : Columbia
- Genre : Pop/Rock Pop
(P) 1984 / 1985 Sony Music Entertainment (Holland) B.V.
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