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To say The Age of Consent is a great album of dance-oriented synth-pop music is to sell it extremely short; this is simply a great album, period. Jimmy Somerville's soaring tenor may take some getting used to, but the songs, many of them dealing with homophobia and alienation (none more eloquently than "Smalltown Boy"), are compelling vignettes about the vagaries of life as a gay man. Cynics predisposed to dismissing entire genres of music based on trendiness or a limited appeal ("dance music is for dancing, not listening") miss the point in lumping this in with more mindless forays into techno or neo-disco. As the Pet Shop Boys (the world's greatest disco band) proved a few years later, you can have substantive content and wrap it up in a compelling, visceral, dance-oriented package. Few bands understood this better, or earlier, than Bronski Beat.
© John Dougan /TiVo
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Larry Steinbachek, Composer, Writer - Mike Thorne, Production - Steven Bronski, Composer, Writer - Bronski Beat, Composer, MainArtist - Jimmy Somerville, Composer, Writer - Steve Bronski, Composer - Richard Coles, Composer - Jimmy Somerville with Bronski Beat, Composer
© 1996 London Records Ltd ℗ 1984 London Music Stream Ltd. LC77554
Larry Steinbachek, Composer - George Gershwin, Composer - Dorothy Heyward, Composer - Dubose Heyward, Composer - Mike Thorne, Production - I. GERSHWIN, Composer - Bronski Beat, MainArtist - Steve Bronski, Composer - Jimmy Somerville with Bronski Beat, Composer
© 1996 London Records Ltd ℗ 1984 London Music Stream Ltd. LC77554
Larry Steinbachek, Composer, Writer - Lawrence Cole, Composer - Mike Thorne, Production - Steven Bronski, Composer - Bronski Beat, MainArtist - Jimmy Somerville, Composer, Writer - Steve Bronski, Composer, Writer
© 1996 London Records Ltd ℗ 1984 London Music Stream Ltd. LC77554
Larry Steinbachek, Composer, Writer - Lawrence Cole, Composer - Mike Thorne, Production - Bronski Beat, MainArtist - Jimmy Somerville, Composer, Writer - Steve Bronski, Composer, Writer - Jimmy Somerville with Bronski Beat, Composer
© 1996 London Records Ltd ℗ 1984 London Music Stream Ltd. LC77554
Larry Steinbachek, Composer, Writer - Lawrence Cole, Composer - Mike Thorne, Production - Bronski Beat, MainArtist - Jimmy Somerville, Composer, Writer - Steve Bronski, Composer, Writer
© 1996 London Records Ltd ℗ 1984 London Music Stream Ltd. LC77554
Larry Steinbachek, Composer, Writer - Lawrence Cole, Composer - Mike Thorne, Production - Steven Bronski, Composer, Writer - Jimmy Sommerville, Composer - Bronski Beat, Composer, MainArtist - Jimmy Somerville, Composer, Writer - Steve Bronski, Composer - Jimmy Somerville with Bronski Beat, Composer
© 1996 London Records Ltd ℗ 1984 London Music Stream Ltd. LC77554
Larry Steinbachek, Composer, Writer - Bronski, Composer - Lawrence Cole, Composer - Mike Thorne, Production - Cole, Composer - Somerville, Composer - Bronski Beat, Composer, MainArtist - Jimmy Somerville, Composer, Writer - Steve Bronski, Composer, Writer - Jimmy Somerville with Bronski Beat, Composer
© 1996 London Records Ltd ℗ 1984 London Music Stream Ltd. LC77554
Larry Steinbachek, Composer, Writer - Bronski, Composer - Mike Thorne, Production - Cole, Composer - Somerville, Composer - Bronski Beat, Composer, MainArtist - Jimmy Somerville, Composer, Writer - Steve Bronski, Composer, Writer - Jimmy Somerville with Bronski Beat, Composer
© 1996 London Records Ltd ℗ 1984 London Music Stream Ltd. LC77554
Larry Steinbachek, Composer, Writer - Lawrence Cole, Composer - Mike Thorne, Production - Bronski Beat, MainArtist - Jimmy Somerville, Composer, Writer - Steve Bronski, Composer, Writer
© 1996 London Records Ltd ℗ 1984 London Music Stream Ltd. LC77554
Larry Steinbachek, Composer - Pete Bellotte, Composer - Giorgio Moroder, Composer, Writer - Mike Thorne, Production - Bronski Beat, MainArtist - Steve Bronski, Composer - Donna Summer, Composer, Writer - Geoffrey Goddard, Composer, Writer - Peter Bellotte, Writer - Jimmy Somerville with Bronski Beat, Composer
© 1996 London Records Ltd ℗ 1984 London Music Stream Ltd. LC77554
Mike Thorne, Production - Bronski Beat, Performance, MainArtist - Bellotte, Composer - Moroder, Composer - summer, Composer - Marc Almond, Performance
© 1996 London Records Ltd ℗ 1984 London Music Stream Ltd. LC77554
Bronski, Composer - Mike Thorne, Production - Cole, Composer - Somerville, Composer - Bronski Beat, Composer, MainArtist
© 1996 London Records Ltd ℗ 1984 London Music Stream Ltd. LC77554
Bronski, Composer - Mike Thorne, Production - Cole, Composer - Somerville, Composer - Bronski Beat, Composer, MainArtist
© 1996 London Records Ltd ℗ 1984 London Music Stream Ltd. LC77554
Bronski, Composer - Lawrence Cole, Composer - Mike Thorne, Production - Somerville, Composer - Steinbachek, Composer - Bronski Beat, MainArtist - Jimmy Somerville, Composer - Steve Bronski, Composer - Harvey Goldberg, Mixer - Pete Griffiths, Recorded by
© 1996 London Records Ltd ℗ 1984 London Music Stream Ltd. LC77554
Bronski, Composer - Lawrence Cole, Composer - Mike Thorne, Production - Cole, Composer - Somerville, Composer - Bronski Beat, MainArtist - Jimmy Somerville, Composer - Steve Bronski, Composer
© 1996 London Records Ltd ℗ 1984 London Music Stream Ltd. LC77554
Larry Steinbachek, Composer, Writer - Bronski, Composer - Lawrence Cole, Composer - Mike Thorne, Production - Cole, Composer - Somerville, Composer - Bronski Beat, Composer, MainArtist - Jimmy Somerville, Composer, Writer - Steve Bronski, Composer, Writer - Jimmy Somerville with Bronski Beat, Composer
© 1996 London Records Ltd ℗ 1984 London Music Stream Ltd. LC77554
Album review
To say The Age of Consent is a great album of dance-oriented synth-pop music is to sell it extremely short; this is simply a great album, period. Jimmy Somerville's soaring tenor may take some getting used to, but the songs, many of them dealing with homophobia and alienation (none more eloquently than "Smalltown Boy"), are compelling vignettes about the vagaries of life as a gay man. Cynics predisposed to dismissing entire genres of music based on trendiness or a limited appeal ("dance music is for dancing, not listening") miss the point in lumping this in with more mindless forays into techno or neo-disco. As the Pet Shop Boys (the world's greatest disco band) proved a few years later, you can have substantive content and wrap it up in a compelling, visceral, dance-oriented package. Few bands understood this better, or earlier, than Bronski Beat.
© John Dougan /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 01:19:46
- Main artists: Bronski Beat
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: London Music Stream
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1996 London Records Ltd ℗ 1996 London Records Ltd
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