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Theoretically, this should be a note-perfect example of commercial '80s pop music at its best. But it isn't. Half of this album is actually pretty great, though -- particularly the early Bananarama hits. The Fun Boy Three-produced "He Was Really Sayin' Something" throws that band's quirky avant-funk underneath the threesome's harmonizing; the cover of "Aie A Mwana" shows off some slightly unexpected Afrobeat chops over a brisk arrangement; while "Shy Boy" takes a more mainstream approach, but without losing its understated sass. The American hits "Robert De Niro's Waiting" and "Cruel Summer" show how the trio could balance chart aspirations with atypical singing or subject matter. When it comes to the multi-national smashes produced by Stock, Aitken & Waterman, though, it's not quite a case of the emperor having no clothes as much as a case of SAW being a one-trick pony. The reworking of Shocking Blue's "Venus" was a well-deserved success, taking the off-kilter pop/rock of the original and giving it a sparkling dance undercarriage. "I Heard a Rumour" isn't bad either, with a catchy chorus and a similar synth sheen. Unfortunately, the rest of the SAW-overseen selections do both the band and producers a major disservice, all being pallid and boring revamps of those two songs. If they ever felt defensive about the critical slams they received, the fact remains that at this point in the band's career there wasn't much to shout about. A new version of the Beatles' "Help!" at least provided them with a song that was more distinct than most of the late-'80s hash they received, but it wasn't as compelling a reworking as the others.
© Ned Raggett /TiVo
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Robert Van Leeuwen, Composer, Writer - Bananarama, MainArtist
© 2017 London Records Ltd ℗ 1986 Warner Records 90 Ltd
Tony Swain, Composer - Stock Aitken Waterman, Composer, Producer - Bananarama, Vocals, MainArtist - Sarah Dallin, Composer - Keren Woodward, Composer
© 2017 London Records Ltd ℗ 1987 London Music Stream Ltd. LC77554
Woodward, Composer - Stock Aitken Waterman, Producer - Bananarama, Composer, MainArtist - Dallin, Composer - Fahey, Composer - Stock, Composer - Matt Aitken, Composer, Author - Pete Waterman, Composer - Mike Stock, Composer, Author - Sarah Dallin, Composer - Siobhan Fahey, Composer, Author - Aitken, Composer - Keren Woodward, Composer, Author - Peter Waterman, Composer, Author - Sara Dallin, Composer, Author
© 2017 London Records Ltd ℗ 1987 London Music Stream Ltd. LC77554
Bananarama, Composer, MainArtist - Matt Aitken, Composer - Pete Waterman, Composer - Mike Stock, Composer - Production: Stock, Aitken & Waterman, Producer - Sarah Dallin, Composer - Siobhan Fahey, Composer - Keren Woodward, Composer
© 2017 London Records Ltd ℗ 1987 London Music Stream Ltd. LC77554
Woodward, Composer - Bananarama, Composer, MainArtist - Dallin, Composer - Fahey, Composer - Matt Aitken, Composer - Pete Waterman, Composer - Mike Stock, Composer - Stock Aitken & Waterman, Production - Sarah Dallin, Composer - Siobhan Fahey, Composer - Keren Woodward, Composer
© 2017 London Records Ltd ℗ 1988 London Records Ltd.
Woodward, Composer - Bananarama, Composer, MainArtist - Dallin, Composer - Stock, Composer, Production - Production: Stock, Aitken & Waterman, Production - Aitken, Composer, Production - Waterman, Composer, Production - Mixed By: Dave Ford, Mixer, Remixer - O'Sullivan, Composer - Dave Ford, Mixer
© 2017 London Records Ltd ℗ 1988 Warner Records 90 Ltd
Kathy Wakefield, Composer - Leonard Caston, Composer - Wakefield, Composer - Bananarama, Composer, MainArtist - Stock Aitken & Waterman, Producer - Caston, Composer
© 2017 London Records Ltd ℗ 1987 London Records Ltd.
William Stevenson, Composer - Bananarama, Vocals, MainArtist - Eddie Holland, Composer - Norman Whitfield, Composer - Dave Jordan, Producer - Fun Boy Three, FeaturedArtist, With Vocals
© 2017 London Records Ltd ℗ 1983 London Music Stream Ltd. LC77554
Steve Jolley, Composer - Tony Swain, Composer - Bananarama, MainArtist - Tony Swain & Steve Jolley. Courtesy of Red Bus Records (Int) Ltd, Production
© 2017 London Records Ltd ℗ 1983 London Music Stream Ltd. LC77554
Steve Jolley, Composer, Author, Producer - Tony Swain, Composer, Author, Producer - Bananarama, Composer, MainArtist - Sarah Dallin, Composer - Siobhan Fahey, Composer, Author - Keren Woodward, Composer, Author - Tony Swain & Steve Jolley. Courtesy of Red Bus Records (Int) Ltd, Arranger - Sara Dallin, Composer, Author
© 2017 London Records Ltd ℗ 1984 London Records Ltd
Steve Jolley, Composer, Author, Producer - Tony Swain, Composer, Author, Producer - Bananarama, Vocals, MainArtist - Sarah Dallin, Composer - Siobhan Fahey, Composer, Author - Keren Woodward, Composer, Author - Sara Dallin, Author
© 2017 London Records Ltd ℗ 1984 London Music Stream Ltd. LC77554
James Young, Composer - Bananarama, FeaturedArtist, With Vocals - Sy Oliver, Composer - Fun Boy Three, Lead Vocals, MainArtist
© 2017 London Records Ltd ℗ 1982 Chrysalis Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Bananarama, Composer, MainArtist - Dale Frashuer, Writer - Gary De Carlo, Writer - Paul Leka, Writer - Leka, Composer - Frasheur, Composer - Tony Swain & Steve Jolley, Production - De Carlo, Composer
© 2017 London Records Ltd ℗ 1983 London Music Stream Ltd. LC77554
Woodward, Composer - Production: Tony Swain & Steve Jolley. Courtesy of Red Bus Records (Int) Ltd, Production - Bananarama, Composer, MainArtist - Dallin, Composer - Fahey, Composer - Jolley, Composer - Swain, Composer - Tony Swain & Steve Jolley. Courtesy of Red Bus Records (Int) Ltd, Production
© 2017 London Records Ltd ℗ 1984 Warner Records 90 Ltd
Steve Jolley, Composer, Author - Tony Swain, Composer, Author - Stock Aitken Waterman, Producer - Bananarama, MainArtist
© 2017 London Records Ltd ℗ 1986 Warner Records 90 Ltd
Bananarama, Composer, MainArtist - KLUGER, Composer, Writer - Produced by Little Paul Cook, Big John Martin & Sarah, Producer - Remixed by John Luongo, Remixer - VANGUARD, Composer, Writer
© 2017 London Records Ltd ℗ 1981 London Records Ltd
Tony Swain, Composer - Stock Aitken Waterman, Composer, Producer - Bananarama, Vocals, Featured Vocals, MainArtist - Sarah Dallin, Composer - Keren Woodward, Composer - Mike Duffy, Engineer
© 2017 London Records Ltd ℗ 1986 Warner Records 90 Ltd
Steve Jolley, Composer, Producer - Tony Swain, Composer, Producer - Bananarama, MainArtist
© 2017 London Records Ltd ℗ 1986 London Music Stream Ltd. LC77554
Woodward, Writer - Bananarama, Composer, MainArtist - Dallin, Writer - Fahey, Writer - Jolley, Writer - Swain, Writer - Tony Swain & Steve Jolley. Courtesy of Red Bus Records (Int) Ltd, Producer, Arranger
© 2017 London Records Ltd ℗ 1984 London Records Ltd.
Woodward, Composer - Bananarama, Composer, MainArtist - Dallin, Composer - Fahey, Composer - Jolley, Composer - Swain, Composer - Tony Swain & Steve Jolley. Courtesy of Red Bus Records (Int) Ltd, Arranger - Tony Swain & Steve Jolley courtesy of Red Bus Reco, Producer
© 2017 London Records Ltd ℗ 1984 London Records Ltd.
Sharpe, Writer - Woodward, Writer - Bananarama, Composer, MainArtist - Dallin, Writer - Fahey, Writer - Martin, Writer - Barry Blue for Blueytunes Ltd, Producer
© 2017 London Records Ltd ℗ 1983 London Music Stream Ltd. LC77554
DISCO 2
William Stevenson, Composer - Bananarama, MainArtist - Eddie Holland, Composer - Norman Whitfield, Composer - Dave Jordan, Producer - Fun Boy Three, FeaturedArtist, With Vocals
© 2017 London Records Ltd ℗ 1982 London Records Ltd
Steve Jolley, Composer - Tony Swain, Composer - Bananarama, MainArtist - Tony Swain & Steve Jolley. Courtesy of Red Bus Records (Int) Ltd, Production
© 2017 London Records Ltd ℗ 1983 London Records Ltd.
Bananarama, Composer, MainArtist - Dale Frashuer, Writer - Gary De Carlo, Writer - Paul Leka, Writer - Leka, Composer - Frasheur, Composer - Tony Swain & Steve Jolley, Production - De Carlo, Composer
© 2017 London Records Ltd ℗ 1983 London Music Stream Ltd. LC77554
Steve Jolley, Composer - Tony Swain, Composer - Bananarama, Composer, MainArtist - Sarah Dallin, Composer - Siobhan Fahey, Composer - Keren Woodward, Composer - Tony Swain & Steve Jolley. Courtesy of Red Bus Records (Int) Ltd, Arranger - Sara Dallin, Composer
© 2017 London Records Ltd ℗ 1984 London Music Stream Ltd. LC77554
Robert Van Leeuwen, Composer, Writer - Bananarama, Performance, MainArtist - Stock, Aitken & Waterman for PWL Productions, Production - Ian Levine, Remix
© 2017 London Records Ltd ℗ 1986 Warner Records 90 Ltd
Tony Swain, Composer - Stock Aitken Waterman, Composer - Bananarama, MainArtist - Stock Aitken & Waterman, Producer - Sarah Dallin, Composer - Keren Woodward, Composer
© 2017 London Records Ltd ℗ 1986 Warner Records 90 Ltd
Tony Swain, Composer - Stock Aitken Waterman, Composer - Bananarama, MainArtist - Stock, Production - Production: Stock, Aitken & Waterman, Production - Sarah Dallin, Composer - Aitken, Production - Keren Woodward, Composer - Waterman, Production
© 2017 London Records Ltd ℗ 1987 Warner Records 90 Ltd.
Woodward, Composer - Bananarama, Composer, Vocals, Featured Vocals, MainArtist - Dallin, Composer - Fahey, Composer - Stock, Composer - Matt Aitken, Composer - Pete Waterman, Composer - Mike Stock, Composer - Stock Aitken & Waterman, Production - Sarah Dallin, Composer - Siobhan Fahey, Composer - Aitken, Composer - Keren Woodward, Composer - Peter Waterman, Composer - Sara Dallin, Composer - The Euro Twins at PWL, Remixer
© 2017 London Records Ltd ℗ 1987 Warner Records 90 Ltd
Bananarama, Composer, Performed by, MainArtist - Stock, Production - Matt Aitken, Composer - Pete Waterman, Composer - Mike Stock, Composer - Production: Stock, Aitken & Waterman, Producer - Sarah Dallin, Composer - Siobhan Fahey, Composer - Aitken, Producer - Keren Woodward, Composer - Waterman, Production - Pete Hammond, RemixingEngineer
© 2017 London Records Ltd ℗ 1988 London Records 90 Ltd.
Kathy Wakefield, Composer - Leonard Caston, Composer - Wakefield, Composer - Bananarama, Composer, MainArtist - Stock Aitken & Waterman, Production - Caston, Composer
© 2017 London Records Ltd ℗ 2013 Warner Music UK Limited
Steve Jolley, Composer, Production - Tony Swain, Composer, Production - Production: Tony Swain & Steve Jolley. Courtesy of Red Bus Records (Int) Ltd, Production - Bananarama, MainArtist - Sarah Dallin, Composer - Siobhan Fahey, Composer - Keren Woodward, Composer
© 2017 London Records Ltd ℗ 1989 London Records 90 Ltd.
Approfondimenti
Theoretically, this should be a note-perfect example of commercial '80s pop music at its best. But it isn't. Half of this album is actually pretty great, though -- particularly the early Bananarama hits. The Fun Boy Three-produced "He Was Really Sayin' Something" throws that band's quirky avant-funk underneath the threesome's harmonizing; the cover of "Aie A Mwana" shows off some slightly unexpected Afrobeat chops over a brisk arrangement; while "Shy Boy" takes a more mainstream approach, but without losing its understated sass. The American hits "Robert De Niro's Waiting" and "Cruel Summer" show how the trio could balance chart aspirations with atypical singing or subject matter. When it comes to the multi-national smashes produced by Stock, Aitken & Waterman, though, it's not quite a case of the emperor having no clothes as much as a case of SAW being a one-trick pony. The reworking of Shocking Blue's "Venus" was a well-deserved success, taking the off-kilter pop/rock of the original and giving it a sparkling dance undercarriage. "I Heard a Rumour" isn't bad either, with a catchy chorus and a similar synth sheen. Unfortunately, the rest of the SAW-overseen selections do both the band and producers a major disservice, all being pallid and boring revamps of those two songs. If they ever felt defensive about the critical slams they received, the fact remains that at this point in the band's career there wasn't much to shout about. A new version of the Beatles' "Help!" at least provided them with a song that was more distinct than most of the late-'80s hash they received, but it wasn't as compelling a reworking as the others.
© Ned Raggett /TiVo
A proposito dell'album
- 2 disco(i) - 32 traccia(e)
- Durata totale: 02:29:55
- Artisti principali: Bananarama
- Compositore: Various Composers
- Etichetta: London Records (Because Ltd)
- Genere: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2017 London Records Ltd ℗ 2017 London Records Ltd
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