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| | Cupid & Psyche 85 | | | Music Artist : | | Scritti Politti | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Warner Bros / Wea | | Release Date : | | 1990-10-25 | | Store Price : | | $8.96 | | Artistopia's Price: $8.96 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Word Girl (Flesh and Blood)
2. Small Talk
3. Absolute
4. Little Knowledge
5. Don't Work That Hard
6. Perfect Way
7. Lover to Fall
8. Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)
9. Hypnotize
10. Flesh & Blood
11. Absolute [Version]
12. Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin) [Version]
13. Hypnotize [Version]
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Downright Infectious!!!
Submitted on: 2009-05-06 |
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Wordsmith Green Gartside's deep lyrical content and David Gamson's Keyboard wizardry makes absolutely PERFECT POP SYNERGY, in Cupid & Psyche'85. You will not find a single song wasted, with this fine CD. Sounds great even 25 years after it was made...which says much for this underrated gem:
Hypnotize - speaks for itself
Absolute - David frank's bass line will ingrain itself inside your head
Wood Beez - Funky, cool and a bit gay...with Michael Clark dressed as Peter Pan, in the US video
Perfect Way - Catchy and ultimately infectious
You get what you pay for, with this CD...timeless, perfectly-mastered and recorded work. I have yet to hear a negative review! This is by far scritti's masterwork! |
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 Hard to believe this is a white guy from Wales...
Submitted on: 2009-03-29 |
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| No, it's not Jermaine Jackson or El Debarge, but a white guy from Wales who put this nice bit of pop together. You never know where you'll find a kindred spirit - as a black kid in the 80's, I would have sworn this guy lived down the street from me. Anyway, this is very 80's music but that doesn't mean hard work and serious talent aren't here. Great for Memory Lane or a theme party. Hey, we can't smell like Teen Spirit all the time... |
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The Perfect CD?
Submitted on: 2008-10-30 |
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I'm a child of the 80s and thus the Asschowder set list is loaded with classic 80s nuggets. One that we love to play when Burns is feeling it on the keyboards is Perfect Way, which may be the perfect song. Scritti Politti may be the perfect band. I remember getting Cupid and Psyche in 1985. I was 13 at the time and rolling like a full fledged champion. I was dating the hottest girl in 8th grade, I could throw a football 32 yards and my hair was parted on the left side, life was quite delish, then came this album. Yes, album. I bought it on vinyl and now own 2 copies of the CD in case I lose one.
I dig several tracks off this thing like Absolute and Wood Beez, but I think you've got to go with the gold standard as the greatest track of the 80s in perfect way. I got in a huge argument with my friend last week on whether C'est La Vie by Robbie Nevil or Perfect Way was a better track. I ended up getting suspended from work after beating him for even bringing up the idea that there was a better track than Perfect Way. It's Way perfect!!! That right there was awesome. The keyboard solo in that song is the finest ever. It's as if the Bible should have a book after Revelation called Scritti Politti. It would sound like this (Read this in a voice where you try to sound like god):
And there will be a great album, greater than anything ears have ever heard, it shall be called Cupid and Psyche '85. There will be a song on that album called Perfect Way, it shall be as such, perfect in every way. There shall be a keyboard solo in the last third of that song so perfect it shall be as if it were played by angels crossed with Burns.
And so it is done. Amen. |
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One of the few perfect albums ever
Submitted on: 2008-01-01 |
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There is not a single dud or mediocre filler on this album.
Sure, you can hear it was made in the eighties, but that's in the best possible way! This was back when instruments like the Fairlight was new and exciting, and the people playing them reflected that. The synths are played like the real musical instruments they are, with respect and love.
Here is none of the fake 90s authenticity or earthiness, this is pure unadulterated enthusiasm and childlike genius.
Green Gartside pulls something very rare off with this album, it has instant appeal AND almost endless debth. |
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An odd discovery
Submitted on: 2007-12-14 |
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| When I'm at work, I have to keep the radio tuned to this generic, general format music station. Most of the time it's crap. Every day they have the "all 80's lunch hour". It's somewhat loud at work, but I overheard just a tiny bit of Perfect Way and stood beneath one of the speakers in the ceiling and listened. The tune was never said on air, so I checked out the station's play list, found out who it was, then that day ordered this disc from Amazon. What a great find! I have since ordered Provision, and it is also a fantastic disc. I've had this disc for about 2 months and honestly listen to it on a daily basis. Highly recommended |
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