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| | Songs to Remember | | | Music Artist : | | Scritti Politti | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | EMI Europe Generic | | Release Date : | | 2001-10-22 | | Store Price : | | $12.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $12.98 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Asylums in Jerusalem
2. Slow Soul
3. Jacques Derrida
4. Lions After Slumber
5. Faithless
6. Sex
7. Rock-A-Boy Blue
8. Gettin', Havin' and Holdin'
9. Sweetest Girl
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Songs to Remember - Indeed!
Submitted on: 2009-06-10 |
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STR consists of only 9 songs...but they are pure brilliance. A lot of people slammed Scritti for Cupid & Psyche - but honestly, it was that collection of work that left me longing for what came before...
and it was STR!
From the very opening of "Asylums in Jerusalem" to the very last note of "The Sweetest Girl"...this is a trip of pure musical experimentation, honesty, vulnerability, and love.
Clearly, Green was learning his craft - but I dare say that he's one of those rare ones that comes along strong right out of the box! The guy is clearly learned in communication theory & literature...I mean - who else could get me through my 1st semester of communication?!?
It takes a genius to be able to spring forth "...I'm in love with Jacques Derrida - read a page and I know what I need to take apart my baby's heart..."!?
Another favorite is "Sex". Granted - as someone else mentioned, it was probably risque back in the early 80's - of course, it's all tame now. However, the music harkens to the disco days...but not overly produced...in a gritty Roxy Music kind of way...
Of course, the glue that holds all of this together is Green's vocals. What to say about that? Androgynous? Maybe... Sweet? Absolutely. There's something soothing about his voice which makes complicated love affair in "Gettin, Havin' & Holdin" all the more bittersweet.
Of all of the 80's bands that I love - Scritti is ranked at the top when it comes to genius. |
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best ever
Submitted on: 2008-03-26 |
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| perhaps the best scritti ever! forget it if youre thinking wood beez or absolute....that's pure pablum puke pop compared to this work of art. |
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The genius that is GREEN...........
Submitted on: 2007-01-26 |
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Yes, I have listened to this over and over (along with all things Scritti)and it never ceases to amaze me at how mind blowing the creativity of this music is.In this day where ALL music sounds the same it says ALOT when something for the early 80's surpasses them all.Green Gartside was way ahead of his time then, and even today his genius with sound,composition,lyrics and tone stand out.
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Baby, well, you know that it's true like the Tractatus
Submitted on: 2006-02-08 |
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| "Songs to Remember," the document of Scritti Politti's transitional phase between the early Gramscian postpunk of 'Skank Bloc Bologna' and 'Hegemony' and the now embarrassingly dated and unlistenable worst-of-the-'80s commercial emetic, "Cupid & Psyche '85," manages to employ nearly all of the components of bad '80s dance music and yet combine them in such a thoughtful and unconventional way (that's bricolage, baby!) that the result is brilliant, witty poststructuralist whiteboy soul that sounded like nothing else being produced in 1982 and nothing that has been produced since. "Songs to Remember" is, if anything, fresher in 2006 than it was when it was originally released. Highly recommended, especially to graduate students specializing in Continental philosophy or comparative literature. |
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Hip Hop Hippity Hop Now Hurry and Buy This!
Submitted on: 2006-01-30 |
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| Is this anything like Cupid and Psyche and all that followed? Nope. Is this music like anything else in my collection (80's and electronica)? Nope. Is it one of the most mind blowing and fresh albums I have ever heard? Yes! Yes! Yes! Listen to this recording and you body will start to move in strange and exciting ways. Standout tracks include Lions After Slumber, Sex and the Sweetest Girl (which was later covered by Madness in the late 80's). Feel like listening to something totally different? Give this a go - it will not disappoint. |
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