Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. I Hear Talk
2. Indebted To You
3. Tears On The Ballroom Floor
4. Cold War
5. Golden Days
6. Talking In Your Sleep
7. Breaking Me Up
8. January's Gone
9. She Cries
10. Thief In The Night
11. Don't Think You're Fooling Me
12. Where Do I Go Now
13. One Touch Too Much
14. Pulling Me Under
15. Invisible
16. Evil Man
17. Here's Looking At You
18. Young Hearts

Disc 2:

1. Run For Your Life
2. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4
3. I Do It All For You
4. Where The Ending Starts
5. Surrender Your Heart
6. If You Can't Stand The Heat
7. I'd Like To Say I Love You
8. You Love Love
9. Shot Me Through The Heart
10. Running Out Of Time
11. If You Can't Stand The Heat
12. Stepping Out
13. When The Love Has Gone
14. London Town
15. Identity
16. When We Were At War

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #126070 in Music
• Released on: 2007-09-17
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Consolidation
With "Hand Cut," it sounds as though Bucks Fizz were building on and consolidating the success of their excellent "Are You Ready" album. While they were still clearly keen to develop and evolve, they also knew to continue doing what they felt they did best. First single, "If You Can't Stand The Heat," a slinky dance number with dubby bass notes and funkified brass, set a sassy high standard. Second single "Run For Your Life" (with slight echoes of "My Camera Never Lies"), was trademark Bucks Fizz pop, dominated by a thundering drum sound. Where their second album was energetic and determinedly upbeat, "Hand Cut" was a more measured and mature affair. Hints of reggae flavoured the rhythms of tracks like "10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4" and even "If You Can't Stand The Heat." More intricate musical structures dominated generally. It is odd that the album spawned only two singles - not counting the posthumous release of "You Love Love." Tracks like "I Do It All For You" and the album highlight "I'd Like To Say I Love You" sound, even now, like they could have done the business. On the other hand, "Surrender Your Heart" and "Shot Me Through The Heart" sail rather too close to filler territory, while Jay Aston's hammy, stage-school sob at the end of "Where The Ending Starts" puts melodrama where emotion should be.

The bonus tracks are particularly strong this time around. "Stepping Out," the B-side of "If You Can't Stand The Heat," might have added a little upbeat bite to the original album. For me, the very best track on this disc is "When The Love Has Gone." Squandered as a bonus cut on the 12" of "When We Were Young" some months later, it could have made a successful raid on the singles chart in its own right. The moodily elegant "When We Were At War" is another gem which, had it been ready in time, could have successfully displaced something on the original album. These bonus tracks show that, clearly, Bucks Fizz were not resting on their laurels. "Hand Cut" may not be perfect but it certainly is strong.

Where has it gone?
Where has real pop gone?
Listen to this then maybe you will be convinced that 'pop' was and still could be a great thing.
Bucks Fizz were both amazing and unique, and this CD proves just that.
So often remembered only for being the Brit winners of the 'Eurovision song contest'with perhaps the naffest of disposable pop tunes ever, this CD goes to prove that they were far more imprtant than that.
A perfectly crafted pop masterpiece.
Not a Fizz fan?
Just maybe this will change your mind!!

Their best album has just got better!
From the cover to the content, this has to be Bucks Fizz best album and it's been improved! Original artwork is here together with all those great tracks and some excellent bonuses. B-sides like Stepping Out and When We Were At War make welcome additions for all fans together with When The Love Has Gone, originally a 12" bonus track. KEEP ON LISTENING though, because after the "final" notes of track 16 have finished there's more! A HIDDEN TRACK! I won't spoil the surprise, but for anyone who saw them live, it'll bring back happy memories!