Track Listing

1. Herpes Tango
2. Shattered Illusions
3. Magazine Song
4. Sometimes
5. Kangaroo
6. Let's Go To A Hotel
7. Jealousy
8. Saturday Night
9. Lieder
10. It Girls
11. Charity
12. Sous Les Ponts De Londres
13. Look Mummy No Hands
14. Swiss Miss Blues
15. Mistaken Identity
16. Taboo
17. Kay Why
18. Much More Married
19. Old Home
20. Nightie Nightie Ev'ryone

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #41220 in Music
• Released on: 1997-10-13
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .23 pounds

Customer Reviews

Truly inspired
Words can barely do justice to Fascinating Aida, who combine musical and comedic talents in equal measure to provide a truly inspired experience. Few subjects are off agenda in this satirical collection, and invariably hit their mark, be they IT girls, lonely and vulnerable women of un certain age, German cabaret singers, married men, and particularly those who promise more than they deliver. All are sung with the barbed precision you would expect and the results are funny and wicked throughout.

You'll also find a moving and poignant song called Look Mummy, No Hands remembering fondly the caring hands of a parent ready to catch you when you're a child - and wishing they were there when you're an adult. Haven't we all been there?

You really can't go wrong with this album - superb entertainment throughout and a tribute to their particular genre.

The place was by the river...
Alone and late at night,
A woman stood there weeping,
A melancholy sight...

And so begins "The Herpes Tango", the first of 20 wonderful songs by the ever-lovely Fascinating Aida. This was, infact, the first CD of theirs which I brought many moons ago and I've been hooked ever since. The songs rang from bittersweet numbers about being left home on "Saturday Night" to hysterical takes on the pitfalls of being in love with man who is "Much More Married" than he said. This particular incarnation of Fascinating Aida features Issy van Randwyck filling the soprano shoes and on top form, especially in "Let's Go To A Hotel". Even after five years, I STILL laugh out loud everytime I hear what she says at the beginning of "Taboo". I know that sounds cheesy, but it really is that kind of CD: one you find funnier and funnier as time goes on.
It's a real shame the video release of this same show has been withdrawn from sale as a lot of the jokes are visual, but still, I cannot fault the CD. Sound quality is excellent, as is the piano playing by Dillie Keane and the singing is perfectly spot-on.

All that it claims!
Fascinating Aida have built up a firm reputation over the years and this CD only serves to confirm that - yes, FA are Fantastic. The singing, lyrics, acting - everything works together. Another brilliant effort.