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It's Better To Travel
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Track Listing
- Breakout
- Twilight World
- After Hours
- Blue Mood
- Surrender
- Fooled By A Smile
- Communion
- It's Not Enough
- Theme (From "It's Better To Travel")
- Breakout
- Surrender
- Twilight World
- Communion
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #10194 in Music
- Released on: 1994-07-26
- Number of discs: 1
- Dimensions: .20 pounds
- Running time: 65 minutes
Customer Reviews
Listen Without Prejudice
On the surface, this album - released in 1987 - sounds like the soundtrack to the yuppie era, and I expect that this music was played on many an estate agent's car stereo. But beyond the slick, souless electro-pop veneer, it's actually very good. Apart from Corrine Day's beautifully rich voice, the songs are well-crafted and at their best, are worthy of comparison with Burt Bacharach. Swing Out Sister's tradegy is that they got into Lounge music before it was fashionable. By the time it was, they were regarded as synonymous with the late 80's, and were swiftly consigned to obscurity (although the Japanese remained loyal). Forget the 80's. Just enjoy some of the best pop you'll ever hear.
Swing out Sister showcase eighties glam rock at it's best.
I don't know if this is a good thing, but Swing out Sister began Tom O'Connor's afternoon BbC TV series in the 1980's with a mimed rendition of Breakout, which also opens this CD. The series may have gone the way of all flesh, but S.O.S have been preserved in aspic here for your delectation. It sounds mighty good too with crystal clear production reproducing ice cold percussion which underwrites the sound of the band. There are some well known tracks here, Twilight World, Surrender, Fooled by a Smile and the holy Communion. Also many dodgy eighties re-mixes of the hits, which are more curiosities than masterworks. Swing Out were coffee bar/art school drama luvvies of their day but had an uncanny knack of delivering high quality product virtually on demand. The feel of the album though is dark and stark, but with this clever syncopation of jazz, pop and rock the journey is indeed better than arrival. Corinne Drewery was one of the faces and voices of the eighties, stylish, wearing retro twenties clobber she strode the stage of camp rock. Don't forget this slice of pure nostalgia, for this is subtle, clever art house rock made at a time when it wasn't a crime to be young and trendy.
Total class!!!
I bought this album way back in 1987 on cassette (remember them!!!) after buying "Breakout" as a single. Nothing nicer when you buy an album by a new artist and you get straight into it. LOVE "Twilight World" - my fave on the whole album. It gets right under my skin in the nicest possible way. Still sounds as good now as it did way back in 1987!!!
