Kaleidoscope World

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共14首歌曲

艺人: Swing Out Sister
语种: 英语
厂牌: Fontana
发行时间: 1989年01月01日
专辑类别: 录音室专辑

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by Johnny Loftus

After the, er, &Breakout& success of Swing Out Sister's initial releases, co-founder Martin Jackson took a back seat to the contributions of Andy Connell and vocalist Corinne Drewery. With legendary pop songwriter and producer Jimmy Webb providing arrangements, Kaleidoscope World is perhaps as pure a pop album as there could be in the two-dimensional plastic world of the late '80s. The record is chock full of lush, lively arrangements dominated by big, boisterous horns and Drewery's rich, Dusty Springfield-esque vocal. It's not surprising that Swing Out Sister found their biggest audience in Japan; that country's Pizzicato Five draws upon the same honey pot of influences, adding an electronic twist. SOS employs synths, too, most effectively as the bubbling undercurrent of &Waiting Game& or on the theatrical instrumental &Kaleidoscope Affair.& But the group's ability to replicate classic forms with new technology is still its strongest suit. The technicolor horns and rich strings of cuts like &You on My Mind& and &Where in the World& draw a direct line from the 1960s, while &Tainted& grooves on an organ that suggests the later cut-and-paste work of pop experimentalists Stereolab. This CD reissue of Kaleidoscope World fleshes out the set list with instrumental versions of &Precious Words& and &Masquerade,& a string mix of &Forever Blue,& and the additional instrumental &Coney Island Man,& which is perfect Nehru suit-wearing music.

Kaleidoscope World

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