Captain Sensible - The Power of Love (1983) [Mp3 320 kbps] MIRCrew [TNT Village]

Captain Sensible - The Power of Love (1983) [Mp3 320 kbps] MIRCrew [TNT Village]







Captain Sensible - The Power of Love

(1983)




Release Date: 1983
Release Date CD: May 15, 2007
Label: Universal Distribution
Format: CD
Duration: 45:46
Release Info: Studio Recording
Genre: Pop/Rock


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Raymond Burns, meglio conosciuto come Captain Sensible (Balham, 24 aprile 1954), è un cantante, chitarrista, compositore ed occasionalmente anche bassista inglese, cofondatore, assieme a

Rat Scabies, del gruppo punk rock The Damned. Dopo aver lasciato il gruppo nel 1984, Captain Sensible ha intrapreso una carriera da solista, pubblicando sette album. Nel 2006 ha anche

fondato un partito, il Blah! Party, dopo essere stato precedentemente membro del Green Party.

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From hired guns to a real band - with KATRA it came true and luckily so!

When Captain Sensible's first solo album, 1982's Women and Captains First, became a major hit after his synth pop cover of "Happy Talk" went to number one on the singles charts, it

validated his very real talents as a songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, while also suggesting that listeners were eager to accept that Sensible was more than just the cheerful loon from

the Damned. This was both a good and a bad thing; Sensible certainly had the talent to do more than folks expected from him prior to Women and Captains First, but on his second solo effort,

1983's The Power of Love, the playful side that made many of his songs so appealing fell by the wayside, and instead the album was a straightforward and overly slick exercise in electro-

processed pop that seems to be vying to play on the same level as the Human League or Duran Duran, with Tony Mansfield's production so slick and clean you could fry an egg on it. The

supper-class twiticisms of "Royal Rave Up" are practically the only sign of the funny side of Captain Sensible, and while a few of the songs are quite good (especially three written in

collaboration with Robyn Hitchcock), the most effective bit of whimsy comes from a cover of the Pink Floyd rarity "It Would Be So Nice." "Thanks for the Night" sounds like it was tailor-

made for the Damned (it later popped up in their live repertoire), but the drum machine and bits of electronic detritus that dot the mix spoil what could have been a potent dose of rock &

roll, and while dance beats dominate a number of these tracks, the cumulative effect falls somewhere between languid and simply lazy. Like his first solo set, The Power of Love made it

clear Captain Sensible could do more than smash it up with the Damned, but it robs his music of much of its charm and personality along the way, doing no one involved any favors.



Tracklist



01. I'm A Spider
02. I Love Her
03. Stop The World
04. Sir Donald's Son
05. It's Hard To Believe I'm Not
06. Thanks For The Night
07. Glad It's All Over
08. Royal Rave Up
09. Secrets
10. It Would Be So Nice
11. The Power Of Love
12. I Love You





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Stream size : 11.8 MiB (100%)
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