Andre Cymone - Survivin' In The 80's (1983) [2012, Remastered & Expanded Edition]

voyeurnice · 22 Grudzień 2016

Artist: Andre Cymone

Title: Survivin' In The 80's

Year Of Release: 2012-02-21 (1983)

Label: Funky Town Grooves (USA)

Genre: R&B, Soul/Funk, Electronic

Quality: FLAC (img.+.cue+.log)

MP3 320kbps

Total Time: 55:07

Total Size: 578,13

161,15 Mb (Full Scans)

After the release of 1982's Livin' in the New Wave, Andr?? Cymone wrote and produced four songs that appeared on Evelyn "Champagne" King's Face to Face, including "Teenager," a Top 30 Billboard Black Singles hit. For his second solo album, Cymone put aside his one-man band approach and utilized his touring group. Guitarist Bobby Dean (three songs) and drummer John "Bam Bam" Morgan (two songs), along with keyboardists Craig Thomas, Andr?? Cumne, and Linda Rennae (Cymone's sister), all contributed, though electronic gear is so dominant that the material actually sounds more like the work of one or two individuals with occasional background vocals. Even with the assistance from Cymone's stage mates, the album is in line with the mid-'80s trend of producer-oriented synth pop and electronic R&B. Compared to Livin' in the New Wave, the sound of Survivin' in the '80s is rigid and distant, and it doesn't have the same amount of charm. "Make Me Wanna Dance," a decent midtempo number that's not particularly memorable, was Cymone's highest charting single to that point; it scraped the inside of Billboard's Black Singles Top 40. The other single, "Survivin' in the '80s," all choppy synthetic funk, features topical rhymes with references to baggy pants. It failed to chart. Nothing here mixes R&B and rock with as much skill as Cameo's late-1982 "Alligator Woman" or Shalamar's "Dead Giveaway," but there are solid album cuts in the form of "M.O.T.F.," a slinking, mostly instrumental track, and "Stay," a seductive yet aggressive slow jam. Another song features background vocals from Germain Brooks, member of the Girls - a female trio guided and produced by Cymone that would release an album for Columbia in 1984. That album's "Someone Shoulda Told Me" is one of Cymone's best compositions. ~Review by Andy Kellman~

Release of the album: 1983 [LP Columbia Records, Cat.# FC 38902, USA]

Release of this CD: 2012, February, 21 [CD Funkytowngrooves / Sony Music Entertainment (USA), Cat.# FTG 274 / UPC: 851903003151]

Note: Remastered from the Original Studio Tapes by Maria Triana with 4 Bonus Track

Manufactured by Sony Music Entertainment

Printed in the U.S.A.

Credits:

Backing Vocals - Bobby Dean (tracks: 4, 7), Craig Thomas (tracks: 4, 7), Germain Brooks (tracks: 5)

Drums - AC (tracks: 1 to 3, 5, 7 to 12), John Morgan (tracks: 4, 6)

Engineer, Mixed By - Peter Martinsen

Executive-Producer - Larkin Arnold

Guitar - Andr?? Cymone (tracks: 1, 4. 5, 7 to 10), Bobby Dean (tracks: 2, 3, 6, 11, 12)

Keyboards - Craig Thomas (tracks: 1 to 5, 7 to 12), Linda Renae (tracks: 6)

Mixed By - AC

Photography By - Dave Bausman

Producer, Written-By - Andr?? Cymone

Synthesizer, Programmed By [Keyboards] - AC, Craig Thomas

Tracklist:

01. Survivin' In The 80's (04:46)

(Andre Cymone)

02. M.O.T.F. (04:23)

(Andre Cymone)

03. Make Me Wanna Dance (04:55)

(Andre Cymone)

04. Lovedog (03:19)

(Andre Cymone)

05. Body Thang (03:44)

(Andre Cymone)

06. Stay (03:17)

(Andre Cymone)

07. What Are We Doing Here (03:45)

(Andre Cymone)

08. Don't Let The Future (Come Down On You) (05:10)

(Andre Cymone)

Bonus Tracks:

09. Survivin' In The 80's (12" Version) (06:07)

(Andre Cymone)

10. Survivin' In The 80's (Instrumental) (06:02)

(Andre Cymone)

11. Make Me Wanna Dance (12" Version) (04:49)

(Andre Cymone)

12. Make Me Wanna Dance (Instrumental) (4:51)

(Andre Cymone)

Ukryta Zawartość