One Shot 80

One Shot 80: Da oltre di 10 anni è la collana più completa dedicata ai successi Pop e Dance della decade che va dal 1980 al 1989. Dopo il successo ottenuto con la prima serie arrivata al 20° volume, anche grazie agli innumerevoli Fans che con e-mail e cartoline contenute all'interno del CD hanno collaborato alla riuscita con le loro segnalazioni, ecco che la Universal Music Italia, propone quello che viene considerato il completamento dell'opera. La Nuova One Shot, come forse avete già capito, oltre ad essere rinnovata nel look, è rinnovata anche nei contenuti, 2 CD per volume che raccolgono anno per anno tutto quello che gli anni 80 hanno offerto.

The Day They Shot a Hole in the Jesus Egg (subtitled The Priest Driven Ambulance Album, Demos, and Outtakes, 1989-1991) is a 2xCD compilation of material by The Flaming Lips released by Restless Records in late 2002. It is the second of two reissues compiling the band's work with the record label, and follows Finally the Punk Rockers Are Taking Acid.

Three years after an impressive debut, Rhys Fulber shows his solo project wasn't a one-shot deal nor a lucky stab at reinvention. Extraordinary Ways is similar to Conjure One, in that it's lush and majestic ambient pop. The difference this time around is more in the recording process and Fulber's inspirations. With Conjure One, Fulber traveled the world to record while applying Middle Eastern influences. For Extraordinary Ways, he wrote songs only in Los Angeles and tones down the global ambitions. He again assembles a roster of powerful vocalists with whom he can't go wrong: Jane, Chemda, Tiff Lacey, and Joanna Stevens. Fulber even contributes vocals himself, on an unexpected cover of the Buzzcocks' "I Believe." It's a little out of place, but still interesting. Toward the end, the impact drops down a notch, and one wishes the vocalists had some better melodies with which to work. Nonetheless, this is an engaging and spiritual listen.

2020 reissue has track 13 unlisted/hidden at the end of track 12. Originally released by Victory Music in 1991, Tin Machine II is the second and final studio album by Tin Machine. After this album and the supporting tour, frontman David Bowie resumed his solo career.

Wim Mertens - Shot And Echo (1993) {Materiali Sonori MASO CD 90047}
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© 1993 Materiali Sonori / Usura | MASO CD 90047
Classical / Minimalism / Neo-Classical / New Age / Contemporary Instrumental / Avant-Garde

Wim Mertens has been a fount of creativity for many decades. Sometimes that creativity produces ethereal results, sometimes they are bland, and unfortunately, sometimes the results are unlistenable. Of the many Mertens CDs I have, this is my second favorite (after Jardin Clos). His bubbly, cyclical, effervescent style works beautifully on almost every selection here. This lively and living music twists, turns, churns, and percolates into an intoxicating (how many mixed metaphors in THAT description?) blend that always puts a smile on my face.

Mastercuts' three volumes of Classic '80s Groove are indispensable for those who wish to dig a little deeper into the slick, melodic, rhythmically inventive terrain carved out by studio wizards like Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Kashif, and whoever did the Loose Ends records. As with the other two volumes, the first volume mixes well-known chart hits with relative obscurities that deserved better, and they're all presented in extended 12" or album version form. (There are no radio edits.) A third of the disc showcases Jam & Lewis, who helmed Thelma Houston's "You Used to Hold Me So Tight," Cheryl Lynn's "Encore," and Change's "Change of Heart." Other highlights include Howard Johnson's "So Fine" (one of Kashif's finest turns outside of his work with Evelyn King), Raw Silk's "Do It to the Music," and the genius that is Loose Ends' "Hangin' on a String (Contemplating)."