Swing Out Sister - Kaleidoscope World [Japanese Remastered Edition] (1989/2010)
Artist: Swing Out Sister
Title: Kaleidoscope World
Year Of Release: 1989/2010
Label: Mercury [UICY-94427]
Genre: Pop, Synth-pop, Smooth Jazz, Soul, Acid Jazz
Quality: CBR 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 67:58
Total Size: 156 mb / 468 mb
WebSite: Album Preview
Title: Kaleidoscope World
Year Of Release: 1989/2010
Label: Mercury [UICY-94427]
Genre: Pop, Synth-pop, Smooth Jazz, Soul, Acid Jazz
Quality: CBR 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 67:58
Total Size: 156 mb / 468 mb
WebSite: Album Preview
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.
TRACKLIST:
1 You On My Mind
2 Where In The World?
3 Forever Blue
4 Heart For Hire
5 Tainted
6 Waiting Game
7 Precious Words
8 Masquerade
9 Between Strangers
10 The Kaleidoscope Affair
Bonus Tracks
11 Coney Island Man
12 Precious Words (Instrumental)
13 Forever Blue (String Mix)
14 Masquerade (Instrumental)
15 Taxi Town
16 The Windmills Of Your Mind