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Drama (Audio CD),10 January, 2006
List price $28.99
Should have been their Shining Moment in the new millennium / 2
Of the three imports available on amazon, this is the version to get. It's the cheapest, and includes the most tracks, including 3 remixes of the first 2 singles.
As for the disc, I was anxious to hear an astounding modern yet retro dance disc from one of my favorite girl groups of the 80s. Unfortunately, instead of picking up on the latest influence of 80s music in dance music, what we get here is predominantly disco flavored tracks that sound painfully dated, with some Latin tones now and then. The only semi retro/electro tracks on here (and my favorites) are Feel For You, Love Bite, Your Love is Like a Drug, and Marc Almond's remix of Venus. The two lead singles "Move in My Direction" and "Look on the Floor" are not even the strongest tracks! And the remixes on their singles don't make them much better.
I appreciate the commercial direction the girls have taken, but you can still sound mainstream while being more sophisticated than this. Take a listen to the new Madonna or even the Kelly Osbourne(!) to hear some infectious melodies with an 80s flair that don't melt down into total cheese. Unfortunately, I just don't see US radio embracing any of the sounds on this disc.
But of course, fans of Bananarama should still add this one to their collection. It's listenable, if not up to today's standards.
Song "Young at Heart"
Young at heart
Yet what a start
Old before their time
Married young
For love at last
It was there only crime
(chorus)
How come I love them now
How come I love them more
But all I wanted to do when I was
Old was to walk out the door
Young at heart
Yet not a chance
To be a child at all
They told me tales
They told me lies
I shouldn't have known at all
(chorus)
Young at heart
Should exercise
Who's right who's wrong
Two brothers two more hearts
Too hard to take it all
(chorus ad lib)
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Bananarama - Drama
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