Best Years Of Our Lives [Remastered] - Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel

Advantages: All of it
Disadvantages: None of it

...Think of Steve Harley and what do you think of? I would have a pretty safe bet that you would say 'Make me Smile' or even 'judy Teen'. Of course the great man has done other stuff since 'Sebastian' impressed the continent all those years ago but the album 'Quality of Mercy' is the first for twenty six years, and is worth waiting for. And what an album it is. The first track, 'The last Goodbye' was also released as a single later on in the year but with little success although I'm sure Steve's fan base shot out to their local music shop to buy it. It is a jaunty tune penned by himself and Jim Cregan. 'Journey's End' ( A Father's Promise') speaks for itself, written in Steve's unique narrative style, moving as ever and uplifting. Following that,' Saturday Night at the Fair' is a lively love song about an established... Read review

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Advantages: It's Bowie
Disadvantages: Another version to buy!

...; but does have a very naughty couplet “inside every teenage girl is a fountain, inside every young pair of pants there’s a mountain”. This like looking at an artist’s sketch book, this the idea but I will do this instead. Diamond Dogs (K.Tel edit) (4.37) this is a unique edit of the title track to fit the 1980 best of catalogue number (NE1111). I still have the advertising poster for this along with other posters in a box in the loft ka-ching! Candidate (2.37) (Intimacy mix) the album track re-mixed for the soundtrack of the film “Intimacy”. Rebel Rebel (2003) completely reworked for the “Charlie’s Angles” “Full Throttle soundtrack, this arrangement is the opening live track on the Reality Tour DVD. This is a 1999 re-master using a 2004 transfer which has again improved... Read review

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Advantages: Experimental album, lyrics, 3 classic-tracks, 2 hits, the booklet is much better.
Disadvantages: The presentation of "40", sound, the booklet is still not good enough yet, lyrics with mistakes.

...already integrated into the live set and the single "New Year's Day" on the best way in the UK-charts. "Sunday Bloody Sunday", "New Year's Day" and "Surrender"were already integrated into the live set and "Like A Song", "Two Hearts Beat As One", "Seconds" and "40" already are a part of the live-shows. "Like A Song" was deleted very soon again from the set, but 7 songs already had been played live before the release of the album (© zoobremia 2004). What is to report about the album ? It's a lot ! You will attain knowledge as follows ... ################### 1. A short overview: ################### The titles: 01. Sunday Bloody Sunday 02. Seconds 03. New Year's Day 04. Like A Song 05. Drowning Man 06. The Refugee 07. Two Hearts Beat As One 08. Red Light 09. Surrender 10. "40" Producer: Steve Lillywhite, except "The Refugee... Read review

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