Scritti Politti - Cupid and Psyche 85 (1985 Pressing) (FLAC-EAC)

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Scritti Politti - Cupid Psyche 85
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Artist...............: Scritti Politti
Album................: Cupid Psyche 85
Genre................: Pop
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 1985
Ripper...............: Exact Audio Copy 1.0 b1 HL-DT-STDVDRRW GSA-H20L
Codec................: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
Version..............: reference libFLAC 1.2.1 20070917
Quality..............: Lossless, (avg. compression: 62 %)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 HZ / 16 Bit
Tags.................: VorbisComment
Information..........: Original 1985 release (Virgin Cat No. CDV 2350)

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Included.............: NFO, SFV, M3U, LOG, CUE
Covers...............: Front Back CD

Cupid Psyche 85 was the more polished succesor to 1982s wonderful Songs to Remember; theres a
suitably slick production from Arif Mardin (Arcadia, Thompson Twins)with mixing from Howard Gray (Apollo440).
Now a trio of Green, David Gamson Fred Maher, SP, are supplemented by such musicians as BJ Nelson, Allan Murphy,
Simon Climie, Gary Langan, Robert Quine, Steve Ferron etc. What might sound Very 80s in terms of production, is rather
slick and timeless- as great as peak Prince, Blue Niles Hats or AR Kanes I (1988).

Greens vocals are even more sublime than on the debut album- particularly on the sublime A Little Knowledge, which has the
sweet and sweeter trading vocals of Green BJ Nelson. There are classic pop singles galore- 1984s Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin),
the US hit The Perfect Way (later covered by Miles Davis), the pulsing Hypnotize (not far from 80s Cabaret Voltaire)
of course, The Word Girl (Flesh Blood). This track was a Top Ten hit in the UK and remains a gorgeous blend of lovers rock
and the sweetest pop (the album is bookended by a skanky take entitled Flesh Blood- which precedes the three alternate versions of
Absolute, Wood Beez Hypnotize). The Word Girl, as 1981s The Sweetest Girl, is one frequently quoted by music journalists -
Green keeping his side of the entryist pop of 1981/82 with more Derrida-inflected concepts in his lyrics:A name the girl outgrew/the
girl was never real/she stands for your abuse/the girl is no ideal/Its a word for what you do in a world of broken rules... (soulful semiotics?)

Cupid Psyche 85 remains the crowning masterpiece of Scritti Polittis career, 1988s Provision was nice (but more of the same),
while 1999s Anomie Bonhomie drifts off into rap/rock territory (to mostly wonderful effect). CP85 is one of the great albums
of the 1980s, though this brand of perfect pop would become less frequent as time marched on...

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Tracklisting
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1. The Word Girl (Flesh Blood) [04:24]
2. Small Talk [03:39]
3. Absolute [04:25]
4. A Little Knowledge [05:01]
5. Dont Work That Hard [03:59]
6. Perfect Way [04:43]
7. Lover To Fall [04:12]
8. Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin) [04:48]
9. Hypnotize [03:34]
10. Flesh Blood [05:35]
11. Absolute [Version] [06:11]
12. Wood Beez [Version] [05:56]
13. Hypnotize [Version] [06:35]

Playing Time.........: 01:03:09
Total Size...........: 395.69 MB

NFO generated on.....: 6/14/2011 9:00:02 PM

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