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This has always been a favorite cd.It was largely underrated. But had alot of great song. Little Ghost being a stand out. A fan must.
i remember when this first solo album for George came out; really loved most of the songs; especially "sold" and "we've got the right"; really brings back great memories
Its an excellent and very original album.No two songs sound alike.It is fabulous.dEFINETLY AN ORIGINAL.
He's often singin about heartbreak and longing but with strength and conviction. It's been just under two decades since this was originally released in 1987. The music on this disc was so different from some of the other music dominating the charts then i.e. Little Ghost - listen to it and hear the parallels to his life, the life of youthful partying and mornings after. Maybe he's too outspoken but we'be had enough wallflowers. Madonna's "Like A Prayer"; Janet Jackson "Nasty Boys." George's singing on this disc is wonderful.
As long as he has something to say (and when doesn't he) he will be heard. I still play this cd and sing along. And to listen to him sing "To Be Reborn" leaves me with the feeling of certainy that George will always find a way to remain a working artist in one manner or another. He has so much color and character from song to song. The reggae beat and his gentle but masculine voice on Everything I Own (and given that he was in and out of the news for so much fallout with Culture Club, Marilyn, drug use) there is a genuine quality that was just not heard on the radio then. I think it's simply tragic that the industry seems to have shut him out.
It saddens me to see th elikes of George and Pete Burns get pushed by the way side.
Although George has admitted that when he made this, he was lazy and was feeling sorry for himself, it's my favorite solo from him. And not to mention a "reggae" style cover of Bread's "Everything I own," which I think is better than the origonal.
This was Boy Georges first solo album made in 1987, after he left Culture Club. Although it was a smash in Europe, it flopped in the U.S., because of his then-drug use.
I first heard this on ct, and now owning it on CD, I must say its great on both. To the gutsy, aggressive "Just ain't enough;" and "Next time." The ballads "I asked for love," "Keep me in mind," "We've got the right," and the funny "Little Ghost," in which he sings in lower octives.
Helen Terry joined him for this album. Containing anthems like the title track; "Freedom;" and (my favorite) "Where are you now (when I need you)).
Then closing the album, is the beautiful, heart-breaking ballad, "To be reborn," which makes my heart melt and makes me want to cry. I hope you enjoy this album as much as I have.
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