Second Wave

Second Wave

Track Listings

1. Second Wave

2. Voladores

3. Artificial Dream

4. Humaneros

5. Voodoo Dub

6. Swamp

7. Sheesha Song

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Egyptian Flavor Beats from Greg Hunter.

Tracks:

Doin' Time (Uptown Dub)
Get Out! (Remix)
Romeo
New Realization
Don't Push
Slow Ride
Chick On My Tip
Had A Dat
Trenchtown Rock
Badfish
Drunk Drivin'
Saw Red
Garbage Grove
April 29th 1992 (Leary)
Superstar Punani
Legal Dub
What's Really Goin' Wrong
Doin' Time (Eerie Splendor Remix)
Thanx Dub

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Most posthumous albums are shrouded in a sense of morbid nostalgia and grim curiosity. In Sublime's case, there was also some cruel irony to contend with: the California nuevo-punk outfit's promising self-titled major-label debut and commercial breakout was released barely a month after frontman Brad Nowell's death from a heroin overdose--and their de facto demise. But such was the Long Beach band's longtime following that raiding the vaults, however sparse, was inevitable. Released 18 months after Nowell's death, Second Hand Smoke more than lived up to its title, cobbling together a collection of outtakes from their debut and padding them out with (sometimes multiple) remixes of old tracks like "Doin' Time," "April 29," and the Gwen Stefani duet, "Saw Red." There's a standout cover of Bob Marley's "Trenchtown Rock," but a lot of the rest feels like the incomplete discards and second (or third) choices they obviously were. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

Raw Sublime.......2007-02-20

This album combines a small dosage of the catchy, addictive sound of the Self-titled with a big hit of fluid rhymes and deep pervasive beats of 40 Oz. and just the right amount of underground, truly raw, explicit sound of Robbin the Hood. The overall flow of the songs can disappoint, but the disc is of excellent use on the CDJ's...

Ohhh man.......2006-12-12

This album sounds sublime... the weakest sublime album but still f*ckin amazing! I love it... good music lovers just get it.

what the heck happened?.......2006-04-20

Dude, this CD has absolutely no good songs on it. The tracks just seem like they were tossed together on the spot without any practice first. Not to say I don't like Sublime though, because I have their debut and it's really good. This CD however is weak and ought not to be purchased.

The inevitable leftovers - Buyer beware.......2006-01-17

The instinct to cash in on their well-earned reputation as a landmark band of the nineties was perhaps too much for the surviving members of Sublime to resist, hence this release.

Most of tracks presented here are sub-par versions of previously released material. It would be of interest to hardcore fans and others who are curious as to the evolution of their songs, but there is little else here to sustain interest over any period of time.

I never get tired of this..........2005-11-17

I have been a Sublime fan for years and I have to say this is my favorite album. It's like an old friend, when you come across it you just get so happy! This is one of those cds you can take out at any time and listen to. Of all the songs, "Badfish" just makes me happy, and I find myself missing it often. I have owned this cd probably ten times and it keeps "disappearing". I am getting ready to order it again because I can't live without it! I am also getting "Sublime" since my husband wants that one again. We have really crappy friends... Not that I blame them. The only thing that I dislike about Sublime is that they won't be making any new albums. This album is worth the $12 or so, it's also worth buying over and over again.

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Ah Nostalgia!
Like meeting an old friend...........
Still a great blast of joy!
Meg & Chris ca1982
Outstanding & energetic music from two of the best!

Meg/Cris At Carnegie Hall
Cris Williamson & Meg Christian
Manufacturer: Second Wave
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000000D9
Release Date: 1994-07-26

Tracks:

Anniversary
Beautiful Soul
Can't Turn Back
Look Within
The Ones Who Aren't Here
Glad To Be A Woman
So Good, So Right
Soaring
Doin' Time
Texas Ruby Red
Come Hell Or High Water
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Ain't No Mountain High Enough

Customer Reviews:

Ah Nostalgia!.......2007-01-09

How amazingly wonderful to be taken back to the early 80s, when just "coming out" and falling in love. This is the album that will bring back the giggles, induced by the clever and witty lyrics of the artists. But above all else, Meg and Chris have a glorious blend of harmony in their duets. YUMMY! I recommend this for any woman, young or old, to celebrate the early days of women's rights and/or discovery of one's self.
TERRIFIC!

Like meeting an old friend..................2006-11-02

This album makes me laugh, makes me cry....the same as I did in the '80s when I first heard it. It is such an important piece of music to me as a woman, and I am so grateful to be re-introduced to it through the gift of the CD from my daughter. It was a most special birthday gift.

This pulls together some of the greatest Women's Music from the 1980s and celebrates the accomplishments of these two artists in getting to Carnegie Hall.

Cris keeps on making albums and is currently doing her 30 anniversary tour of this album.

And Meg....Meg, I miss you.

Still a great blast of joy!.......2004-05-29

Ok so first of all, I'm a straight female... and this music is for and about 'women'... on the surface. But at a deeper level, the quest women undertook to come out of the closet as lesbians, is about the bigger process of humans in the process of expanding humanity. I loved this music the first day I heard it in the '80s in a health food store in Vermont, and now, 20 years later, even after so much blessed evolution of humanity and women and lots of other good stuff (thank Goddess!), this music is sill just as powerfully vibrant, full, rich and beautiful. Crank it up and let the goosebumps drive you into your own version of nirvana!

Thank you Meg and Chris and all of you Beautiful Souls, for bravely and wonderously and lovingly opening up the world more for ALL of us humans-becoming-human. Namaste!

Meg & Chris ca1982.......2000-08-25

This was the "SoundTrack" of my coming out around 1982. This album was a piece of me and an inspiration.

Outstanding & energetic music from two of the best!.......1999-04-08

This was my introduction to women's music a couple of years ago--and it's as fresh and meaningful as it must've been when it was recorded! I couldn't play it enough. The energy, the joy, the love, the determination of these two--two of the founders of women's music--come through and carry the listener along. This is still one of my favorite albums--don't miss it!

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Only way to get classic "Don't Tell Me"
Lite, Fluffy and Refreshingly Fun
Sound of the early 80's

Second Helpings: The Best of Blancmange
Blancmange
Manufacturer: Wea International
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004RKIK
Release Date: 1999-09-08

Tracks:

God's Kitchen
I've Seen The Word
Feel Me
Living On The Ceiling
Waves
Game Above My Head
Blind Vision
That's Love, That It Is
Don't Tell Me
The Day Before You Came
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Customer Reviews:

Only way to get classic "Don't Tell Me".......2006-07-10

Since it's unavailable on most services, this album remains one of the few ways to get the classic song "Don't Tell Me". You pay for all the extra songs. Best to buy this used, get it in your iTunes, and ditch the CD.

Lite, Fluffy and Refreshingly Fun.......2004-02-24

If you're at all interested in early eighties synth-pop and you missed Blancmange - do yourself a favor and check them out. What distinguishes this duo is the appealing fact that they didn't take themselves too seriously, unlike their angst-ridden, vanity struck contemporaries. Sure, Steve barely cracked a smile - but he was busy with his synths and drum machines and trying to keep the whole thing together. Neil simply enjoyed every minute of it - a big stupid grin on his face as he'd wrench out a deceptively simplistic guitar solo that would have made a 70's guitar god weep. But underneath the self-deprecating humor there was some pretty good music going on and I'm still enjoying Blancmange years after I've discarded the Visages, Numans, Modes and Yazoos. They were unpretentious - and their music was all the better for that.

Sound of the early 80's.......2002-11-25

Neil Arthur and Stephen Luscombe formed Blancmange in 1979 as a clever little synth duo. They started hitting bit in 1982, with the 3rd single Living On The Ceiling selling over 300 000 copies and propelling the Happy Families album into a lengthy chart run. Second Helpings includes 9 of their chart singles and a couple of interesting B-sides. Arthur's dulcet voice and the Depeche Mode-like synths are a pleasant combination, almost but not quite putting Blancmange on a par with the aforementioned synth wonders and contemporaries like Ultravox. A valuable retrospective on the sound of the early 1980's.

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Great Live Show
Gruppo Sportivo Live
interesting alternative versions of familiar songs

Second Life
Gruppo Sportivo
Manufacturer: Red Distribution, in
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000000P7F
Release Date: 1997-07-15

Tracks:

Mission A Paris
Disco Really Made It!
Lasting Forever
I Would Dance
Hollywood
Cats Hiss
Shave
Mexican Radio
I Shot My Manager!
Hello Holiday
Family Life
Eye I Aye
I'm A Rocket
Happily Unemployed
Repeatlemania
A Said No!
Beep2 Love

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Bla2 Magazine
Girls Never Know
Armee Monika
Rock N' Roll
I Want You Back

Customer Reviews:

Great Live Show.......2006-08-30

This is a fantastic show. I would highly reccomend it! Great songs and great sound.

Gruppo Sportivo Live.......2001-07-21

As a big fan of Gruppo Sportivo, this album was a pleasure to discover. It is a live recording, however don't let that put you off. The venue sounds like an intimate club with pristine recording conditions. If you are at all into Gruppo, this is a must for your collection. If you prefer studio albums, start with their "10 Mistakes".

interesting alternative versions of familiar songs.......1999-01-06

A more relaxed album than Mistakes, this one contains several familiar songs from that album, as well as interesting new material.

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nothing will ever effect me like this.
A good synth pop album which is unfortunately a bit cheesy and simple - genre fans will still like it a lot - 4.5 stars
SOVIET :: electro goth rock

We Are Eyes We Are Builders
Soviet
Manufacturer: Head Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0009ELEY8
Release Date: 2005-10-11

Tracks:

Commute
Circuit Love
Marbleyezed
Candy Girl
Lonely Days
Breakdown
Sensitive
Run-In
Soviet Bot
China
Solar Baby
Street Thunder

Product Description

Soviet's second record includes the hits Candy Girl, Marbleyezed and Breakdown. This 12 song collection has been compared to OMD, Roxy Music and Kraftwerk. Vice Magazine dubbed SOVIET the #1 electroclash band in NYC in 2001--Paper Magazine praises SOVIET

Customer Reviews:

nothing will ever effect me like this........2006-10-21

Soviet's "We Are Eye's We Are Builder's" is perhaps one of the most important album ever. Soviet isnt just some random band...and this album isnt just another album to put on the shelf. this is art. this is music. this is some of the most melodic, beauitul, seductive, and rare things to ever enter your ears, and peirce your mind. I first heard Soviet in 2002, while driving my first car. it was a 1989 audi 90, that i bought for 500 dollars. i thought it looked so futuristic, and beautiful, in a strange way. i needed something to go perfectly aloing with this...and soviet was it.

Soviet is more then jsut dirving music though. Keith's lyrics are some of the most perfectly fit, and smart lyrics to ever rid shot gun with synths. his voice is just the perfect companion to his gear, and he knows how to use it. Soviet Bot is perhaps one of the best songs to use as an example of his true amazing abiltiy to write beatufiul lyrics

"we were never stars, but nearly stencils, drawn upon with custom pencils"

the first time i heard those lyrics, i teared up. from this day whenever the time is right, when my mind is open, and soviet bot comes on, a tear comes to my eye, just because the song is so speical, and rare. my imagination runs wild as the song kicks in, with his synthnerd lyrics, and bring in this image of playing a show to a lonely crowd, its jsut perfect. soviet is perfect.

now another amazing thing about soviet, is that with all these lyrics heavy, melodicly ambient pop songs....there is also some great dance tracks. breakdown being my fav. i recently moved to CT. the state the soviet ringleader Keith is from. driving down 95 into NYC, and taking metro north jsut give me perfect impressions of where he gets his ideas, and thoughts from.

its been quite a few years since this album came out now, and one thing remains. they had all the reviews, all the right complations, the right shows, and tours...but they are like the ghosts of electroclash...the fogotten gems. perhaps thats what makes them so beautifully special. soviet is a secret. soviet is in permafrost. soviet is MYSTERIOUS. you can search the internet all damn day. log onto your fav. P2P prgram, and you cannot find anything about soviet. its almost as hard to find soviet information as it is to find a new wave band that had only a few shows in 1978. this is their beauty. whether they meant this or not..it works. with this age of ebing able to find anything in a matter of seconds, it makes soviet age like a fine wine.

i had a chance to meet keith of soviet last spring, and i feel honorded to meet the man who has crafted something so amazingly special. this is not an album to pass up. this is something that will go down under so of the best, most amazing music to be created in the last 25 years. keiths views, and choices on music are perhaps so of the best, and most creative, and inspiring around.

A good synth pop album which is unfortunately a bit cheesy and simple - genre fans will still like it a lot - 4.5 stars.......2005-12-30

Soviet isn't going to bring synth pop back into the forefront, but they do deliver the goods in terms of catchiness and fun. "We Are Eyes, We Are Builders" contains a TON of VERY good synth pop songs (pretty much the entire album's worth). The songs themselves aren't very interesting lyrically or vocally (he's not bad, but the guy could work on his singing style. The lyrics are also pretty memorable and relatively easy to sing along with), but overall the pros far outweigh the cons. Even if it IS a tad cheesy, what synth pop albums aren't (in the world of synth pop, this and Joy Electric's "Hello, Mannequin" clearly stand out)? The material isn't groundbreaking, but like with Superdrag's "Regretfully Yours" the AMOUNT of good synth pop here makes it a good buy for any 80's/synth-pop fan. It's just an extremely entertaining synth pop album. Synth pop fans will definitely dig this. Highly recommended!

Highlights include:
"Commute"
"Circuit Love"
"Marbleyezed"
"Candy Girl"
"Lonely Days"
"Breakdown"
"Sensitive"
"Run-In"
"China"
"Soviet Bot" (certain parts)

SOVIET :: electro goth rock.......2005-07-01

Most of the info below is from flamingfish.com:

Band Members:
Keith Ruggiero (1995 - ?: vocals, synthesizers, guitars)
Chris Otchy (1995 - ?: lead synthesizers, additional programming)
Amanda Berkowitz (programming, backing vocals?)
Kenan Gundoz (guitars, backing vocals)
Greg Kochan (rhythm synthesizers)

History:
The New York City-based outfit known as Soviet was founded in 1995 by synth-wiz Keith Ruggiero. The band was heavily influenced by the music of the early synth-pop artists of the late 70's and early 80's, including Kraftwerk, Gary Numan, Georgio Moroder, Ultravox and early O.M.D., among others.

The outfit gained national recognition after becoming part of the burgeoning "ELECTROCLASH" scene that grew out of New York City shortly after the start of the new millennium. This new subgenre combined the image of punk rock with a revival of 80's synth-pop music.

Soviet became the first outfit to represent the "ELECTROCLASH" sound in the Christian music market after signing to Plastiq Musiq, the indie electronic music label founded by Joy Electric frontman Ronnie Martin. The band's debut album, We Are Eyes, We Are Builders, was released in mid-2001 and became a hit in both the Christian and secular electronic music scenes. Songs like "Commute", "Marbeleyezed", "Circuit Love", "Candy Girl" and "Soviet Bot" (which is NOT a remake of the New Edition song) all featured catchy dance beats, uptempo melodies and retro synth effects that deserved a wider audience.

The band reissued We Are Eyes, We Are Builders with a few different tracks on the independent Head Records a short time later. Despite being mentioned in a Newsweek article on the "ELECTROCLASH" scene and drawing praise in other secular publications, Soviet has not released any new material since.

Although the band has also apparently tried to distance itself from the "ELECTROCLASH" label in recent years, its music may have influenced Aussie synthpop outfit Paradoxx to adopt the style on its last two albums, Teknologie and Atomika.

Current Status:
Keith Ruggiero is currently working on solo projects under the moniker KAR Songs (www.karsongs.com & www.myspace.com/sovietboy).

Discography:
Soviet - We Are Eyes, We Are Builders (Plastiq Musiq, 2001)
Soviet - We Are Eyes, We Are Builders (reissue with different tracks) (Head Records, 2001)
Soviet - Spies In The House of Love (2003) (unreleased)
KAR Songs - Moving Pictures

Compilation Appearances:
V/A - Electroclash: 2001 New York City Compilation (Mogul Electro, 2001) - "Candy Girl"
V/A - Plastiq Musiq New Musiq Volume 2 (Plastiq Musiq/Tooth and Nail Records, 2001) - "Marbleyezed"
V/A - Synthpop Megamix (A Different Drum, 2001) - "Marbleyezed"
V/A - Broken Factory Music (Broken Factory Music, 2001) - "Bank Holiday"
V/A - Electroclash Compilation (Ministry of Sound, 2002) - "Candy Girl"
V/A - The Fear of Musiq (Plastiq Musiq, 2002) - "Felton Jarvis", "Marbleyezed" (Stone Cold Mix)
V/A - This Is Tech-Pop (Ministry of Sound, 2002) - "Candy Girl"
V/A - Electroclash Compilation (Ministry of Sound, 2002) - "Candy Girl"
V/A - Nobody's Diary: A Tribute to Yazoo (Ninthwave, 2002) - "In My Room"
V/A - Evolution - The New Breed of Electronic Pop (Cohaagen, 2002) - "Bank Holiday"
V/A - Star Gazing (Guidance Recordings, 2003) - "Candy Girl"
V/A - Star Gazing (12-inch) (Guidance Recordings, 2003) - "Candy Girl"
V/A - U.S. Pop Life Volume 16: Extension of Electro: White Spaces Convergence (Contact Records, 2003) - "Marbleyezed" (remix)

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Angel Beach, Vol. 2: The Second Wave
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Orb
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Release Date: 2003-08-12

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Another Chance - Roberto Sanchez
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Touch Me - Rui Da Silva
Sparks - Ropp
Sing It Back - Moloko
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Tubular Bells

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Bhatiyali
Retratista - Otto
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Australian pressing. This fantastic 3 disc collection features chillout beats from Ibiza, Rio, Goa & Miami. Featured artists include Chicane, Moloko, Roger Sanchez, Royksopp, Left Field, Hervaliser, Xpress 2, Groove Armada, Moby & many more. ORB. 2006.

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OK ... but no there's Narcissus here

Songs from a Second Wave
Telepathic Butterflies
Manufacturer: Rainbow Quartz
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The Uncofortableness Of Being
Big Bang!

Customer Reviews:

OK ... but no there's Narcissus here.......2006-04-11

For me, that song represented the high water mark on TTB's debut CD. This would-be Message from the Country outtake stood far above everything else on that release.

Ordinarily, I can't stand albums with one great song, but this particular song was so amazing--so tied into everything I love about rock and roll--that I bought it happily and didn't look back.

And hence, in all fairness, the Telepathic Butterflies' sophomore release falls victim to elevated expectations. There's nothing in the same league as Narcissus here. In fact, Songs from a Second Wave sounds very much like the first album with Narcissus removed.

That's not a necessarily bad thing. It consists of 13 bittersweet '60s-inflected pop tunes--most sonically of a piece with one another--with moody lyrics that often tumble toward poetry. (My favorite is the Beatlesque The Guilty Party.) If you liked sound of the first album, you won't be disappointed with this one.

But if, like me, you're waiting for another Narcissus, keep waiting.

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Dianne Davidson: Songwriter Extraordinaire
She's come a long way
An astonishing voice. Raw power-- unexploded energy!
soul/rock

Breaking All the Rules!
Dianne Davidson
Manufacturer: Second Wave
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ASIN: B0000000DB
Release Date: 1994-07-26

Tracks:

Trouble Again
What'm I Gonna Do
Song Of Bernadette
Built For Comfort
Song For My Father
So Lucky
Keep My Love Light Burnin'
Tonight I'll Dream That You Care
Killer Without A Heart
Everything To Me
Heaven Bound

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Dianne Davidson: Songwriter Extraordinaire.......2007-02-11

In December 1991, I went to hear my favorite singer, Tracy Nelson, for the umpteenth time, on the occasion of her 47th birthday, performing at New York City's now-defunct night spot, Tramps. Midway through her first set, Tracy said, "This next song is by Dianne Davidson, who I think is one of the finest songwriters in Nashville today. It's called, `Tonight I'll Dream'". I am not the type to pay much attention to songwriters, but the name Dianne Davidson was vaguely familiar. About a month later the name suddenly clicked, and I confirmed what I almost remembered that night; Dianne Davidson had written Sounds of the City, a stunning song that Tracy had recorded on my favorite album of hers, Homemade Songs. Sounds of the City is about the loneliness and uncertainty of a musician's life on the road. The lyrics to that song had haunted me the first time I'd heard it, and they still do.

Anyway, Tracy Nelson is a powerhouse of a singer, and even though by 1991 I had almost gotten used to being blown away by her performance, tonight was different. The song that Tracy had introduced so simply, Tonight I'll Dream, was a revelation. Although I have had a lifelong habit of memorizing lyrics to songs I truly love (I have literally hundreds of complete song lyrics in my head) I had never experienced a song before that was so powerful that I kept hearing the complete chorus in my mind over and over, the very first time I heard it. For the next 48 hours, I could not get the catchphrase of Tonight I'll Dream out of my head, so simple, and yet, so profoundly beautiful. "Yes, I've always been a dreamer", I kept hearing, "and tonight I'll dream that you care".

Three days later, when I could take it no longer, I went up to a mega record store, where I remembered I could plug a song title into a computer, and perhaps find what I was seeking (this was just a little before most people, including me, had unlimited access to the instant information available on the Internet). I hadn't really caught the name Dianne Davidson when Tracy had announced it, so I went to the store's computer, and just punched in the words, "Tonight I'll Dream That You Care", and held my breath. Instantly, a photo of a woman in a plaid shirt came up. The album title was Breaking All the Rules, and the singer was Dianne Davidson. YES! Now I was sure, Tracy had recorded a song of hers before. The computer said the album was in stock, (in the folk department, of all places) and there was one copy available.

I ran upstairs to the folk department, rummaged through the "D's" for just a few moments, and was elated when I found what I was looking for. I didn't even wait to get back to my apartment in Queens. I called my best friend, who lives downtown, "I found it!" I screamed excitedly, "Can I come right over?" He wasn't sure what I was talking about, but come on down, he said. I was vaguely aware that I was acting like a lunatic, despite the fact that, at that time, I already owned about 1,200 CD's of many different genres and artists, and rarely got this excited over a single song.

When I arrived, I told him, "You know I went to see Tracy Saturday, right?" (Like that wasn't all I had been talking about all weekend). "Don't tell me" he said, "you found that song you've been raving about".

"Just put it on - track eight, `Tonight I'll Dream That You Care'". He must have thought I was crazy, but he followed my instructions. When the song was finished, he silently got up, and played the track again, and I realized that we both had damp cheeks. I felt slightly embarrassed, not that I was tearing up in front of my best friend of thirty years, but that I was intruding on such a somber moment, even though I had initiated it. When the song finished a second time, he stopped the CD and played it again, and then again, and again. The only words he spoke, in between hearing it, I think for the third or fourth time were, "Gorgeous. Just gorgeous". That evening, we heard the song, "Tonight I'll Dream That You Care" at least 10 times in a row. I visited a few more record stores the next day, until I found another copy, and bought it for my friend. When I gave it to him he smiled, for he had already found one for himself.

I realized a little later that Tracy Nelson sang backup on Dianne's version of this song, on this very album. And Tracy recorded the song herself, five years later, on her 19th album, Move On. But even though Tracy is my favorite singer, and has been for almost 30 years, when people ask me today, what is my favorite love song of all time, I always answer without hesitation, "Tonight I'll Dream That You Care", by Dianne Davidson.

For many people, finding one brilliant song by a new artist would be enough, but the rest of the album is impressive as well. Besides Tonight I'll Dream, Dianne's songwriting abilities are ably demonstrated on a heartbreaker called, My Father, which also brings tears to my eyes. It's about losing your father in your teens. I guess Dianne and I have that in common, among some other things, and it is from the lyrics to this highly personal, poetic song that the album takes its name ("Times were angry, we were so cruel, but I was a rebel, had to break all the rules..."). There are also a number of other gorgeous Dianne Davidson compositions; another standout is titled, Everything To Me.

Although she wrote or co-wrote more than half the songs on this wonderfully unique album, Ms. Davidson does not shirk from recognizing the works of other great songwriters. Her cover of Blues giant Willie Dixon's Built For Speed is a highlight and, after Tonight I'll Dream, my favorite track is a song that Jennifer Warnes co-wrote with Leonard Cohen for her own tribute album to Mr. Cohen, Famous Blue Raincoat. The song is called, Song of Bernadette, and I like Dianne's heartfelt rendition every bit as much as Jennifer's.

Dianne Davidson wraps up this highly satisfactory lineup with another of her own compositions, the bouncy rock-gospel effort, Heaven Bound.

Like so many great talents I truly admire, Dianne Davidson has not received anywhere near the level of recognition that she deserves. I am not bothered by this; as I've stated before in many prior reviews, considering the astonishing number of marginal talents who have found superstardom, while others with seemingly super-human talent languish in relative obscurity, Dianne Davidson is in good company.

Since acquiring Breaking All the Rules, I've leaned that Dianne had recorded several albums in the early 1970's (Baby, Mountain Mama and Backwoods Woman are the titles of her three rare vinyl albums, all recorded on the Janus Label; Tracy Nelson sings backup on several songs on the latter two). With a bit of perseverance and a lot of luck, I have managed to track them down, and now own them all. But this, her finest effort, is still available; don't be a fool; get it while you can. True genius is too frequently neglected into obscurity, and found by only the lucky few. "Tonight I'll Dream That You Care" may not wind up as your candidate for the most gorgeous love song ever written, as it is mine, but I can almost guarantee it will make your top ten.

She's come a long way.......2000-04-05

The first time I heard Dianne Davidson, I went right out and bought her albums. This was in the 70's, she hasn't lost a bit in her voice. It's big, booming and clear sound reminds you of Tracy Nelson, who incidentaly sings background on one track.I enjoyed Breaking All The Rules, though her style has changed. Where she once was more folk and a bit country, she now has added a bit of pop and blues. My favorite track is Tonight I'll Dream, wonderful words and vocal. My new theme song has been chosen from this CD, Built For Comfort, all you large girls check it out. All in all I would recommend this CD and also her previous work, Backwoods Woman and Mountain Mama, I'm hoping they will be released on CDs.

An astonishing voice. Raw power-- unexploded energy!.......1999-01-06

I first saw Dianne Davidson at a "Festival of Women's Music" in Boston that was hosted by Olivia Records. On the bill was Chris Williamson, Theresa Trull, and a half-dozen other incredible performers. Dianne blew the entire house away with a five-octave voice powered by a Mack truck! It's our loss that "Breaking All the Rules" was her first(and only)recording. How about an encore Olivia?

soul/rock.......1998-10-27

I have always loved this CD, From "Built for Comfort" which has terrific rock quality, excellent guitar licks and steady got-to-move-your-body rhythm, all the way through to "Homeward Bound" with its soulful gospel-trained style. Dianne's voice is solid and soul-filled. Check her out!

Another Lost Decade: The '80s Second British Invasion

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Another Lost Decade: The '80s Second British Invasion
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Time Life Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000AAF258
Release Date: 2005-08-30

Tracks:

Black Coffee in Bed -- Squeeze
Rebel Yell -- Billy Idol
Reflex -- Duran Duran
If You Leave -- Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
(Keep Feeling) Fascination -- Human League
You Take Me Up -- Thompson Twins
It's A Miracle -- Culture Club
Eye to Eye -- Go West
Gold -- Spandau Ballet
(How To Be A) Millionaire -- ABC
Mad World -- Tears For Fears
Will You Still Be There? -- Howard Jones
Dancing with Tears In My Eyes -- Ultravox
Let Me Go -- Heaven 17

Album Description

For those who remember club-hopping through the '80s and who came of age with this music, The '80s Second British Invasion is like totally bitchin'! This was the second time innovative UK artists (now with names like Duran Duran, Tears for Fears, Spandau Ballet, ABC, Culture Club and Howard Jones) spread their music to America, while an upstart MTV aired their videos 24/7 making them superstars during this glamorous decade. The '80s are hotter than ever, and The '80s Second British Invasion features the bands that mattered and their biggest hits. Bonus tracks include two songs previously unavailable on CD!