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Artist: Nouvelle VagueEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Explicit Lyrics
CD Release Date: 2005-05-03
Music Label: Luaka Bop
Soundtracks:
- Love Will Tear Us Apart
- Just Cant Get Enough
- In A Manner Of Speaking
- Guns Of Brixton
- This Is Not A Love Song
- Too Drunk To ****
- Marian
- Making Plans For Nigel
- A Forest
- I Melt With You
- Teenage Kicks
- Psyche
- Friday Night Saturday Morning
- Sorry For Laughing
Music reviews of Nouvelle Vague
Music Review: Post punk goes bossa nova & puts a smile on your face.
Rating: 4 Stars
I have most of the originals & was quite into all of the original artists that this band has covered, in fact the 1977-1985 years were probably my favorite for pop/rock. Remakes/tributes are usually a mixed bag. Many are done by less talented groups to confirm their hipness & end up on cringe-inducing tribute collection albums. Those done by better artists often fail to capture the spirit of the original, or try to put a new twist on the song, but end up being really cheesy (and not in a good way). This collection of tracks seems like another gimmick, take a mix of post-punk hits & a few obscurities & give them a bossa nova facelift, making them a little bit more appealing & recognizable than the Muzak punk CD "Punk Rock Baby". However, I do feel that the album works quite well & doesn't become tiresome half way through listening to it. It's quite a lot better than another (recently-released) 80s remake CD I heard playing in a store not too long ago (I think the artist focused on politically-oriented songs from the era), which tried too hard & ultimately failed to either add anything new or match the originals in quality. Only 2 songs really fall short on those grounds & those 2 songs are probably the least known of the lot (KJ's "Psyche" & Josef K's "Sorry For Laughing"), so most people won't mind. The singer wavers between sounding like a number of different female singers (at their most subdued): Hope Sandoval (from Mazzy Star) (on #2 & #8 & #10), Bjork (without the high notes) on #4, the woman that sang that "Telephon Man" song from the 1970s on #6, & even a bit of Dusty Springfield (as on her version of "Windmills of My Mind") on #3.
This album isn't quite perfect, but I'd give it 4.5 stars if I could. Recommended more to those familiar with the originals or those who like quirky remakes than to bossa nova fans.
Here's the list of artists in case you don't recognize them:
1. Joy Division
2. Depeche Mode
3. Tuxedomoon
4. The Clash
5. PiL
6. Dead Kennedys
7. Sisters of Mercy
8. XTC
9. The Cure
10. Modern English
11. The Undertones
12. Killing Joke
13. The Specials
14. Josef K.
Description of Nouvelle Vague
All products are BRAND NEW and factory sealed. Fast shipping and 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed.Recycling the 1980s sound has been in vogue lately, so it?s no surprise that the producing team known as Nouvelle Vague would find yet another way to mine the nostalgia for the early ?80s, post-punk era. They?re doing it bossa nova style.
The disc opens with a rendition of Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart." It?s a charming start, and with a breathy chanteuse on vocals, it?s exactly the kind of sound that has some music critics proclaiming (admittedly with a touch of sarcasm) that Nouvelle Vague is the ironic dinner music for the new millennium. Unfortunately, this CD is somewhat less winning as it wears on. "Guns of Brixton" is annoying when done in a loungey mood, and sitting through "Too Drunk to F**k" in the wrong company could certainly ruin the amuse bouche. Nevertheless, the entertaining tracks do outweigh tiresome ones on this release. If this concept sounds like an interesting idea to you, you?re bound to get a smile from the execution. --Leah Weathersby
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