All reviews written by Alceu Natali with Copyright protected by Brazilian law 9610/98(POSTED ON WWW.AMAZON.COM ON MARCH 9TH, 2009)
When Lennon left and split The Beatles I felt the glorious and unmatchable sixties had come to an end and that I would never listen to great music again. I went nuts for some time, collecting butterflies and hunting ufos. I went through the 70's listening to The Who's masterpieces and the Rolling Stones less inspired albums. When the seventies were over I got some relief, left the ICU for a regular hospital room and came to life again as the eighties began and saw the renaissance of the British music. I still have that NME newspaper format edition with Boy George in the front cover and his early Madonna's colorful and number one look. Colour By Numbers is an album that reinvigorated music, gave colors to its monochromatic monotony, refreshed it and shone it anew. It is The Smiths with Morrissey and without Marrs but with three other talented guys you never hear so much about as in the case of the former Big Country who echoed Stuart Adamson's voice only. Colour By Numbers is perfect and has a landmark status. You can take five hit singles out of its ten tracks and the other five are not just fillers but thrillers. 1. Karma Chameleon is a catchy and joyful song that makes all fruitcakes come out. 2. It's A Miracle has a fantastic dance beat that takes you off the chair with your butts swinging east and west. 3. Black Money is a good Princesque ballad. 4. Changing Every Day is the boring Brazilian bossa nova turned into listenable music. 5. That's the Way is a masterpiece with Helen Terry and George singing in duet and destroying all artists who attempted to do the same before and after. 6. Church of the Poisoned Mind is la crème de la crème, the masterpiece of pop masterpieces. 7. Miss Me Blind is like It's A Miracle but with an astonishing Cocteau Twin-like solo by Roy Hay. 8. Mister Man again follows the paths of the previous track with an early Madonna beat. 9. Stormkeeper sounds much the same like the two previous tracks without being repetitive. 10. Victims is another good piano-driven ballad only without the duet with the amazing backing vocalist Helen Terry who also dresses tracks 3 and 6 wonderfully. I'm a man with conviction, sorry Boy George!
Nenhum comentário:
Postar um comentário