Black (Colin Vearncombe) - Are We Having Fun Yet? (1993)
Black (Colin Vearncombe) - Are We Having Fun Yet? (1993)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 309 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 142 Mb | Scans included
Pop/Rock | Label: Nero Schwarz Limited | # 519354-2 | Time: 00:44:58
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 309 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 142 Mb | Scans included
Pop/Rock | Label: Nero Schwarz Limited | # 519354-2 | Time: 00:44:58
This album opens with jangly pop song ‘Don’t take the silence too hard’ and includes the operatic ‘Ave Lolita’. “Looking back through the years, it’s pretty obvious I have a fondness for overblown melodramatic music,” Colin said. In recent tours, the track has been reinterpreted acoustically. This album was the first to be released on Black’s own label, and was licensed to major labels for distribution.‘Are we having fun yet?’ was produced by Mike Hedges. Mike’s other production credits include work with The Associates, The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees, U2, Travis and Texas.
Formed in Liverpool, England in 1980, the pop group Black was primarily a vehicle for singer/songwriter Colin Vearncombe, who first emerged at the age of 16 in the punk unit the Epileptic Tits. The first incarnation of Black, consisting of Vearncombe and a cast of anonymous session players, debuted with the single "Human Features" on the local Rox label. The record quickly sold out, and soon Vearncombe was approached by the Eternal label, operated by fellow Liverpudlians Pete Wylie and Wah! With the addition of ex-Last Chant keyboardist Dave Dickie and bassist Jimmy Sangster, Black became a true band, and soon issued their sophomore effort "More Than the Sun."
The trio eventually came to the attention of WEA, which funded Black's third single "Hey Presto." The record stiffed, however, and when an orchestral rendition of "More Than the Sun" met a similar fate, Black were dropped from their contract. Although he continued on as producer, Dickie soon relinquished his performing duties, and the fate of the group looked grim. Some 18 months of writing and searching for a new record deal followed before Vearncombe was contacted by the tiny Ugly Man label, which issued the minor hit "Wonderful Life." Soon A&M came calling, and in 1987 Black scored a U.K. Top Ten hit with "Sweetest Smile"; the follow-up, a reworked "Wonderful Life," was also successful. The group's debut LP, also titled Wonderful Life, appeared in late 1987, and was well-received throughout Europe. Black's sophomore effort, the Robin Millar-produced Comedy, followed in 1988, but failed to match the success of its predecessor; after a long hiatus and a number of lineup changes, the group finally resurfaced in 1991 with an eponymously titled LP featuring cameos from Robert Palmer and Sam Brown. Black soon left A&M, and after teaming with producer Mike Hedges, issued Are We Having Fun Yet? on their own mail-order label, Nero Schwartz, in 1993.Jason Ankeny, Allmusic.com
Black (Colin Vearncombe) - Are We Having Fun Yet? (1993)
Tracklist:
01. Don't Take The Silence Too Hard (4:18)
02. Swingtime (5:34)
03. Wishing You Were Here (4:43)
04. Leaving Song (3:44)
05. That's Just Like Love (3:50)
06. Ave Lolita (5:26)
07. Wish The World Awake (3:56)
08. Paper Crown (5:14)
09. Change Your Mind (3:58)
10. To Take A Piece (4:16)
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EAC extraction logfile from 4. June 2008, 0:23
Black / Are We Having Fun Yet?
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EAC extraction logfile from 4. June 2008, 0:23
Black / Are We Having Fun Yet?
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Read mode : Secure
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DR12 -0.38 dB -14.97 dB 4:18 01-Don't Take The Silence Too Hard
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Black (Colin Vearncombe) - Are We Having Fun Yet? (1993)
Black (Colin Vearncombe) - Are We Having Fun Yet? (1993)
