Digging Your Scene (The Best Of) - The Blow Monkeys [2008]
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Wikipedia - Digging Your Scene: The Best of The Blow Monkeys is a double greatest hits album, released on February 4, 2008 by British pop rock / new wave / funky / Dance band The Blow Monkeys. Led by singer, guitarist, piano and keyboard player Dr. Robert, the group formed in the early eighties and disbanded in 1990. After that, Dr. Robert went on to pursue a solo career. The Blow Monkeys recently reformed, with the aim of touring and releasing a brand new album.
The 36 tracks included on this double compilation were originally featured on the band's fifth studio albums, and most of them were also released as singles, the most successful ones including "It Doesn't Have to Be This Way" (which reached Number 5 in the UK Singles Chart in 1987, their highest position ever), and "Digging Your Scene" (climbing to Number 12 in 1986, this song represented their first British, American and worldwide hit, also making it to Number 14 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, Number 7 in the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play, and Number 25 in Germany).
Another Top Ten track was the smash hit "Wait", a duet which got to Number 7, and was only credited to the leader Dr. Robert, as Robert Howard (his real name), and Chicago house diva Kym Mazelle, though it was actually played by the whole group and featured on their fourth studio album Whoops! There Goes the Neighbourhood. Five more duets are contained in the 2008 double greatest hits album, including the politically censored "Celebrate (The Day After You)", sung with soul legend Curtis Mayfield (it came out at the time of 1987 re-election, when then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was heavily being attacked by many British musical acts, including The Blow Monkeys), "Be Not Afraid", a heartfelt interpretation of Robert with amazing Arabian singer Cheb Khaled (the description of how this song actually came into being is one of the few things Howard wrote in the booklet to a less recent double compilation), "Choice?", a house stomper played by the band with young vocalist Sylvia Tella (one of their last hits, before splitting up in the early nineties), who also co-performed "Slaves No More", a less successful single which also features here, and, last but not least, "Sweet Murder", one of the band's earlier interpretations, realized with toaster Eek-A-Mouse (never released as a single, this popular album track was contained in their second long playing work, namely Animal Magic, which also included their very first smash hit "Digging Your Scene"). This greatest hits collection comprises many other stand-out tracks which were never taken out their respective albums, among which the fifth LP's title track "Springtime for the World", the instrumental medley "Vibe Alive/Reflections '89", "Squaresville", and many more.
Amazon.com - Two CD compilation from Blow Monkeys who were the British Pop/Rock quartet led by singer/guitarist Dr. Robert. They broke through with the U.K. and U.S. with the Top 40 hit 'Digging Your Scene' in 1986 and they went on to place ten singles and four albums in the U.K. charts between 1986 and 1990. In the U.S., they are perhaps best known for the track 'You Don't Own Me,' which appeared on the multi-platinum soundtrack album Dirty Dancing in 1987. The cd features 36 marvels from the career of this overlooked UK outfit. Music Club. 2008.
Disc 01
[01] Digging Your Scene
[02] Celebrate (The Day After You) --> Featuring Curtis Mayfield
[03] Wait --> The Blow Monkeys / Robert Howard Featuring Kym Mazelle
[04] It Doesn't Have To Be This Way
[05] Springtime For The World
[06] Be Not Afraid --> Featuring Cheb Khaled
[07] Reflections '89
[08] As The Dust Settles
[09] La Passionara
[10] This Is Your Life
[11] Choice? --> Featuring Sylvia Tella
[12] Slaves No More --> Featuring Sylvia Tella
[13] Out With Her
[14] Heaven Is A Place
[15] In Too Deep
[16] Let The People Dance
[17] Checking Out
[18] If You Love Somebody
Disc 01 Play Time 01h:19m:49s
Disc 02
[01] Man From Russia
[02] He's Shredding Skin
[03] Atomic Lullaby
[04] Wildflower
[05] Wicked Ways
[06] Forbidden Fruit
[07] Squaresville
[08] It Pays To Belong
[09] Trashtown Incident
[10] Fat Cat Belusha
[11] Bombed Into The Stoneage
[12] Aeroplane City Lovesong
[13] I Backed A Winner (In You)
[14] I Nearly Died Laughing
[15] Come On Down
[16] Sweet Murder --> Featuring Eek-A-Mouse
[17] Rise Above
[18] The Other Side Of You
Disc 02 Play Time 01h:19m:48s
Total Mp3 Play Time > 02h:39m:37s
Total File Size > 375mb (Including MP3s, Art Covers & File)
Total Bit Size > 320kbps
Music File Type > I-Tunes MP3 Format
Music Video Format > N / A
Scanned Artwork > Yes @ 300dpi
Original CD Rip > Yes - only1joe
Original Uploader > Yes - only1joe
Upload Speed > 33-35KB/s
Music Genre > Pop Punk Rock
Release Date > Demon Music Group
Record Company > 04 February 2008
Artists WebSite >
> http://www.theblowmonkeys.com
> http://www.myspace.com/theblowmonkeys
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blow_Monkeys
> http://twitter.com/theblowmonkeys
> http://www.facebook.com/theblowmonkeys
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co8P6fN732U [It Doesn’t Have To Be This Way]
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJOzuIjX3IQ [Digging Your Scene]
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3cFkrYP6MQ [Some Kind Of Wonderful]
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