by negative1 » Fri Jul 06, 2018 4:07 am
my short review:
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A Flock Of Seagulls [With The Prague Philharmonic Orchestra]: Ascension UK CD/DL [2018]
I Ran [Orchestral Version]
Modern Love Is Automatic [Orchestral Version]
Telecommunication [Orchestral Version]
Space Age Love Song [Orchestral Version]
Ascension
Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) [Orchestral Version]
Nightmares [Orchestral Version]
DNA [Orchestral Version]
Electrics [Orchestral Version]
Transfer Affection [Orchestral Version]
The More You Live, The More You Love [Orchestral Version]
Man Made [Orchestral Version]
if you don’t think the orchestral versions wont work, then this isn’t for you, so you should probably listen to the release without it.
i was skeptical too, especially after the disaster that was the midge ure release, and most other ones. only the pet shop boys and abc, are suited for an orchestra. i haven’t heard the visage,so i can’t judge that one. echo is coming out with one too, and ocean rain, was pretty decent.
anyways, the slower songs, and midtempo ones work out well, along with the radical reworkings of i ran, and wishing. i think it’s a good fit and most of the songs are ok. ascension is a 1 min 12 sec interlude, so nothing new there.
the guitar work is excellent. and i will be getting the deluxe set to check out the instrumentals and other versions.
overall, it’s a good release, and the song selection is limited to the first 3 albums, and covers most but not all of their singles. i wish they had done ‘never again the dancer’, but oh well. the only other problem is most of the songs are way too short. the main singles that everyone knows are well done, and ‘space age love song’ is a good single for song that had a basic release.
good job on this project, and hopefully there might be some more music from the original members. we’ll see.
later
-1