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Back together the five original Duran members are doing what they know best: writing catchy pop songs that put to shame many of today’s chart-busters. Probably the commercial gay scene’s most successful dance producers, Almighty give the song a conventional trance makeover full of arpeggios and anthemic breakdowns (134 BPM). There’s a dub on the flip but unfortunately the whole venture lacks depth and momentum. Le Bon’s familiar tone just pulls it off in what sounds like a pretty decent song but...
You haven’t finished hearing about Kelis’ milkshake. She scored one of the biggest hits of the decade and nearly one year on there’s still a regular amount of inventive bootlegs sampling her (by now) oh so familiar acappella. However the biggies keep flowing: “Trick Me” was another dead hooky number and now comes “Millionaire” which is simply too gorgeous for words. Like Prince on a party drum & bass tip this is music you have to jump up to – and it features Outkast’s mighty Andre 3000!5 Out...
Following Kevin Lyttle as a ‘soca’ pop ambassador, Rupee tries to resist his urges by essentially bridging the gap between ‘Turn Me On’ and 2Play & Raghav’s ‘So Confused’ with singalong choruses and sunny weather styling of his own. Basically, like those and you’ll like this - a healthy chart position shouldn’t be too much of a problem.3 Out Of 5Reviewed By: Matt Oliver...
As a teenage boy in the late-70s there were only three pin-up posters to have on your wall. Farrah Fawcett from Charlie’s Angels, Joanna Lumley sporting her Purdy bob and the peroxide locks of Blondie. I had all three super size Athena posters, along with another unidentified blond scratching her bare bum on a tennis court! But it was Debbie Harry that stole my heart with her pure seductive pleas mixed with punk attitude. 27 years after hitting the chart top spot ‘Heart Of Glass’ returns subtly ...