Claudia Brucken "Love & A Million Other Things"

[omar]

Hurrah!! According to AmazonUk a 2cd re-issue is out in Aug. on Cherry Red(yikes!). I hope that CR doesn't fuck this one up!

[obs]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/asin/dp/B003UN58VU

No tracklist yet.

Expanded 2CD reissue of the only solo album to date from Claudia Brücken, electronic pop siren and lead singer of Propaganda, the band NME described as the 'Duel' in ZTT Records' crown.

* Originally released in 1991, the album includes the singles 'Absolut[e]', 'Kiss Like Ether' and 'Fanatic', cowritten with godfather of electronic music Thomas Leer, with whom Claudia formed the cult ZTT band Act in the late 80s.

* Cherry Red's expanded reissue includes the original album plus 10 bonus tracks covering all the singles, B-sides and remixes of the era.

* 'Love...' was produced by Pascal Gabriel who at the time was on the wave of massive success producing and cowriting Bomb The Bass' Beat Dis and S'Express' Theme from S'Express. But it was this album with Claudia Brücken that set the standard for every electronic diva that has followed in her wake all of which have been produced by Pascal Gabriel Goldfrapp, Kylie, Dido, Little Boots, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Ladyhawke.

* Other artists featured on the album include Glenn Gregory (Heaven 17), Steve Jansen (Japan), John Uriel (ABC, Thomas Lang), Steve Nye (Penguin Cafe Orchestra), and singers Claudia Fontaine and Carol Kenyon.

* Three tracks are released on CD for the first time, including Pascal Gabriel's promo-only 12" Bastille Mix of 'Absolut [e]' and the Earth Mood Magic in a Present Tense 12" mix of 'Kiss Like Ether' by John Waddell, whose remix credits range from Kylie to De La Soul.

[Lerxst]

Nice. I paid £40 for mine off eBay a few years back, but I think I'll hold on to it until I hear how this sounds.

[obs]

http://www.discogs.com/artist/Claudia+Br%C3%BCcken

Time for some speculation on the ten extra tracks:
7:28 Absolut[e] - Shooting Star
5:04 Whisper
5:44 Absolut[e] - Bastille Mix

6:41 Kiss Like Ether - Electrical Embrace
3:51 Kiss Like Ether - As Pure
5:49 I, Dream - Recurring
3:22 Kiss Like Ether - Earth Mood Magic
7:34 Kiss Like Ether - Earth Mood Magic In a Present Tense
4:30 I, Dream

So what's the tenth track?

I think "I, Dream" is the third track that hasn't been released on CD before (appearing on the 7").

[janus]

According to www.play.com the tracklist is:

CD 1:

1. Kiss Like Ether
2. Baby Sigh
3. Absolut[e]
4. Suicide - A Song For A Ghost
5. Unforgivable
6. Moments Of Joy
7. Fanatic (The Nail In My Soul)
8. Love In Another World
9. Always...
10. Surprise

CD 2:

1. Absolut[e] (Shooting Star)
2. Absolut[e] (Bastille Mix)
3. Whisper
4. Kiss Like Ether (As Pure)
5. I, Dream
6. Kiss Like Ether (Electrical Embrace)
7. I, Dream (Recurring)
8. Kiss Like Ether (Earth Mood Magic)
9. Kiss Like Ether (Earth Mood Magic In A Present Tense)

[omar]

Sounds good to me. But wasn't Fanatic(Nail In My Soul) released as a promo single as well. I wonder how many mixes of that there are ?

[janus]

By the way: this is one of my favourite albums of the 90s.

I love "unforgiveable", "absolut[e]", "love in another world" and "kiss like ether", but most of all i adore the b-sides "i dream" and especially "whisper".

Anyway i'm a little disappointed. I own the album and both singles on CD and was hoping for some more rarities. Hopefully the sound quality has been improved as the originals all sound dull.

[obs]

With only nine (or ten) tracks, they could have made it a CD-Extra and added the two videos.

[ApolloZero]

Thanks for the info.
I am definitely buying this. My old cd is starting to rot, i had to make a copy of it before it got so bad and i couldnt play it anymore.

[omar]

I'm definitely looking forward to this myself. I just hope that Cherry Red doesn't screw up . I'm wondering if they're actually remastering this from the original masters or not ?

[ApolloZero]

Yeah, i am hoping Cherry Red doesnt put out it's inferior product.

[obs]

Amazon has updated the page with a tracklist. Disc one, you already know, but disc two has Whisper listed twice.

Disc: 2
01. ABSOLUT E SHOOTING STAR
02. WHISPER
03. ABSOLUT E BASTILLE MIX
04. WHISPER
05. KISS LIKE ETHER AS PURE
06. I, DREAM
07. KISS LIKE ETHER ELECTRICAL EMBRACE
08. I, DREAM RECURRING
09. KISS LIKE ETHER EARTH MOOD MAGIC
10. KISS LIKE ETHER EARTH MOOD MAGIC IN A PRESENT TENSE

Release date: Aug 16.

[Blakeh]

I just received a note from Amazon UK stating the release date has been pushed back to August 30th. Hopefully it won't keep getting pushed back and pushed back like some other releases.

[Lerxst]

Can't wait for this now. I've got right back into Propaganda recently, when the Secret Wish reissue came out, and I dug out my CD of this and have been listening to it again for the first time in years.

I'm looking forward to hearing the second disc, as apart from I, Dream (Recurring), the rest is all new to me.

[moni]

Play and HMV are still saying it's being released on the 16th as well as the Cherry Red website so i dunno where amazon are getting their information from.