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Track Listings
| 1. Lose Your Love |
| 2. What's Your Problem |
| 3. Paradise Is |
| 4. Why Don't They Leave Things Alone? |
| 5. 22339 |
| 6. Don't You Love It All |
| 7. Believe |
| 8. Lorraine's My Nurse |
| 9. Other Animals |
| 10. No Wonder They Never Made It Back! |
| 11. John |
| 12. Side Two |
| 13. Mixing On The Ceiling (Megamix) |
| 14. I Can See It (Why Don't They Leave Things Alone) (Extended) |
| 15. Scream Down The House |
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*Released in October 1985, Blancmange's third album 'Believe You Me' was produced by Stewart Levine (later to produce Simply Red's 'Stars' and 'A New Flame') and features the hits 'Lose Your Love' and 'Whats Your Problem'.
*This release contains the 12" mixes and non-album b-sides, which appear on CD for the first time, and are all re-mastered from the original tapes. A special bonus is the 7 minute megamix 'Mixing On The Ceiling.'
* The poster booklet features full annotation, photos and the 12" sleeves.
*This release contains the 12" mixes and non-album b-sides, which appear on CD for the first time, and are all re-mastered from the original tapes. A special bonus is the 7 minute megamix 'Mixing On The Ceiling.'
* The poster booklet features full annotation, photos and the 12" sleeves.
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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful
By Eric Generic
Format:Audio CD
Blame "Live Aid". Synthesizer pop took a huge fall in the aftermath of July 1985's Global Jukebox; some managed to cling on by appropriating their sounds for an American audience (Thompson Twins, Howard Jones, OMD, Tears For Fears), some reinvented themselves as straight rock propositions and promptly imploded (Ultravox), while Blancmange....well, whatever DID happen to them?
Having reached the giddy heights of #8 with their 1984 album Mange Tout, along with a succession of Top 40 entries that saw them become shoe-in chart regulars with every release, by the start of 1986 they'd have split amid commercial failure of quite dramatic proportions with this October 1985 long-player.
The typically extensive sleevenotes for this Edsel release (one in a simultaneously-issued series of three that includes the duo's other two albums) are rather down on Blancmange's third opus. There's a continual suggestion that everything had run its course, the natural order of pop had decreed their time was over. Perhaps.
There's a lot to be said that the timing of its release played a part in its downfall; Blancmange were simply men out of time in the landscape of late 1985, an era when the U2s, Dire Straits, and Queens had rearranged the furniture and paved the way for the Top 40 to be populated by Steve Winwoods, Peter Gabriels and Robert Palmers, rather than the floppy haired and quirky keyboard acts of just a year or two earlier.
Regardless of all this, Believe You Me is an excellent album that very nearly stands up to the quality of its two predecessors. There is no tailing off in quality, as with some career-stalling efforts by their peers of the time. "22339" and "John" may sound like the B-sides they actually were, but elsewhere the standard is uniformly high.... Read more ›
Having reached the giddy heights of #8 with their 1984 album Mange Tout, along with a succession of Top 40 entries that saw them become shoe-in chart regulars with every release, by the start of 1986 they'd have split amid commercial failure of quite dramatic proportions with this October 1985 long-player.
The typically extensive sleevenotes for this Edsel release (one in a simultaneously-issued series of three that includes the duo's other two albums) are rather down on Blancmange's third opus. There's a continual suggestion that everything had run its course, the natural order of pop had decreed their time was over. Perhaps.
There's a lot to be said that the timing of its release played a part in its downfall; Blancmange were simply men out of time in the landscape of late 1985, an era when the U2s, Dire Straits, and Queens had rearranged the furniture and paved the way for the Top 40 to be populated by Steve Winwoods, Peter Gabriels and Robert Palmers, rather than the floppy haired and quirky keyboard acts of just a year or two earlier.
Regardless of all this, Believe You Me is an excellent album that very nearly stands up to the quality of its two predecessors. There is no tailing off in quality, as with some career-stalling efforts by their peers of the time. "22339" and "John" may sound like the B-sides they actually were, but elsewhere the standard is uniformly high.... Read more ›
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By D. Turner
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
There's not much to add to the previous excellent review by 'Eric Generic "enigma"', apart from some details that may be of interest to anyone who has the original CD and is in two minds about whether to get this version. As Eric said, the somewhat dismissive sleeve notes also fail anywhere to mention the differences or reasons why some of these tracks are different to the original album and CD release. So, I shall tell you what they are.
First up, 'Lose Your Love' has a slightly different extended intro. '22339' was 5"23 on the original CD, here it's in it's full 7"01 version. 'Other Animals' also has a longer, different intro (the original coming in at 4"19, this version at 4"33). And finally, 'John' has a longer fade out.
And yes, the original 7" remix of 'I Can See It' should have been included. As it is, it's only so far available on the Connoisseur Collection 'Best Of' (the one with the yellow sleeve). Like the dodgy excuse for not including 'Running Thin' and 'I Would' on 'Happy Families', Edsel really should have taken a little bit more time and got both the 'Happy Families' and 'Believe You Me' re-releases to the same standard as 'Mange Tout' (which has everything). Hence 4 stars and not 5.
First up, 'Lose Your Love' has a slightly different extended intro. '22339' was 5"23 on the original CD, here it's in it's full 7"01 version. 'Other Animals' also has a longer, different intro (the original coming in at 4"19, this version at 4"33). And finally, 'John' has a longer fade out.
And yes, the original 7" remix of 'I Can See It' should have been included. As it is, it's only so far available on the Connoisseur Collection 'Best Of' (the one with the yellow sleeve). Like the dodgy excuse for not including 'Running Thin' and 'I Would' on 'Happy Families', Edsel really should have taken a little bit more time and got both the 'Happy Families' and 'Believe You Me' re-releases to the same standard as 'Mange Tout' (which has everything). Hence 4 stars and not 5.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By C. Schmidt
Format:Audio CD
I wish just once that the person organizing the reissue of ANYTHING, at least listen to the original album and know it well before beginning. I love this record. Well, the ORIGINAL album, anyway. There are a few complaints I would like to make here...
1) Lose Your Love - it has been stated in other reviews here the Lose Your Love problem. The main issue is that the version on this CD is an alternate mix with completely different drums. The original has MUCH more power and punch. Listening to the version included here makes one wonder how this could have ever made it in the charts. The original is a definite hit.
2) 22339 being an extended version. *SIGH!* This is arguably, and I don't think I'm alone here, the most POINTLESS track on the album. Like a low rent "Murder" on Mange Tout! This extended version is taking up valuable digital space while the Lose Your Love and What's Your Problem 12"s are not here. That's just bad planning. Much the same as Happy Families including the Feel Me INSTRUMENTAL VERSIONS when Running Thin and the (in my opinion superior) "strings" version of Waves is absent!
Someone was asleep at the wheel for most of the trip, but was jarred awake for Mange Tout (must've hit a pothole) - which was first rate. I guess the real question here is: Why weren't they all doubles?
1) Lose Your Love - it has been stated in other reviews here the Lose Your Love problem. The main issue is that the version on this CD is an alternate mix with completely different drums. The original has MUCH more power and punch. Listening to the version included here makes one wonder how this could have ever made it in the charts. The original is a definite hit.
2) 22339 being an extended version. *SIGH!* This is arguably, and I don't think I'm alone here, the most POINTLESS track on the album. Like a low rent "Murder" on Mange Tout! This extended version is taking up valuable digital space while the Lose Your Love and What's Your Problem 12"s are not here. That's just bad planning. Much the same as Happy Families including the Feel Me INSTRUMENTAL VERSIONS when Running Thin and the (in my opinion superior) "strings" version of Waves is absent!
Someone was asleep at the wheel for most of the trip, but was jarred awake for Mange Tout (must've hit a pothole) - which was first rate. I guess the real question here is: Why weren't they all doubles?
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Although not as knowledgeable as the other reviewers, I am happy to have read what they had to say in their reviews. I agree with some of the complaints and their praises. Yeah, maybe some of the songs don't sound as good as they did on the original album, but it was so wonderful to hear these songs again. In album order.
However, to me, this is the last Blancmange album I COULD NOT FIND on CD for the longest time. Once again, hearing these songs brought back memories of my first year in college. Good and bad. You can hear the end of the synthesizer age as you listen. Still, for me, I still smile at "22339" and get sad at "Why Don't They Leave Things Alone?"
All in all, a memorable listening experience from the past. For me at least.
However, to me, this is the last Blancmange album I COULD NOT FIND on CD for the longest time. Once again, hearing these songs brought back memories of my first year in college. Good and bad. You can hear the end of the synthesizer age as you listen. Still, for me, I still smile at "22339" and get sad at "Why Don't They Leave Things Alone?"
All in all, a memorable listening experience from the past. For me at least.
By Modesty63
Format:Audio CD
Not as excellent as their first 2 albums, but still a pleasure to listen to.
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Great album but...
I agree with others that this is the weakest of their three albums, but on saying that it's still very good. Read more
Published on 4 Jan 2010 by Baz
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Blancmange - Believe you me Remaster 2008
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