- Audio CD (7 April 1998)
- Number of Discs: 2
- Format: Double CD, Import
- Label: Imports
- ASIN: B000006F6G
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 813,923 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| Disc: 1 |
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| 1. Restless |
| 2. Here Come The Clowns |
| 3. Run Home Girl |
| 4. Black Rose |
| 5. I Believe (Love Will Survive) |
| 6. Babylon |
| 7. Shellshock |
| 8. Hungry Eyes |
| 9. Feel Like Dying |
| 10. On With The Show |
| Disc: 2 |
| 1. Take Me To The Future |
| 2. Nothing Left To Lose |
| 3. Everyday |
| 4. Strange Little Girl |
| 5. Crazy Oyster |
| 6. Emptiness |
| 7. Time Is So Hard To Find |
| 8. Angel |
| 9. Get Me Outta' Here |
| 10. My Oh My |
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Please Note: This review is with reference to the original album 'Facades' included on this double-titled CD only.
'Every Day Hurts' was the classic 70s hit for the band 'Sad Cafe'. This album has four singles to its credit; the aforementioned top five hit, 'Nothing Left Toulouse', Strange Little Girl' and 'My Oh My'. Despite this, and a band with a very 'nice' sound, (and a very 'sexy' one on 'Strange Little Girl' in particular!) for some reason remained relatively 'unmemorable' from that period. This is not a particularly outstanding album, but is very listenable all the same. Three of the hits are lumped together in a row here unfortunately, which perhaps does not help. It would have been better if they had spread them out more between much of the other unknown material.
This album was originally pressed in 1979 on blue vinyl to help push sales.
'Every Day Hurts' was the classic 70s hit for the band 'Sad Cafe'. This album has four singles to its credit; the aforementioned top five hit, 'Nothing Left Toulouse', Strange Little Girl' and 'My Oh My'. Despite this, and a band with a very 'nice' sound, (and a very 'sexy' one on 'Strange Little Girl' in particular!) for some reason remained relatively 'unmemorable' from that period. This is not a particularly outstanding album, but is very listenable all the same. Three of the hits are lumped together in a row here unfortunately, which perhaps does not help. It would have been better if they had spread them out more between much of the other unknown material.
This album was originally pressed in 1979 on blue vinyl to help push sales.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Manchester's Sad Cafe' back in the limelight
7 Mar 1999
Format:Audio CD
They never really hit the big time, even in England. Everyday Hurts was a minor hit from the lads from Manchester, but even that was fleeting. Nice to see this re-issue of several of their better tracks. The album is actually a compilation of Fanx Ta-ra, Misplaced Ideals and Facades. The lyrics feel a little stilted these days ("looked out of the window what did I see? I saw the devil he was looking at me....") but it does take fans back to those heady days of the Manchester Apollo with its memorable power outages. Shame they didn't include live tracks in this set but we can always hope for the re-issue of the live album. Colin Bodell
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Glad to hear SAD...
12 Feb 2000
Format:Audio CD
I bought this on a whim, on vinyl ("Misplaced"), seemed a good year for music,1978. I instantly fell for it. An odd mix of soul and Prog/pop elements.10cc comes to mind at times. Eric Stuart, in fact, produced the Facades album. Superb playing and warm arrangements make this a delight. All that's good about '70s music resides here. Fans of Mike And the Mechanics will notice Paul Young's residence here. The fact that both LPs are together is an added plus. GREAT!
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Not Your Average White Bread
1 July 2000
Format:Audio CD
Groups such as Foreigner, Journey and Boston dominated the charts during the end of the nineteen-seventies. There was hardly any room left for these melodic and lush rockers from Manchester, England - Sad Cafe. But, unlike the formula sound of the previous mentioned bands, Sad Cafe's material is more immediate, relies on the blues, and has a heavy edge - intensely heavy. The band also features a knock-out horn section. This 2fer includes the band's most acclaimed work with A&M: Misplaced Ideas from 1978, and Facades from 1979. Lead singer Paul Young has a tough street-thug voice and does a dead-on Mick Jagger (not that it's a sin).
Misplaced Ideals is the harder sounding, more energetic and blue of the two CDs. It has everything possible going for it: thundering guitar lines (Restless), a killer horn section (Here Come The Clowns), luscious vocal harmonies (Run Home Girl), and a demented Keith Moon drummer (Tony Cresswell). He decimates `Black Rose' and `On With The Show.' The arrangements are intense and dramatic. `I Believe Love Will Survive' opens with a tender melodic piano, sweet harmony vocals, then builds to a grand crescendo of pounding drums and screaming lead guitar. The finale (On With The Show) has a repeated scorching guitar reprise that'll peel wallpaper. Compared to Misplaced Ideas; Foreigner, Journey and Boston are about as fierce as the Carpenters.
Facades isn't on par with Misplaced Ideals - the sound is softer, and the blues are replaced by white bread funk (Guys, what were you thinking?). Still, Facades is a reliable CD with infectious melodies (Angel), soaring vocal harmonies (Everyday), and hooks with hooks (check the break after the lonesome synthesizer introduction on `Nothing To Lose'). Facades has a couple of Average White Bread (I mean Band) throwaways (Strange Little Girl & Get Me Outta' Here). So much for perfection. Get this rocking Sad Cafe 2fer before it's relegated to "sensational out-of-print CD" heaven.
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