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Wild And Lonely

The AssociatesMP3 Download
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Play   1. Fire To Ice (2006 Digital Remaster) 4:36 £0.89
Play   2. Fever (2006 Digital Remaster) 4:50 £0.89
Play   3. People We Meet (2006 Digital Remaster) 4:26 £0.89
Play   4. Just Can't Say Goodbye (2006 Digital Remaster) 5:33 £0.89
Play   5. Calling All Around The World (2006 Digital Remaster) 4:21 £0.89
Play   6. The Glamour Chase (2006 Digital Remaster) 4:56 £0.89
Play   7. Where There's Love (2006 Digital Remaster) 4:43 £0.89
Play   8. Something's Got To Give (2006 Digital Remaster) 4:44 £0.89
Play   9. Strasbourg Square (2006 Digital Remaster) 4:48 £0.89
Play 10. Ever Since That Day (2006 Digital Remaster) 4:59 £0.89
Play 11. Wild And Lonely (2006 Digital Remaster) 4:26 £0.89
Play 12. 1,2,3 (2006 Digital Remaster) 2:56 £0.89
Play 13. Green Tambourine (2006 Digital Remaster) 3:26 £0.89
Play 14. Groovin' With Mr Bloe (2006 Digital Remaster) 3:04 £0.89
Play 15. I'm Gonna Run Away From You (2006 Digital Remaster) 4:19 £0.89
Play 16. Fever In The Shadows (2006 Digital Remaster) 7:31 £0.89
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Product details

  • Original Release Date: 7 Aug 2006
  • Release Date: 7 Aug 2006
  • Label: Virgin UK
  • Copyright: (C) 2006 Virgin Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2006 Virgin Records Ltd
  • Total Length: 1:13:38
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  • ASIN: B001I1G9P0
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 61,086 in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 in MP3 Albums)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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The late Billy Mackenzie was an awesomely fascinating singer whose finest work can be found on The Associates' albums "Sulk" and "Fourth Drawer Down". The lightweight songwriting and superficial production on his 1990 album "Wild And Lonely" came as a minor disappointment to both fans and critics. 16 years on, and 9 years after Mackenzie took his life, "Wild And Lonely" has now been re-released in a remastered edition with added bonus tracks. Despite sounding slightly dated back in 1990, the music has aged surprisingly well, and Mackenzie's vocals, while nowhere near as dramatic as in his early eighties heydays, are still captivatingly stunning and second to none. Especially the tracks from the old vinyl album's b-side, "Where There's Love", "Strasbourg Square", "Ever Since That Day" and "Wild And Lonely" with their wide range from baritone crooning to falsetto drama (oscillating from one to the other within a verse, sometimes within a single line) are very impressive, the only flaws here the mostly inoffensive and sometimes outright bland instrumentaion. Nevertheless, all songs (with the possible exception of "Calling ...", which is just a little too bland) are fine songs, and as a pop album, "Wild And Lonely" is truly enjoyable. The choice of the cover versions that appeared on the b-sides of the accompanying singles (included here as bonus tracks) is even more MOR in both production and song material, but even on a track like "Green Tambourine" Billy's voice is the saving grace, positively seductive and bringing out an ambiguity hidden behind the plain words.

One more quote from Billy's own lyrics: "... standing there with a broken key/to an open door/God it's only me ... wild ... and lonely". If one considers the chances (for success) Billy Mackenzie had, and, sadly, let pass by, the words make (painful) sense ...
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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There are some fantasic songs on this CD sung beautifully by in my opinion the greatest singer of our time, Billy Mackenzie. If you own other Associates/Billy Mackenzie CDs I urge you to buy this, The Glamour Chase, Just Can't Say Goodbye, Strasbourg Square, Where There's Love, and Fever are some of Billys best songs. If you're new to Billy Mackenzie/Associates music buy this Cd or good starting points are the albums Perhaps and Sulk.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Up-beat misery 22 Dec 2004
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An achingly beautiful (and quite catchy) set of songs from the late, great Billy McKenzie (The Associates minus Alan Rankine, sadly). Lyrically intricate and cheerful and pensive by turns - the music is fairly up-beat for Associates tracks but hits the right chord if you just want to be enveloped by great music from a mysteriously iconic and talented artist. From the echoey piano cadences of Strasbourg Square to the obviously eighties pop-influenced All Around The World it's very welcome to listen to these largely non-experimental tracks and just enjoy them for what they are.
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