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It includes the hits ‘Best Years Of Our Lives’, ‘Mr Raffles’ and ‘Make Me Smile’ – almost a ‘Best of’! Produced by Steve Harley and Alan Parsons, and recorded and mixed at EMI Studios, Abbey Road in London. Steve’s profile is still high with him regularly out on tour in the UK, and fronting a radio show on BBC Radio 2. Tracks: Here Comes The Sun / (I Believe) Love’s A Prima Donna / Mad, Mad Moonlight / Red Is A Mean, Mean Colour / Sweet Dreams / Finally A Card Came / Psychomodo / (If This Is Love) Give Me More / The Best Years Of Our Lives / (Love) Compared To You / Mr. Soft / Sebastian / Seeking A Love / Tumbling Down / Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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I first heard this album around 1980 and am very pleased to see it is still available after so many years. The depth of emotion that Steve Harley can put into music is well known, and this album is one for the kind. It is at the same time hypnotic and rousing. If you have not heard this one, buy it now.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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TBYOOL, recorded with the second incarnation of Cockney Rebel, had a hard act to follow. The previous line up had been awarded a Gold Star for Outstanding New Act of 1974 and their second album, Psychomodo, was a work of brilliance.
This album has a distinctly different flavour than Harley's more folk-flavoured previous works. It leans closer to pop and glam rock, hence the electric violin has been cut back and in its place is electric guitar, played by the excellent Jim Cregan. However, the fantastical lyrics and sneering voice of Harley ensure that his signiature sound is not dulled with these changes.
TBYOOL is a superb album, mixing the more upbeat pop tracks (Mad Mad Moonlight) with the darker songs (Back To The Farm, It Wasn't Me) which peppered The Psychomodo. Whatever you may think of Harley's unusual lyrics (which can all make sense in their own context), he certainly paints his imagery vividly and with the utmost conviction. This third album remains one of his best, even against his two previous works. Even if you are not a fan, you may well appreciate this well-crafted album.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Its the summer of 2005 and this 70's classic sounds FRESH! I couldn't stop playing it and it can still give all the Britpop pretenders of the current era something to aspire to. Yes, it ofcourse has the most famous of the Cockney Rebel songs, the delicious "Come Up and See Me (make me smile)", but there is an edge of irony and a savage pleasure in life that hangs about almost every song on this album. Almost all these tracks show consumate music making skill and would be able to succeed as commercial singles if released in today's less adventurous musical climate. This music SNEERS with its own self-assured brilliance. And that is saying something given the sneering vocals of the lead, Steve Harley at the height of his powers. The tortured and slightly - well, Cockney - accent is almost unique, the vocabulary of the lyrics is poetry - and too clever by half, thus rendering it almost camp (with relish, Mr. Harley drawls the lines on 'Mr Raffles': "I didn't see you had a gun - until you shot that Spanish Dancer!" while castanetas click bizarelly in the background...). Its an acquired taste, but not too hard to acquire, and the overly mannered style sizzles on a hot pan of sexual energy and thwarted male charisma. Listening to this makes you feel a little bit more groovy, baby, yeah, than you ever really thought you could be...
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Simply the Best
The Best Years Of Our Lives. Hammersmith Odeon 1975. My first Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel concert and suddenly I had clarity. Life is take the knocks and learn and grow from them. Read more
Published on 30 Dec 2009 by Miki D
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Play the music - "Come up and see me...Make me smiiiile!" It does just that! Everytime!
Published on 25 Oct 2009 by T. J. Palmer
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