Drastic Plastic

Drastic Plastic Artist: Be Bop Deluxe
Label: Caroline
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 077779473328
EAN: 0077779473328
ASIN: B000007URK


Release Date: 2004-11-30

Drastic Plastic


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Tracks:

  1. Electrical Language
  2. New Precision
  3. New Mysteries
  4. Surreal Estate
  5. Love In Flames
  6. Panic In The World
  7. Dangerous Stranger
  8. Superenigmatix
  9. Visions Of Endless Hopes
  10. Possession
  11. Islands Of The Dead
  12. Blimps
  13. Lovers Are Mortal
  14. Lights

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Album Details

Classic Reissue Contains 11 Tracks.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars If I had to describe this album in one line............2005-10-06

...it would be, "post punk, pre new wave, English science-fiction pop rock". Personally, this is one of my favorite albums of all time, probably due to the wonderful discoveries of adolescence. But even then, I had a hard time falling in love with a couple of these tracks. When this album was released, I was a guitar slinging teenage rocker, rebelling against all things disco and synthesized. Songs like "Electrical Language" and "Japan" (which for some reason is not in Amazon's track listing) just had too much synthesizer for me. I've later come to appreciate these tunes more, which is indicative of "Drastic Plastic" as a whole - a bit of an acquired taste. Bill Nelson's fantastic guitar prowess doesn't so much take a back seat as it does support each song...and the songs are what make this a GREAT album. That's not to say that he doesn't throw down with some fat-toned, heart-felt wickedness that has made him one of the world's best unknown guitarists (except those already in the know). These tunes are what I call "cream-of-the-crop pop". Every song is filled with catchy hooks that not only keep you listening, but stay in your head long after the stereo power button is turned off. "Panic in the World" is the best example because it's simple and catchy. The only problem is that Mr. Nelson crams so many words in some of the lines that it's hard to make out the words, but that is also one of the endearing quirks. And compared to much of Be bop's prior releases, it is more "quirky" - "left of center".
"Superenegmatix" is a nod to early punk rock (which when this was released, punk WAS early), "Dangerous Stranger" is reminiscent of Nick Lowe, "New Mysteries" musically brings to my mind a futuristic, mechanical, marching army, and "Island of the Dead", is a morbid love ballad. There is a lot of ground that Be Bop Deluxe covers on Drastic Plastic. I have not heard the unreleased tracks yet, but the price of admission is well worth the listening experience.

3 out of 5 stars Great Title, but Disappointing.......2005-08-28

Drastic Plastic. The title suggests something new and fantastic. Well, there is one stellar track on this album...Panic in the World. The sound created here was a precursor to sounds that would become more popular in the early 1980s: great guitar, synthesizer, brooding vocals. Great stuff.
The rest of the album, unfortunately, is not very coherent. Kind of interesting, but just not quite finished. I tried to like this record, but couldn't find a way. Of course, this was the final album for Bill Nelson and Be Bop Deluxe. Maybe that explains the many shortcomings, which I really didn't expect after the genius of Sunburst Finish and other earlier material.
Panic in the World has always been a favorite of mine and it still appears on many playlists today. If you like that sound, pick up Graham Parker's, Another Grey Area [1982]. The sound is a little more punchy, the vocals a bit more strained, but similar.

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