Hundreds & Thousands

Hundreds & Thousands Artist: Bronski Beat
Label: Polygram Int'l
Category: Music


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


UPC: 731455004328
EAN: 0731455004328
ASIN: B000006UWR


Release Date: 1998-10-20

Hundreds & Thousands


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Tracks:

  1. Heat Wave
  2. Why?
  3. Run from Love
  4. Hard Rain
  5. Smalltown Boy
  6. Junk
  7. Infatuation/Memories
  8. Close to the Edge
  9. Love to Love You Baby/I Feel Love/Johnnie Remember Me
  10. Cadillac Car

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  1. Age of Consent
  2. Truthdare Doubledare
  3. The Communards
  4. Rainbow Nation

Album Details

A Disc of Remixes that Had Previously Only Been Available to Club DJ'S. Thanks to Demand by Fans, this Became One of (If Not) the First Remix Compilation(S) Ever. Tracks Included Are Heat Wave / Why / Run from Love / Hard Rain / and More.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Uh, at least TWO UNDER PAR.......2005-10-30

I couldn't disagree with the previous reviewer more. I find the versions on this collection to be more interesting, more cohesive, and generally pleasing to listen to than the original AoC album. The "bizarre dialog" featured in Junk is hilarious in my opinion, and I think Why works a lot better on this one than the original. I can put this cd in and just let it go - the flow is terrific - and I can't stress enough how skillfully done the remixing is - a lot of tracks on this collection show just how this should be done. A couple tracks (Cadillac Car esp) could be omitted, but I think it's just as likely that someone else might pick a different two to drop - matter of preference vs. actually bad tracks. Bottom line, if you like these guys, I'd try to at least get a listen in rather than just taking any reviewer's word for it (including this one's).

5 out of 5 stars A GREAT PARTY ALBUM!.......1999-04-01

A WONDERFUL CD

2 out of 5 stars Interesting filler album, not quite up to par.......1999-01-18

The main problem here is that this album attempts to plug the gap between Bronski Beat's brilliant 1984 debut, "The Age of Consent," and the coming of their new vocalist, John Jon, for 1986s "Truthdare Doubledare." It consists mostly of ill-advised re-mixes of superb "Age of Consent" songs, and adds a few new tracks, all with Jimmy Somerville on lead vocals, which don't work nearly as well as previous efforts.

Of the new songs, only "Hard Rain" and, especially, "Run from Love," approach the level of Bronski songs from the debut. "Cadillac Car" is an interesting novelty-type song, sampling the riff from the Surfari's 1960s hit "Wipeout," but does not hold up to repeated listening. Neither does the medley "Infatuation/Memories" or the slight "Close to the Edge."

One track, previously released on single, but not on the original album, is a medley of "Love to Love You Baby/I Feel Love/Johnny Remember Me." The latter two tracks appeared on "Age of Consent," but the remixing done to them here does not work very well. The "Love to Love You Baby" section is a fine cover, but the remixing strips "Johnny Remember Me" of its emotional force and "I Feel Love" of its propulsive dance beat.

Of the re-mixes of old songs, "Smalltown Boy"'s is probably the most minimal, and therefore works the best. "Heatwave"'s remix pulls forward the song's 1920s-style musicality, and so is also a good track. However, "Why" is slowed down to a crawl, compared to the original, and loses its power in the process. In addition, a bizarre dialogue by Miss Wendy Wild is tacked in the re-mix of "Junk," and it just interferes with the song.

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  3. Women & Song ~ Various Artists
  4. Wildest Dreams ~ Saga
  5. Escalator ~ Sam Gopal
  6. In Due ~ Nek
  7. Bad With Wimen ~ DM Bob & Deficits
  8. Little of This ~ Barbara Ruskin
  9. Miles Away ~ Miles Away
  10. The Same Old Blues ~ Proud Mary

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In a Soulful Mood ~ Charles Mingus

Serenade to Silver ~ Andy LaVerne

Beach Ball ~ Dirk K.

Wave ~ Antonio Carlos Jobim

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Live ~ Adama Drame

Yuzumore ~ Yuzu