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Cock Robin - After Here Through Midland (1987) LP - €7,00

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Here Through Midland is the second album by Cock Robin and was released in 1987.
Again it was a big success in continental Europe as their first eponymous album, reaching the Top 10, but was largely ignored in the United States where the album reached only #166 in the Billboard 200. The single "Just Around the Corner" proved to be the biggest hit in Europe, and it remains a staple on adult contemporary and pop music stations in France.

Indeed it is a more consistent one than their debut, it's easier on the ear and there's no production-overkill,
just a very pleasant flow.
Only 2 people were left of the original line up, the core duo of singers Peter Kingsbery and Anna LaCazio.
The bulk of the material comes from Peter's pen, and there's a whole lot of infectious energy coming unfiltered through the speakers, right from the soul.
It's lush and melodic with delicate rhythm-work ( mostly mid-tempo ), and, as I once said:
"nobody is writing about love like Peter Kingsbery does", which means I can very much relate to his words in a personal way.
"The Biggest Fool of All" is one of the best songs ever, but there's no stinker on the album anyway,
with "I'll Send Them Your Way" ( perhaps a bit schmaltzy) and "Coward's Courage" ( rather overblown ) being the weakest points.
"El Norte" is perfect pop, "Another Story" is hauntingly beautiful with its tremendous vocal-lines, the title track is perfectly capturing a man gasping for air on a long ride home.
And there's "Just Around the Corner", a well deserved hit-single in its time and perhaps the best remembered song from the album.
I wish that nowaydays' pop-music were as special as this. Peter Kingsbery's writing has always been devoid of a formula, he was really searching for the extraordinary, and it's stunning how often he still hit the nail and managed to attract a wider audience in a contemporary way.
It's an underrated treasure of the 80's, not a soulless product.


Side A
A1.  Just Around The Corner - 4:12
        Mixed By – David Leonard
A2.  The Biggest Fool Of All - 4:21
        Acoustic Guitar – Dennis Herring
A3.  El Norte - 4:45
A4.  I’ll Send Them Your Way - 4:12
A5.  Another Story - 3:56

Side B
B1.  Coward’s Courage - 4:45
B2.  Every Moment - 4:04
B3.  Precious Dreams - 4:25
        Congas – Brian Kilgore
B4.  After Here Through Midland - 4:09


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Credits

Recorded at The Enterprise.
Mixed at Master Control, except A1 mixed at Sound Castle.
Mastered at Precision Lacquer


Notes
Released: 1987
Genre:  Synth-pop
Format:  LP, Vinyl
Label:  CBS Records
Catalog#  CBS 450890 1

Vinyl:  Goed (VG)
Cover:  Zijkant Licht Beschadigd (G)

Prijs: €7,00

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