Spandau Ballet › Diamond: Special Edition [import]

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Format: CD (2 Discs)

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CD Details

Number of Discs: 2
Released: March 8, 2010
Label: EMI Europe Generic

Tracks:

1.Chant No 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)
2.Instinction
3.Paint Me Down
4.Coffee Club
5.She Loved Like Diamond
6.Pharaoh
7.Innocence and Science
8.Missionary
9.Chant No 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) (Re - Mix)
10.Instinction (Re - Mix)
11.Paint Me Down (Re - Mix)
12.Coffee Club (Re - Mix)
13.She Loved Like Diamond (Re - Mix)
14.Feel The Chant (7'')
15.Man With Guitar
16.Gently
17.Chant No 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) (12'' Version)
18.Feel The Chant (12'')
19.Paint Me Down (12'' Version)
20.Re Paint
21.Instinction (12'' Version)
22.The Freeze (Bbc In Concert, Bournemouth, 10 / 4 / 82)
23.To Cut A Long Story Short (Bbc In Concert, Bournemouth, 10 / 4 / 82)
24.Glow (Bbc In Concert, Bournemouth, 10 / 4 / 82)
25.Paint Me Down (Bbc In Concert, Bournemouth, 10 / 4 / 82)
26.Instinction / Chant No. 1 (Bbc In Concert, Bournemouth, 10 / 4 / 82)

Product Description:

Spandau Ballet: Gary Kemp (vocals, guitar, keyboards, tablas); Martin Kemp (vocals, bass); John Keeble (vocals, drums); Steve Norman (vocals, percussion); Tony Hadley (vocals).

Additional personnel: David "Baps" Baptiste (saxophone, flute); Canute Wellington (trumpet); Nathaniel Augustin (trombone).

Completely undeterred by critics' complaints that JOURNEYS TO GLORY was pompous and pretentious, Spandau Ballet upped the ante on its second album, DIAMOND. This would be the group's last stab at high-concept auteurism before TRUE made them lite-pop mainstream stars, and they made the most of it. The more dance-oriented tracks heat up the funk/R&B aspects of the Spandau sound considerably, adding horns and up-front percussion. The band branches out in several directions at once, however, with admirable gusto; the hushed, almost ambient ballad "Innocence and Science" has a somewhat Japanese feel, while "Pharoah" and "Missionary" flirt with a Middle Eastern sound. "Coffee Club" is an R&B-oriented tune that brashly defies dancing, due to a willfully quirky time signature. "Instinction" bears the soaring themes of Spandau's debut, but "She Loved Like Diamond" stands out for its overt commerciality, hinting at what was to come next for the band.