説明
(UK / LONDON / SH 8555 / 810 236-1 / 1984 / MEDIA:EX- / JACKET:EX-)
ドープな「TRACKS OF MY TEARS」はTHE GOATS「WRONG POT 2 PISS」、ATBAN KLANN「STROLLING」ネタ！「BAD DAY」はO.S.T.R.「DOM」でサンプリング！タイトル曲「THE DRUM IS EVERYTHING」はSHIRLEY ELLIS「CLAPPING SONG」替え歌なパーティー・チューン！COMPACT ORGANIZATION〜LES DISQUES DU CRÉPUSCULE、NEO SWING / NEO JIVE、80’S POPCORN SWING好き必聴！
女性シンガー、カーメル・マッコートを中心とする80’Sフェイク・スウィング・ユニット。タイトル曲「THE DRUM IS EVERYTHING」はドカドカ蹴り上げるビートにのりあげるSHIRLEY ELLIS「CLAPPING SONG」替え歌なパーティー・チューン。「WILLOW WEEP FOR ME」や「STORMY WEATHER」の一癖あるカヴァー、NEO SWING / NEO JIVEしている「MORE, MORE, MORE」など、COMPACT ORGANIZATION〜LES DISQUES DU CRÉPUSCULEの諸作に通ずる洒脱且つフェイクな感覚とポップコーン的スウィング・アレンジが印象的な内容が◎。そして、アッパーなダンス・ナンバー以外にも注目してほしい一枚であり、ドープな空気漂う「TRACKS OF MY TEARS」はTHE GOATS「WRONG POT 2 PISS IN」やATBAN KLANN「STROLLING」ネタ、「BAD DAY」のドラマティックな冒頭部分はO.S.T.R.「DOM」でサンプリングされました。UK ORIGINAL盤！
TRACKLIST
A1 MORE, MORE, MORE
A2 STORMY WEATHER
A3 THE DRUM IS EVERYTHING
A4 I THOUGHT I WAS GOING MAD
A5 THE PRAYER
B6 ROCKIN’ ON SUICIDE
B7 RUE ST. DENIS (VERSION)
B8 WILLOW WEEP FOR ME
B9 TRACKS OF MY TEARS
B10 BAD DAY
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RECORDED AT – RAMPORT STUDIOS
RECORDED AT – SARM WEST STUDIOS
RECORDED AT – JAM STUDIOS
MIXED AT – SARM WEST STUDIOS
MASTERED AT – STERLING SOUND
MASTERED AT – MASTER ROOM
LACQUER CUT AT – MASTER ROOM
PRESSED BY – PRS LTD.
PUBLISHED BY – SAVAGE MUSIC LTD.
PUBLISHED BY – CBS SONGS LTD.
PUBLISHED BY – LAWRENCE WRIGHT MUSIC
PUBLISHED BY – ATV MUSIC
PUBLISHED BY – EMI MUSIC
PUBLISHED BY – RED FLAME
PUBLISHED BY – VIRGIN MUSIC LTD.
PUBLISHED BY – EMI MUSIC LTD.
PUBLISHED BY – JOBETE MUSIC
ARTWORK – SERGE CLERC
BACKING VOCALS – HELEN WATSON (TRACKS: A1, A4, B10)
DOUBLE BASS – JIMMY PARIS*
DRUMS – GERRY DARBY
ENGINEER [ASSISTANT] – BUTCH YATES, DAVE MEGAN*
MASTERED BY – AARON CHAKRAVERTY*, JACK SKINNER
ORGAN – PETE SAUNDERS (TRACKS: A1, B8, B9)
PHOTOGRAPHY BY – STEVE TYNAN
PRODUCER – MIKE THORNE
RECORDED BY, MIXED BY – HARVEY GOLDBERG (TRACKS: A1 TO B9)
VOCALS – CARMEL*
