词条 | Animal Magic (The Blow Monkeys album) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| name = Animal Magic | type = studio | artist = The Blow Monkeys | cover = Animal-magic-cd-cover.jpg | alt = | released = 7 April 1986 | recorded = 1985–1986 | venue = | studio = | genre = New wave, sophisti-pop[1] | length = 44:03 48:15 (cassette version) | label = RCA/Ariola | producer = Peter Wilson Dr. Robert Adam Moseley | prev_title = Limping for a Generation | prev_year = 1984 | next_title = She Was Only a Grocer's Daughter | next_year = 1987 }}{{Album ratings | rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}[2] | rev2 = The Montreal Gazette | rev2Score = favourable[3] | rev3 = Schenectady Gazette | rev3Score = favourable[4] }}Animal Magic is the second album from the British band The Blow Monkeys, released in 1986 by RCA/Ariola (now BMG). It gave the group their commercial breakthrough after their debut album, Limping for a Generation, had won critical acclaim but had only sold modestly.[5] Sales of Animal Magic were boosted by the hit single "Digging Your Scene", which charted in the UK (peaking at No. 12), the rest of Europe and the US.[6] The album's first single, the ballad "Forbidden Fruit", had been released almost a year before the LP. After "Digging Your Scene", two more singles were taken from the album, both of which, though catchy and cleverly built, didn't replicate the same level of commercial success: "Wicked Ways" reached No.60 in Great Britain, and "Don't Be Scared of Me" chart at No.77 in UK. Animal Magic displayed an intelligent collection of slick, soul-influenced, mid-tempo tunes. A couple of ballads offered some diversity: one of them, "I Backed a Winner (in You)", is a heartfelt track, mostly a cappella, with lead singer Dr. Robert, softly playing acoustic guitar while giving the lyrics its perceptive rhythm, where his vocals, and especially those of an aptly named ensemble, The Demon Barbers, acting as a sort of doo wop choir. Amongst the album's many gems is also a duet with Jamaican toaster Eek-A-Mouse on the duet "Sweet Murder". In 2012, Cherry Red announced the release of a 2-CD deluxe edition with a whole bonus disc of previously unissued demos and B-sides.[7] Track listingWords and music by Dr. Robert.
Singles from the album
* Used in the 1999 movie Splendor.[8] * Cover versions have been released by Ivy on Long Distance (2001) and Guestroom (2002),[9] and by Rahsaan Patterson on the Japanese edition of Love in Stereo (1999).[10]
PersonnelThe Blow Monkeys
Musicians
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References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.classicpopmag.com/2018/08/top-15-sophisti-pop-albums/|title=Top 15 Sophisti-Pop Albums|date=20 August 2018|publisher=}} 2. ^{{cite web|last=Cooper|first=William|title=Animal Magic – The Blow Monkeys|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r2113|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=14 November 2011}} 3. ^{{cite news|last=Griffin|first=John|title=Record Roundup|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JYY0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=Y6gFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2381,1936169&dq=blow-monkeys+animal-magic&hl=en|accessdate=14 November 2011|newspaper=The Gazette|date=24 April 1986|quote=smart, compelling, entirely disposable dance/pop}} 4. ^{{cite news|last=Wolff|first=Carlo|title=Blow Monkeys Breeze into SPAC Sunday|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6w8hAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bnIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2385,1290254&dq=blow-monkeys+animal-magic&hl=en|accessdate=14 November 2011|newspaper=Schenectady Gazette|date=5 August 1986}} 5. ^{{cite web|last=Adzgery|first=Sandy|title=Blow Monkeys Hoping for Another Big Success|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=410yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oK0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=4259,6198862&dq=blow-monkeys+animal-magic&hl=en|agency=Associated Press|accessdate=14 November 2011|date=7 August 1986}} 6. ^{{cite web|last=Mason|first=Stewart|title=Digging Your Scene|url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/digging-your-scene-t232710|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=11 November 2011}} 7. ^[https://archive.is/20130203164104/http://www.theblowmonkeys.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=84:deluxe-albums-coming-soon&catid=43:press-releases&Itemid=251 Theblowmonkeys.com – accessed September 2012] 8. ^{{cite web|title=Splendor (1999) – Soundtracks|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0127296/soundtrack|publisher=Internet Movie Database|accessdate=14 November 2011}} 9. ^{{cite web|last=Wilson|first=MacKenzie|title=Guestroom – Ivy|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/guestroom-r607138/review|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=14 November 2011}} 10. ^{{cite web|last=Proefrock|first=Stacia|title=Love in Stereo [Bonus Track] – Rahsaan Patterson|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/love-in-stereo-bonus-track-r999120|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=14 November 2011}} 11. ^1 2 {{cite web|title=Blow Monkeys|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/blow%20monkeys/|publisher=The Official Charts Company|accessdate=11 November 2011}} 12. ^{{cite web|title=Animal Magic – The Blow Monkeys|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=the blow monkeys|chart=all}}|work=Billboard|accessdate=11 November 2011}} 13. ^1 {{cite web|title=The Blow Monkeys Music News & Info|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=the blow monkeys|chart=all}}|work=Billboard|accessdate=14 November 2011}} External links
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