Anyway, I love the juxtaposition of Pet Shop Boys-ish synth bass over a live horn section - and then that beauty of a chorus hits.
Until I discovered Tracey Thorn I thought no other English singer could match Corinne Drewery for cool understated hurtfulness.
I had a crush on her for a while too: I even got the followup single "Twilight World" for $1.35 at a used-vinyl store only a few years ago.
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 3 March 2005 02:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― jbr (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 3 March 2005 02:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― Justin, Thursday, 3 March 2005 02:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― gspm (gspm), Thursday, 3 March 2005 02:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 3 March 2005 02:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― jbr (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 3 March 2005 02:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― jed_ (jed), Thursday, 3 March 2005 02:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 3 March 2005 02:42 (nineteen years ago) link
I beg to differ -- the entire album's great.
― ffirehorse (firehorse), Thursday, 3 March 2005 02:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 3 March 2005 02:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tantrum (Tantrum The Cat), Thursday, 3 March 2005 03:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Thursday, 3 March 2005 03:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― lukey (Lukey G), Thursday, 3 March 2005 10:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― NickB (NickB), Thursday, 3 March 2005 10:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― NickB (NickB), Thursday, 3 March 2005 10:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― John Fredland (jfredland), Thursday, 3 March 2005 11:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 3 March 2005 11:15 (nineteen years ago) link
Every song is at least excellent, every intro has me saying "i can't believe it's still so marvellous". Favorite song is "Twilight world", probably one of the only pieces of english lyrics that ever moved me.
― Etienne Menu (Etienne), Thursday, 3 March 2005 11:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― David Merryweather (DavidM), Thursday, 3 March 2005 12:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 3 March 2005 14:52 (nineteen years ago) link
Swing Out Sister, Where Our Love Grows (Shanachie)
The phrase "big in Japan" might've been popularized in song by Alphaville, but it's been a punchline for far longer than that. Been off the charts for awhile but hate to admit that your success is waning? Just claim that you're shifting mass units in Tokyo and that, as a result, you've been focusing your efforts on setting up a tour of pachinko parlors throughout the land of the rising sun so that your fans in Okinawa aren't left wanting. I mean, really, who's going to question you? All jokes aside, however, the Japanese have decidedly diverse musical taste, keeping a lot of artists recording new material when they've been all but forgotten in their native countries; the Japanese love their power pop (Matthew Sweet has admitted to being showered with gifts when he plays), they dig the Britpop (the Trashcan Sinatras did a tour there and exclusively released their Snow EP via Sony Japan), and, yes, they quite like the jazz-pop, too. This brings us to the point of this entire discussion, which is to say that, despite the fact that you probably only remember them for their 1987 single, "Breakout," Swing Out Sister are still rather big in Japan. In a career that's heading toward the two-decade mark, Swing Out Sister have carved themselves a decidedly small niche as creators of the best lounge-pop since the 5th Dimension's heyday. It's been a gradual evolution from pop to jazz to lounge, but, after the too-jazzy-for-its-own-good The Living Return in 1994, the band discovered Burt Bacharach and Jimmy Webb and settled into a comfortable groove channeling the general feel of the best '60s and '70s work of those artists. Singer Corinne Drewery has one of the most soulful voices in the business, and it's a shame that Where Our Love Grows, another wonderful addition to Swing Out Sister's catalog and the band's first U.S. release since 1997, won't get the attention or sales it deserves. It's smooth and silky, sometimes slinky pop, the perfect soundtrack for your next cocktail party; just press play, and Love won't let you down.
― don't stop to ask, Thursday, 3 March 2005 15:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 3 March 2005 15:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― BARMS, Thursday, 3 March 2005 15:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 3 March 2005 15:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 3 March 2005 16:05 (nineteen years ago) link
I also suspect it is why I have a weakness for moon-faced women with dark bobbed hair.
Could never understood the bit with the braceleted arms in the video, though.
― The Mad Puffin, Thursday, 3 March 2005 16:05 (nineteen years ago) link
can i get a shoutout for the girl in the george michael "father figure" video?
― jbr (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 3 March 2005 16:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― jbr (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 3 March 2005 16:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 3 March 2005 16:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sven Bastard (blueski), Thursday, 3 March 2005 16:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― righteousmaelstrom, Thursday, 3 March 2005 16:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Thursday, 3 March 2005 16:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 3 March 2005 16:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 3 March 2005 16:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 3 March 2005 16:49 (nineteen years ago) link
it was nice to hear it at your birthday drinks!
btw JtN i hear you have done very good things with a Go-Betweens song
― Sven Bastard (blueski), Thursday, 3 March 2005 16:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Thursday, 3 March 2005 17:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Thursday, 3 March 2005 17:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 3 March 2005 17:47 (nineteen years ago) link
I was a fairly rockist 14-year-old and emphatically did not like Bros. 'Digging Your Scene' is great. 'Breakout' is OK. 'Shattered Dreams' remains awful.
― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 3 March 2005 18:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sven Bastard (blueski), Thursday, 3 March 2005 18:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 3 March 2005 18:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― Bernard E. Morris, Thursday, 3 March 2005 18:58 (nineteen years ago) link
But as jazz-pop goes, it's not quite as good as "My Ever-Changing Moods."
― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Thursday, 3 March 2005 19:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 3 March 2005 19:28 (nineteen years ago) link
I'm thinking a cover of "Year of the Cat" is in their future. She comes in incense and patchouli .....
― ffirehorse (firehorse), Thursday, 3 March 2005 22:21 (nineteen years ago) link
Funny, that's how I felt the first time I saw the video for "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun."
― ffirehorse (firehorse), Thursday, 3 March 2005 22:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 3 March 2005 22:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Horse of Babylon (the pirate king), Thursday, 3 March 2005 22:29 (nineteen years ago) link
the intro always makes me imagine huge, glistening skylines and cityscapes being built
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Monday, 11 May 2020 16:36 (three years ago) link
Found out the version of this 12" I own has 3 unique mixes on it according to a rando review on Discogs. My interest was prompted after reading the liner notes to the new Durutti Column reissue where they talk about Andy Connell joining the DC live band.
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 11 May 2020 18:38 (three years ago) link
My god, what a song. And to whichever herbert upthread suggested the horns have aged badly - no way!
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Monday, 11 May 2020 20:22 (three years ago) link
the entire album's great.
― ffirehorse (firehorse), Wednesday, March 2, 2005 8:56 PM (fifteen years ago) bookmarkflaglink
so true
― geoffreyess, Monday, 7 September 2020 23:44 (three years ago) link
the debut? Yes!
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 7 September 2020 23:49 (three years ago) link
LAY DOWN THE LAWSHOUT OUT FOR MOREBREAKOUT AND SHOUTDAY IN DAY OUTBREAKOUT
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, November 12, 2012
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, May 10, 2020 6
― meticulously crafted, socially responsible, morally upsta (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 4 February 2021 20:12 (three years ago) link
otm
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 4 February 2021 20:41 (three years ago) link
It got a mention on Corrie the other day.
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Thursday, 4 February 2021 20:51 (three years ago) link
i probably said this before, but 'Communion' is also a really lovely song. could imagine david sylvian or someone singing it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVcBBuyyoXU
― would a nit be nice? (NickB), Thursday, 4 February 2021 21:23 (three years ago) link
(not that corinne doesn't already do a great job)
― would a nit be nice? (NickB), Thursday, 4 February 2021 21:25 (three years ago) link
If Dancing In The Moonlight by Toploader is the nadir of pop culture and Dancing In The Moonlight by Thin Lizzy is its zenith, then this song is balanced perfectly at its centre
― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Thursday, 4 February 2021 21:38 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6CB4cnOaHg
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Thursday, 4 February 2021 22:14 (three years ago) link
don't know when that interview was but she is stuck with that haircut for life! still looks good on her though
― would a nit be nice? (NickB), Thursday, 4 February 2021 22:42 (three years ago) link
It's from 2018.
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Thursday, 4 February 2021 23:31 (three years ago) link
Enormously annoyingly performed tune imo
― cpt otm (darraghmac), Friday, 5 February 2021 01:25 (three years ago) link
too many adverbs
― meticulously crafted, socially responsible, morally upsta (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 5 February 2021 01:27 (three years ago) link
The thread asking whether my post was C or D is thataway
― cpt otm (darraghmac), Friday, 5 February 2021 02:00 (three years ago) link
love this song
― he said that you son of a bitch (Neanderthal), Friday, 5 February 2021 02:18 (three years ago) link
This song is basically perfect BUT I think that semi-rapped bridge does walk the line of awkwardness-approaching-cringe just a little bit.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Friday, 5 February 2021 09:41 (three years ago) link
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 11 April 2021 01:43 (three years ago) link
hell yeah
― swing out sister: live in new donk city (geoffreyess), Sunday, 11 April 2021 02:01 (three years ago) link
DON'T STOP TO ASK
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, February 28, 2012 7:08 PM (nine years ago) bookmarkflaglink
NOW YOU'VE FOUND A BREAK TO MAKE IT LAST
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Tuesday, February 28, 2012 7:12 PM (nine years ago) bookmarkflaglink
WOO-OOH-OOH
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, February 28, 2012 7:12 PM (nine years ago) bookmarkflaglink
YOU'VE GOT TO FIND A WAY SAY WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY
― Jurgis Rudkus // Dick Butkus (Pillbox),
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 3 July 2021 20:14 (two years ago) link
I remember being very depressed by the video as a little kid, thinking, 'Is adulthood really that bland, that this is happiness, this is fun, this is BREAKING OUT?'
If it were made now it'd show the unmistakeable highlights of adulthood such as binge-watching a tv series, eating at a new restaurant, ordering clothing online...
― dell (del), Saturday, 3 July 2021 20:35 (two years ago) link
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, July 3, 2021
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 30 January 2022 02:03 (two years ago) link
breakout
― OneSecondBefore, Monday, 31 January 2022 20:34 (two years ago) link
I've been really into this band's first album lately. It's like an entire album of 90's anime opening themes. I guess its sound may even have been the inspiration for a lot of those themes.
― OneSecondBefore, Monday, 31 January 2022 20:35 (two years ago) link
'blue mood' is a jam:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrtFz2MD3o8
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Monday, 31 January 2022 20:41 (two years ago) link
Some people stop at nothingIf you're searching for somethingLay down the law, shout out for moreBreakout and shout, day in, day out
― Shard-borne Beatles with their drowsy hums (Chinaski), Friday, 1 July 2022 22:47 (one year ago) link
Breakout
― meticulously crafted, socially responsible, morally upsta (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn),
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 1 July 2022 22:49 (one year ago) link
LAY DOWN THE LAW AND BREAK ITWHEN DREWERY COMES HOME
― Andy K, Friday, 1 July 2022 22:55 (one year ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/jul/25/how-we-made-breakout-by-swing-out-sister-interview
― dear confusion the catastrophe waitress (ledge), Monday, 25 July 2022 14:28 (one year ago) link
I’d fallen off a horse and fractured my skull. I was incapacitated – I couldn’t move – so with nothing to do but recover, I started scribbling down loads of notes.
!!!
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 25 July 2022 14:42 (one year ago) link
"Theme (From It's Better to Travel)" reminds me of the Orb's "Spanish Castles in Space"
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Monday, 25 July 2022 20:54 (one year ago) link
"Theme" really isn't what I expected from Swing out Sister:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNHvQqqELVU
I wonder if they played it as an overture in concerts? Or if it was the two blokes in the band trying to show that they could do film soundtracks. It sounds like a mixture of incidental music from Star Cops crossed with battle music from a SNES game.
The lead singer's mother is apparently "the doyenne of England's hedgehog ladies":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedgehog_Care
― Ashley Pomeroy, Tuesday, 26 July 2022 21:15 (one year ago) link
I like the suggestion of it the closer to the album but the overture to the concerts - very "Pimpf"
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Tuesday, 26 July 2022 21:18 (one year ago) link
― Shard-borne Beatles with their drowsy hums (Chinaski),
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 6 May 2023 14:46 (eleven months ago) link
big box of swing out sister...
https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/swing-out-sister-blue-mood-breakout-and-beyond-the-early-years-part-1-8cd-box-set/
― Thus Sang Freud, Saturday, 6 May 2023 15:04 (eleven months ago) link
Interview with Corinne on the Ace Records Podcast here -- good listen!
https://soundcloud.com/ace-records-ltd/the-ace-records-podcast-28-corinne-drewery
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 30 August 2023 02:27 (seven months ago) link
A bump for the morning!
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 30 August 2023 14:49 (seven months ago) link
this song always cheers me up
― I can't turn a fart into a question (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 30 August 2023 15:19 (seven months ago) link
This strikes me as very fitting for the whole sophstipop aesthetic
― the new drip king (DJP), Wednesday, 30 August 2023 15:40 (seven months ago) link
those "Breakout" horns are the equivalents of bumps in the morning
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 August 2023 15:56 (seven months ago) link
I love "It's Better to Travel" so much. Been looking for more albums that hit that sound (which it seems the band departed from immediately and permanently). So far the closest I've found is "En Cavale" by Isabelle Antena, which hits on a similar glossy, jazzy Sophisti-pop type sound. Any other tips?
― OneSecondBefore, Friday, 26 January 2024 20:28 (two months ago) link
Though I am listening to their "Live at the Jazz Cafe" record for the first time right now and... dang! This is really good, and really not what I expected!
― OneSecondBefore, Friday, 26 January 2024 20:36 (two months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dgme2q7GOF0
Dip In The Pool's 'Retinae' definitely has its moments!
― blazin' squab (NickB), Friday, 26 January 2024 20:39 (two months ago) link
Oh yeah, that's a good pull! I like that album a lot too. Kind of a quieter energy to it than Swing Out Sister but it does hold a very similar appeal. Great clarinet on there too!
― OneSecondBefore, Friday, 26 January 2024 20:45 (two months ago) link
yeah its definitely more 'Twilight World' than 'Breakout'
― blazin' squab (NickB), Friday, 26 January 2024 20:48 (two months ago) link
Ended up checking out Shapes and Patterns because it was their highest-rated album on rym. pretty straightforward and pleasant Burt Bacharach-style music but certainly not as fun or compelling as "Breakout". But interesting to learn about their second life in Japan - "Now You're Not Here" from Shapes and Patterns was a huge hit and they're pretty well-known there
― Vinnie, Friday, 26 January 2024 21:16 (two months ago) link
This Dip in the Pool song rules
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Saturday, 27 January 2024 04:29 (two months ago) link