Cutting Crew - Ransomed Healed Restored Forgiven (2020) [FLAC] {August Day Recordings 5CDs}
Release Info:
RLSDATE: 2024/07/18 RTLDATE: 2020/04/24
GENRE: New Wave SiZE: 1.46 GB
SOURCE: 5CD RUNTiME: 3:45:11
RELEASE: August Day Recordings
ORiGiN: UK ENCODER: FLAC 1.43
MATRiX: ADAY063 15 A00/ADAY064 11 A00/ADAY065 14 A00/ADAY066 17 A00/ADAY071 18 A00
with log/cue/nfo/m3u/sfv/300 dpi scans.
The Official Blurb. . .
Grammy-nominated Cutting Crew return with all their best-loved songs recreated in a
completely new way.
With a sound that helped define the 1980's music scene and a presence amongst
popular culture which has seen them appear across TV, film and video games, Cutting
Crew return with a stellar new album, "Ransomed Healed Restored Forgiven" featuring
their best-loved songs recreated in a completely new style. Now with the added
emotion and power of a full philharmonic orchestra, vocalist, Nick Van Eede and
long-time Cutting Crew guitarist, Gareth Moulton, look to both their die-hard
fanbase and new generations of 80's acolytes to enjoy tracks which just refuse to
get old!
The Grammy-nominated rock band were formed in England in 1985 by ever-present
singer and guitarist, Nick Van Eede with original guitarist, writer and fellow-
conspirator from Canada, Kevin MacMichael, Literally within months, the band signed
with Siren Records/Virgin on the strength of their melody-rich demos alone.
Cutting Crew, becoming a foursome in 1986, entered the studio the same year to
record the multi-million selling debut Broadcast album, one year before "(I Just)
Died in Your Arms" exploded and made them stars at home and in the USA where it hit
the number one spot in the charts and has so far garnered 5 million plays on the
radio in that country alone!
It has since become something of a popular culture icon, finding its way into films
such as Hot Tub Time (editor: yes, that's the way it ends)
Ripper's Notes
At first, this set sounds like a very bad idea. Another old band rerecording their hits, an easy cash grab. But, this one is quite different. Cutting Crew's music was always very synth heavy, so replacing the synths with natural, orchestral instruments sounds very natural. If you like these original songs, you will certainly enjoy these remakes. As a matter of fact, Any Colour and One For The Mockingbird, on the main disc, may actually be better than the originals. Granted, you likely don't want to sit and listen to all nearly 4 hours non stop. That'd be too much for just about anyone.
This five disc edition seems to be a bit of an anomaly. The Official release is just the first disc. The limited edition is the first 3 discs. The even more limited edition, available only directly from the band added the (I Just) Died In Your Arms CD single. I bought this set, directly from August Day, back in the day, and for some reason they included the extra disc, The Collectors (sic) Addendum, which was supposed to be a bonus only with the vinyl version, at no extra charge. Maybe they didn't sell as much vinyl as they expected? Why ever, I'm not complaining. I got it, so you get it too!
The Discogs link above is to the four disc edition.
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