Description: Be sure to add me to your favorites list!Considering his status as one of the U.K.'s greatest, and most prolific, songwriters, Graham Gouldman has stepped out alone on surprisingly few occasions -- two solo albums three decades apart, and one full-length movie soundtrack that, though it features several songs to rate alongside any of his late '70s-and-onward output, he tends to dismiss as just that, a custom-written movie soundtrack that has no bearing on the remainder of his output. Recorded during the awkward period that followed 10cc bandmate Eric Stewart's hospitalization following a car accident, during which neither 10cc (the drab Look Hear? album) nor Stewart himself (the Girls LP) were firing at anything near full-strength, Animalympics is, nevertheless, a latter-day 10cc album in all but name and numbers. The accompanying musicians include band regulars Paul Burgess, Rick Fenn, Stuart Tosh, and Duncan Mackay, together with longtime associate Mike Timony, while the musical mood is certainly cut in a similar mold to the best of the parent band's recent output. The playful funk squelching of the opening "Go for It," the chiming rock guitars of "Underwater Fantasy," the dreamy Parisian balladics of "Love's Not for Me," and the pulsating jungle chant "Kit Mambo" are all well-crafted evidence of Gouldman's versatility and, if Animalympics has any lasting flaw, it's one that it shares which so many albums of the early '80s -- a production (by Gouldman again) so locked in time and space that you could set your watch by it. But that is a small price to pay for a full album's worth of classic Graham Gouldman, and whether you have fond memories of the accompanying movie or not, Animalympics is an album you cannot afford to be without. LISTEN "Go For It" 1980 Original Soundtrack LP Released on A&M Records # SP-4810 (Stereo). Music: Graham Gouldman This is a Sealed Album and will perform with the Ultimate Sound Possible from this Recording. Notch mark on lower left edge. Hype sticker on front. For Records Galore - Please View My Store
Price: 74.98 USD
Location: Edison, New Jersey
End Time: 2024-09-03T16:35:42.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Artist: GRAHAM GOULDMAN
Speed: 33RPM
Record Label: A&M
Release Title: AM
Color: Black
Material: Vinyl
Edition: First Pressing
Type: LP
Format: Record
Release Year: 1980
Style: Film Score/Soundtrack
Record Size: 12"
Features: Sealed
Genre: Soundtracks & Musicals
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States