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It's Better To Travel (1987) | |
| Quick Album Details | ||
| Release Date(s): | May 11 1997 | Mercury Records | |
| Formats / Catalog Number: | LP / 1 832
213-1 Tape / 1 832 213-4 CD / 832 213-2 Q-1 |
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| Chart Performance: | US / #40 | Europe / #1 (21 weeks on chart) | |
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| Track List |
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Samples | Length (Min.Sec) | Writers | |
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1. |
Breakout | .mp3 .midi | .midi |
3.46 | Connell / Drewery / Jackson |
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Twilight World (Superb, Superb Mix) | .mp3 | 6.27 | Connell / Drewery / Jackson |
| 3. | After Hours | .mp3 | 4.48 | Connell / Drewery / Jackson |
| 4. | Blue Mood | .mp3 | 4.18 | Connell / Drewery / Jackson |
| 5. | Surrender | .mp3 | 3.53 | Connell / Drewery / Jackson |
| 6. | Fooled By A Smile | .mp3 | 4.06 | Connell / Drewery / Jackson |
| 7. | Communion | .mp3 | 4.40 | Connell / Drewery / Jackson |
| 8. | It's Not Enough | .mp3 | 3.46 | Connell / Drewery / Jackson |
| 9. | Theme (From It's Better To Travel) | .mp3 | 4.32 | Connell / Drewery / Jackson |
| 10. | Breakout (NAD Mix)* | .mp3 | 5.50 | Connell / Drewery / Jackson |
| 11. | Surrender (Stuff Gun Mix)* | .mp3 | 6.40 | Connell / Drewery / Jackson |
| 12. | Twilight World (Remix)* | .mp3 | 6.09 | Connell / Drewery / Jackson |
| 13. | Communion (Instrumental)* | .mp3 | 4.39 | Connell / Drewery / Jackson |
| *Remixed by Paul Staveley O'Duffy |
| Liner Notes |
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Produced by Paul Staveley O'Duffy Designed & art directed by me.co. Drawings of Swing Out Sister by Shari Peacock Photography by David McIntyre Tracks 1. 4. & 5. P 1986 Tracks 2. 3. 6. 7. 8. & 9. P 1987 Phonogram Ltd. (London) All songs written by Swing Out Sister
© 1987 Phonogram Limited (London) |
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| Reviews | |
| Send in your reviews of "It's Better To Travel" | |
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There's nothing here but spanking,
sparkling, radio-friendly little tunes, dressed up in some Dagworthy/Galliano
fashionwear and committed to vinyl by a good-looking girl and two
male partners. Zippy songs, a warmly intimate voice, a Louise Brooks
haircut. Moi, I'm quite happy to own this album. - Caroline Sullivan, Melody Maker
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The comfort of a lush, laidback funky
mix with nifty horn section, where violins and muted wah wah Shaft
guitar suggest a realm of adverts; chocolates, cars and wide pan
shots of the Golden Gate Bridge. It's music catering for that sense
of class. With her [Corinne's] bright gawky pop persona reminiscent
of Sandie Shaw and Dusty Springfield poking out of the stiflingly
polite percussive commercial groove, it should be less a case of
Swing than Break Out Sister. - Lucy O'Brien, New Musical Express
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The title is pertinent enough. It
catalogs Swing Out Sister's passage from clubland to chartland
darlings. 'Blue Mood', the debut, was fluent, languid and beguiling
but hardly indicative of future hit parade placings. 'Breakout',
though, was spot-on; cool but deceptively commercial pop.
'Surrender' was different again, with its big band and sparkle. It
will undoubtedly be the right-on restaurateurs' choice of summer
soundtrack, but Swing Out Sister should have been garnering more
worthwhile accolades. (3H/5) - Lesley O'Toole, Record Mirror
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| There's a dense coating of strings
and brass throughout and on the closing instrumental, 'Theme', there
seems to be a knowing twitch in the direction of one of those '60s
Brit film sound FX tracks. It's the light, breathy croon of Corinne
Drewery, she of the captain-of-the-school-netball-team looks, that
defines the SOS sound as it skips and skates over rhythms which you
may care to nod to. - Peter Kane, Sounds
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"Jazzy, horn-colored pop with an
'80s techno veneer and an aroma of smokey late-'50s nightclubs!
An out-and-out joy!"
What CD - Performance 8 / Sound 10
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Admit it, you fancied Corrine Drewey, with her tasty bob and coy glances...Anyway, "Breakout" was superb, throwaway pop, meaning nothing at all and seemed to capture a moment there in 1986. "Surrender" was also pleasantly funky in an unthreatening way, but so much of the SOS production was MOR, white and tinny that it's hard to deal with now. This 18-tracker is worth a listen, though, because, under the crappy guitars, horrible synth-bass and Phil Collins-style splashy snare drums, there was a real sense of melody; if you wanted to survive as an 80s chart act, you had to beat the instant hooks of SAW. Luckily the 'Sister pulled it off on "Tainted", "Communion" and "Circulate", "The Kaleidoscope Affair" is a beautifully-layered ballad, too, so there was still hope even in 1989. Not bad after all. - Author unknown (Contributed by Paulo Gonzolez) |