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Country:
UK
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Synth-pop, Disco, Acid Jazz
Musicians:
Andy Polaris: Vocals
Billy Chapman: Saxophone, Keyboards
Declan John Barclay : Trumpet
Mae :Bongos
Paul Waller : Drums, Drum Programming
Steve 'Field' Brown : Guitar
Dee C. Lee (Wham!; The Style Council) :Vocals
Steve Shanley : Bass
John Crichinson : Piano
Tracklist :01 Mr Solitaire
02 Preacher Preacher
03 Love Is Just The Great Pretender 85
04 After Hours
05 Between Lovers
06 Native Boy
07 Lazy Afternoon
08 I Was Yours But It's All Over Now (Throw In Th
09 Basic Ingredients
10 Waiting For The Bait To Bite
11 Perfect Match
12 Insomniazz
13 Who's Fooling Who
14 Bittersweet
15 You've Lost Me
16 Girl At Large
17 Mr Solitaire (Us Remix) Link to download:http://www.filesend.net/download.php?f=a0012684203667bd68b676373781bf33Product Description
The Early 80's Spawned an Eclectic Mix of Music, Bands and Fashion. Animal Nightlife Fitted Nicely Into the Dawning of a New Clubland Epitomising the Style of the Decade, Blending their Jazz-laden Rhythms to the Smooth Vocals of Andy Polaris and the Soulful Side of the New Romantic Movement but with a Funkier Cutting Edge. Includes a Full Color 6-page Booklet with Sleevenotes by Uncut Magazine's Associate Editor, Paul Lester. 2004.
"This group is wonderful and jazzy! I'm waiting for some filmakers to incorporate one of their songs in a movie. I don't have all their stuff but if you'd like to listen to a sample, you should check the "New Wave Hit's Of the 80's" cds. That's where i found "Love is just the great Pretender". I recommend this group to all. "
"I never knew this group existed until I discovered them by sheer internet surfing looking up rare musical European groups of the 80's. Now, this is a permanent favorite c.d. of mine ! Animal Nightlife is (or was) a British group from the early to mid 80's who unfortunately got lost in the uprise of the "new romantic" euro- movement (Sade, Spandau Ballet, ABC, Style Council, Matt Bianco and the now defunct Roxy Music).This is more than just a noirish retro band fusing a few simple, catchy pop-jazz melodies;there is defintiley style and substance in large doses.There's also a strong sense of class and sophistication possibly unmatched by some of today's so-called trendy pop groups. Lead vocalist Andy Polaris lends smooth lounge-like vocals reminiscent of a suave jazz crooner with a casual modern twist to keep from sounding like a cheap Las Vegas bar act. The tracks consist of various mulitcultural elements from Latin to Bossa Nova to Jazzy R&B. The Best Of Animal Nightlife exhudes an atmospheric guilty pleasure of taking a party well beyond the breaking point of midnight and into the waking hours !"
"Animal nightlife should have been huge but they hardly got any chart time,I think Mr Solitaire a laid back jazzy treat just about charted and Love is the great pretender also but otherwise they dropped off the radar,anyhow this collection is well worth getting for the two tracks named above and a few other tracks are also excellent,there is also some dross but then they only did two studio albums. Great to listen to after a hard days work or a lazy doze in a deck chair in summer."
"I saw this band in the early 80's at a club in Birmingham called The Powerhouse & they really should have been destined for big things, but it didn't happen! ........ so this cd will bring back all the memorys of real dance/club music, it's swing, jazz & dance music at it's very best. So if you like proper dance music then buy this cd & get dancing!" About the band-Just click the pictures below :
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