Tracks1.1 White Sweater 1.2 I Mean It 1.3 Charred Remains 1.4 Talk Dirty to Me 1.5 Myself to Myself 1.6 In the Dark 1.7 A Girl in Trouble (Is a Temporary Thing) 1.8 Out on My Own (Dance Mix) 1.9 Just Too Easy 1.10 Wrap It Up 1.11 Flashflood 1.12 Undercover Kept 1.13 Chinatown 1.14 Never Say Never 1.15 One Thousand Shadows
NotesReach into the void and pull out an amazing post-punk, new-wave experience with this incredible retrospective compilation album. In the early '80s Romeo Void dazzled listeners with their experimental music and intense, unique lyrical perspective through three charts-topping albums. The very best performances of that era are here compiled! Includes the Ric Okasek-produced "Never Say Never".
...to a band's work, and this is no exception. Romeo Void could easily be dismissed as yet another 80s band, but they had just a bit more than trendy marketability going on for them. At their best, they were brilliant, and even at their worst, they still played their own instruments and worked together as a group. Debora Iyall--with her ordinary voice, restrained vocal chops, and lyrics that could go from smart to sexy to vulnerable in the same line--also just happened to be a good-looking plus-sized Native American woman, which either made her a social rebel or unmarketable, depending on how people in record lable offices looked at things. There was that saxophone peppering everything, just like so many other bands had in that era, but this one was just as likely to take a left turn into edgy jazz as it was to accentuate a ballad's mood. The guitar, bass, and drums usually keep to the rhythmic aspects, and rarely get flashy or hung up on pyrotechnics; and yet, from a musical perspective, they still manage to get adventurous in their own way, while still offering the prospect of the listener dancing on his or her terms. Plenty of their songs are catchy enough to randomly pop into your head, too. I dare you to not like this stuff!