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Bronski Beat

Age of Consent

Age of Consent

UPC: 5060555216313

Format: LP

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Bronski Beat's debut album sounds every bit as startling today as it did upon its release in 1984. In a year where the British pop consciousness was dominated by the coy antics and over-the-top production of Frankie Goes To Hollywood, this trio was the anti-Frankie. Over simple, almost minimalistic synths, Glaswegian singer Jimmy Sommerville sings, in a truly scarifying falsetto, blunt, no-nonsense lyrics about the emotional life of gay men in the UK at the dawn of the AIDS era.
The cover art is similarly plainspoken, featuring a prominent pink triangle on the front, and inside, a listing of the legal age of consent in every country in the world. The album's singles, the truly lovely "Smalltown Boy" and the gospel-edged "Why," are among the most potent political rock of the decade, but covers of the Supremes' "Heatwave" and Donna Summer's "I Feel Love" celebrate good times in a climate of fear.

Tracks:

1 - Why?
2 - It Ain't Necessarily So
3 - Screaming
4 - No More War
5 - Love & Money
6 - Smalltown Boy
7 - Heatwave So
8 - Junk
9 - Need a Man Blues
10 - I Feel Love/Johnny Remember Me
11 - Why? [12"" Version]
12 - Smalltown Boy [12"" Version]
13 - It Ain't Necessarily So [12"" Version]
14 - I Feel Love/Johnny Remember Me [12"" Version]