If you're looking for the CD version of the Hundreds & Thousands vinyl LP then this is the CD to buy. The Hundreds & Thousands CD is a piece of CRAP with all new versions of the songs from the LP, with additions and deletions (as I recall, I've blocked out that unpleasant experience). This CD gives you that album exactly plus extra material, some of it remixes.
December 7, 2008 |  | A lost treasure that should be dug up and enjoyed!!! |  |
I was going through my old Album collection looking for stuff I wanted to buy on CD and forgot all about this one. Every song is so achingly real and though simplistic at times is thouroughly enjoying.
I remember dancing my heart out on the dance floor to Why and I Feel Love. Great memories.
July 31, 2008"Bronski Beat-The Complete Jimmy Sommerville Year" could have been the name of this reissue if they had simply made this a 2 disc set with ALL the recordings and remixes. My original disc for Age of Consent had as bonus tracks both the 12" versions of "Why" and "Smalltown Boy." Well guess what? They've been left off this disc to make room for SOME of the tracks from the much sought after, out-of-print "Hundreds & Thousands" CD. Not only that, but "Hard Rain" is about 20 seconds shorter on here. and the I Feel Love medley with Marc Almond, while a welcome addition, is more than a minute shorter and not actually the same mix as on Hundreds & Thousands--it's completely missing the "love to love you baby" intro. All of these issues could have been remedied with a 2-disc edition, which could have had both "Age of Consent" and "Hundreds of Thousands" remastered with all the full length versions, PLUS all the individual 12" remixes of each single. Hopefully somewhere down the line some label will do just that, but for now, if you already have both CDs featuring Jimmy, buying this disc will only give you about half the tracks from both discs in a remastered format, so you'll have to keep both of those other CDs for the omitted tracks.
June 19, 2008| | | Best 80's Dance Music with a Message! | |
Ah, to be in the 80's again: young, beautiful, moussed haired, tight and toned and dancing like a fool at the alternative lifestyle clubs with the cutest boys in town....this album brings it all back. Not only is this CD a must have for any dance party, it was, for its time, one of the most political musical statements around. In a medium sized town in NE Florida, the music said "I'm here, I'm queer and play me LOUD!" And we did. It gave pride to all those young men (and women) in the Bible Belt who were just coming to grips with their sexuality. The music affirmed they were OK and that what they were was nothing to be ashamed of. The testament of "Age of Consent" is that the music and the message has weathered the test of time and is still as relevant today as it was then.
October 30, 2007| | | Classic Disco at it's best. | |
Great album. Bronski Beat is so totally identified with disco and this album has all the best.
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