These two original Elektra LPs originally released in 1982 & 84 include, 'He Could Be The One', 'Jimmy Loves Maryann' & the new wave classic 'Johnny Are You Queer?'. 21 tracks.
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Convertible Music/From the Hip
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Convertible Music: From the Hip
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ASIN: B00006IT44 Release Date: 2002-09-10 |
Tracks:
- He Could Be The One
- Rockin' Love
- Waitin' For Your Love
- So Close
- I Need The Night, Tonight
- Johnny, Are You Queer?
- Systematic Way
- Another Girl
- Bye Bye Baby
- No Pictures of Dad
- Tell Him
- Jimmy Loves Maryann
- License to Dance
- Life After Love
- Stop Me
- No Use Crying
- Straight Talk
- Gina
- Come With Me
- School Is In
- Way Out West
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These two original Elektra LPs originally released in 1982 & 84 include, 'He Could Be The One', 'Jimmy Loves Maryann' & the new wave classic 'Johnny Are You Queer?'. 21 tracks.Customer Reviews:
fun, but some filler.......2007-06-04
Collectables Records has done a great service, putting Miss Cotton's two LP's, [i]Convertible Music[/i] and [i]From the Hip[/i], out on one disc. Yeah, there's some filler. A lot of filler. But the filler's inoffensive. And the standout tracks are must-owns.
Miss Cotton does a great cover version of Looking Glass's other hit, "Jimmy Loves Maryann." Track 21, "Way Out West," ends the disc on a fun note. But the absolute you-gotta-have-it track is the memorable "Johnny, Are You Queer?" Pure fun. When that one played on the radio during the new wave era, you just stopped what you're doing and gave it a close listen. You'd be thinking: she's not really saying that, is she? Well, she was. (And, for the record, I think he was. Listen to you heart, girlfriend.)
You want it. You need it. Give in.
Memory Lane.......2007-03-10
Josie Cotton double CD.......2006-07-10
A cool slice of 80's to brighten your day!.......2005-12-21
From the hip (the 2nd LP contained on this CD) was not the strongest follow up for Josie but it has some very cool moments!
A note for Fleetwood Mac fans, Lindsey Buckingham makes a guest appearance (guitar) on "jimmy loves marryann".
Also, Brian Setzer later recorded his version (a very cool version) of "Gina".
This CD was on a lot of collectors "wish lists" for MANY years, so you should grab it while it's still around!
Exhilrating bubblegum-girlgroup-power-pop.......2005-08-09
The Paines' "Johnny, Are You Queer?" may have generated most of Cotton's publicity (first as an indie single on Bomp, then as an album track here), but the rest of the album is easily as good. The twangy guitars and organ backings hew more to hyper-melodic '60s sources, and the songs (penned by Cotton and her producers) are the sort of hook-filled summer (lost-)love fare that will stick in your head for days. Think of The Go-Go's or Bangles without the all-girl tags, Missing Persons without the angular new wave video affectations, or Blondie's debut with California sunshine replacing the New York grit. This is pure pop for now people, ala Bonnie Hayes & The Wild Combo, without a skippable track in the original eleven.
Cotton's followup, 1984's "From the Hip," couldn't possibly sustain the level achieved on her debut, particularly with her producers "updating" her sound to include hackneyed new wave synthesizers and syndrums. Cotton remains an appealing vocalist, and the songs hold promise, but the production defeats both with choices that were disappointing in 1984, and poorly aged twenty years later. Perhaps the Paines felt it would be a sell-out to repeat the sound of "Convertible Music," but its classic elements fit Cotton's voice and songs like a glove, and gave the album lasting distinction among its contemporaneous releases. The synth-of-the-moment arrangements on "From the Hip" make Cotton's second album mostly foregettable. The few highlights include the soulful stroll "Life After Love," the Freddy Cannon styled "Straight Talk," the rolling double-tracked surf-tinged "Gina," and a cover (as featured in the film "Valley Girl") of Gary U.S. Bonds' "School is In."
Collectables 2-fer includes the entirety of both albums - all that's missing is the B-side of Cotton's 1981 Bomp! single, "(Let's Do) The Blackout." This is absolutely worth picking up for the original 11 tracks of Cotton's debut, as well as a few selected cuts from the followup. Convertible Music: 5 stars; From the Hip: 3-1/2 stars.
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