Red Red Groovy - 25

Out of print
Tracks:
The Footprint Of Memory (0:47)
View [The Universe] (5:57)
Ibiza Bar (4:07)
25 (1:20)
Come To Me, Ecstasy (5:25)
The Time Has Come [To Go Out Of Your Mind] (8:05)
Another Kind Of Find (5:22)
Euphorigin (1:10)
A Flower (7:02)
Suspicion (4:52)
The Fabric Of Space (3:45)
The Two Eternities (4:49)
Burning Like The Sun (4:34)
Divergence Of Now (0:27)
The Vision (5:01)
Is This Heaven? (6:38)
Beginnings Of Sorrow (1:31)

This is a group that had a track appear on the C-A-D Catcompliation series, before disappearing from the synthpop scene. The whole reason I picked this one up is because of the one track by them I had heard was "Come To Me, Ecstasy", which was on Catcompilation 1 in a differently mixed form, I believe. That track had intrigued me, but I had not heard anything else about the band until recently..

The opening track here is a very quiet instrumental. Most of the rest of the album is nothing like that. Imagine the B-52's with a moderate-to-heavy synthpop influence. That'll give you a good idea how the first ten of these songs sound. After track 10, the synthpop element of the music plays a much greater role in the songs, but there's also a pretty substantial trance element. Not recommemended for those who don't like to explore outside the straight lines of synthpop. But for those looking for something a bit different and willing to take a chance, you might like this one. I think the only track I could name as a favorite would be "Come To Me, Ecstacy". Even thought the version here is very different from the one I heard previously....

Added:  Saturday, March 16, 2002
Reviewer:  Jason Baker
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Language: eng