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The other night I chanced upon Annie Nightingales's selection of punk and new wave clips from the Old Grey Whistle Test archives on the BBC iPlayer, and while I might dispute the punk/new wave credibility of some of the inclusions [early Duran Duran really?], one whose credentials for inclusion in the hallowed company of the Damned, the Stranglers, the Adverts etc I wouldn't dispute would be Lene Lovich.
I first saw Lene Lovich on the second Stiff package tour, the "Be Stiff Tour", along with Wreckless Eric, Jona Lewie, Mickey Jupp, and Rachel Sweet [and Lovich was without doubt the best act of the evening]. I saw her again not long after in early 1979, this time headlining at the old Guildford Civic Hall, this would have been around about the time of "Lucky Number" and was so impressed that I bought "Stateless" [on vinyl] and rebought it on CD about ten years ago. Prompted by La Nightingale's programme, this morning I am listening to Lovich once again as she was in her prime and enjoying every moment of it, I had forgotten how much I loved this album.
Opening with the very gothic pairing of "Home" and "Sleeping Beauty" it moves on to the singalong single "Lucky Number" with its memorable opening line of "udy, udy, udy, udy, udy, udy, udy, argh"; then via the sublimely beautiful "Too Tender (To Touch)" that can still bring tears to my eyes; to the very staccato Hazel O'Connor'ish "Writing On The Wall"; and on to the cover version of Tommy James & The Shondells' "I Think We're Alone Now"; before closing with Lovich's take on fellow Stiff artist Nick Lowe's gentle "Tonight". And that's just the highlights, in between these there's the fast spiky metronomic beat of "Say When" [great live], the atmospheric "Telepathy", the sweet softness of "Momentary Breakdown", and the rhythmic "One In 1,000,000". There's not a dull moment here as Lovich's powerful operatic voice swoops and soars around the guitars, piano, organ, synthesisers and rhythm section of her band and her own saxophone that particularly comes to the fore on "Writing On The Wall".
The original "Stateless" vinyl LP had only eleven tracks finishing with Lovich's "Tonight"; my "Stateless ... Plus" CD has an extra track, Lovich's version of the Stiff Records house anthem "Be Stiff", originally a Devo single, which is credited to Lene Lovich and the Musicians Union [which I think was the other members of Be Stiff Tour gang] and five bonus tracks, as ever you can take or leave these; for me after "Be Stiff" the bonus tracks detracts from the original album that I remember and loved.
Somehow I missed all of Lovich's later releases, an omission which I need to correct even if it means having to buy MP3 versions as the CDs are currently silly money, but if you have a few pounds to spare then I can recommend "Stateless" with or without the "... plus".
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Mandrek Larl
Not a dull moment as Lovich's magnificent operatic voice swoops and soars ...
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FredL.
Five Stars
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CS
I Love Lene
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Amazon Customer
... the Stiff Label and this album is basically her Best Of collection though why getting hold of this album ...
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Howard
Greatly underrated
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