blondeguy10 2007-01-30
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This was Amanda Lear's second album released in 1978, and she delivers fully on the promise expected after her well received debut 'I AM A PHOTOGRAPH' 1977.
It's good for dancing but listen more closely over the eurodisco dance beat are intelligent lyrics. Follow Me is a gloomy Faustian concept of a girl selling her soul to the devil for fame and riches.
Each track starting with the above mentioned Follow Me blends seamlessly into the next. Mother Look What They've Done To Me perfectly captures the despair, anguish and devastation of rape, incest or even child abuse. Gold and Run Baby Run have driving incessant beats, and a slower version of Follow Me with different lyrics round off the suite.
Producer Anthony Monn and Lear slow it down a bit on Comics but only slightly, what a great video this would have been with Linus, Superman, Barbarella, Batman and Robin who are the "life of the party' coming out to party after the lights go out. Enigma is a witty slyly referential track: "it's all so confusing especially when you start sing" while on The Stud Lear proves she can rock with the best of them. Ironically Lear wanted to be a rock singer initially. The gentle closing number Hollywood Flashback is a homage to the stars of the silent screen.
An absolute gem of an album (whilst not her best that honour goes to the following years Never Trust A Pretty Face)and a must have for fans of disco with clever lyrics.
