![]() ![]() The band then received a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist of 1987. 4 on the UK Singles chart, and later on, "I've Been in Love Before" and "One for the Mockingbird" became top 10 and top 40 hits respectively across various countries. All Rights Reserved."(I Just) Died in Your Arms" reached No. © Copyright 2011-2022 - SONIC-RECREATION.COM is solely owned and operated by John Haight. Broadcast is not a creative breakthrough it's simply an LP absent of any filler. Cutting Crew somehow manages to incorporate guitar solos with the propulsive rhythms of U2 and the Fixx and the moody angst of Tears for Fears without sounding forced. ''One for the Mockingbird'' and ''Life in a Dangerous Time'' are armed with stellar hooks. ''Any Colour'' should've been Cutting Crew's third hit, a moving tale of loneliness that easily draws the listener in, while the lovely ''Sahara'' captures the subtleties critics claimed Cutting Crew wasn't capable of. ![]() ![]() Nick VanEede's soulful croon is mesmerizing on ''Any Colour'' and ''Sahara'' instead of bludgeoning the microphone with vocal histrionics common to late '80s rock, VanEede is thankfully restrained, imbuing every track with ample emotion. charts however, both songs aren't sufficient in summing up Broadcast's alan_parsonseal. ''(I Just) Died in Your Arms'' and ''I've Been in Love Before'' immediately thrust Cutting Crew onto the U.S. The slick guitar rock on Broadcast may not have wowed the rock & roll intelligentsia, but it's a guaranteed crowd-pleaser, an underrated collection of simple, heartfelt love songs and up-tempo pop that reside between the stylistic boundaries of new wave and mainstream rock. Music reviewers lined up to throttle Cutting Crew's debut album, Broadcast, when it was released in 1986. Notes: cover has a thin cutout US release (originally released in UK on 22 November 1986)Ĭutting Crew never deserved the hacking they received from critics. ![]()
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