Almacantar

Eight Seconds | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Label: Universal Music & VI
• ASIN: B00000ES1U
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #110,347 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars The soundtrack of my high school experiences..., March 29, 2008

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sandra g. (Pacific Northwest USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Almacantar (Audio CD)

I had the LP and the cassette, and when I found it was available CD, I got it as fast as I could. Another reviewer said it's one of the only albums she could play without skipping a track--it's completely true. That intro on "Sincere" still gets me every time. And the video, with the women representing the four seasons, sticks with me to this day.

I wasn't a big Fixx fan so I can't make the comparison there, and I can't really think of a band I could compare them to. ("Big Houses" is pretty good, much in the same vein though less synth-y if I remember correctly; I haven't listened to that one nearly as much.) I do like that every song on this album is a unique little story--what each of those stories are, though, is up to interpretation... :)

5.0 out of 5 stars stellar new wave, May 27, 2011

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Jared Jennings - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Almacantar (Audio CD)

this is what it's all about if you're an 80s fan. though a fan of just good music would have you appreciate this as well. By the grace of god I came upon this and it is a real find, just beautiful. the production is wonderful. lush, smooth, musicianship is just great. amg mentions the fixx, and while I like them, this is a sound that I prefer, the singer isn't yelling as 80s singers were doing all too often. a real treat, though the used price of 60 bucks is WHACK, lol. if you look online you can probably find it in a digital form for cheaper, this would be GREAT to hear on vinyl as well, saw they have it here....

5.0 out of 5 stars Great but lost album, July 13, 2007

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kozmikrokker (Highland, Utah United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Almacantar (Audio CD)

Indeed this album got brief airplay here in the Salt Lake City area, via the single "Kiss You When It's Dangerous" and then completely disappeared. That was in early 1986, one of the best years in pop music history along with 1984 and 1985. This album is a mixture of Howard Jones, The Fixx, and The Cutting Crew. Jones and the Fixx shared the same producer, Rupert Hine, with Eight seconds so it's no coincidence the music has a similar vibe and sound. Fans of those bands will likely love this album. I actually am privileged to own a CD copy of this.

This is some of the very best synth-pop from the 80's. No filler. No slow elevator music. Unique keyboard sounds and riffs on every song. The singer sounds a lot like Danny Elfman from Oingo Boingo. It is indeed a crisp clear production with all instruments standing out. Awesome keyboard and percussion in the foreground with the guitars and bass in support. An instrumental too, "Land of the Monsters", closes the album.
If you can find this album in any format it's well well worth adding to your collection. Should have gotten the same kind of attention as, for example, Propaganda's or Camouflage's one and only albums.