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i've been waiting for this album to be released on CD for at least 5 years. today i got it. wow, it's even better than i remember. tony mansfield is truly brilliant. i can't wait to get "warp"!

I am one fan who is not afraid to declare that Tony Mansfield was a pop music genius. He had an admirable ability of crafting techno-pop sing-along melodies while tossing in the occasional special effect. This album is the first of two New Musik LPs that came out in 1980-1981. Some of the songs are just fun-filled tunes that you want to tap your toes to. Sometimes some lessons were to be learned in the social and political commentary of the lyrics. "Dead Fish Don't Swim Home" speaks out against war. "On Islands" reminds us that we are all one big happy family on this planet Earth. Let's not screw it up. "Living By Numbers" makes me think of Number 6 on the TV Show "The Prisoner" "...We don't want your name...just your number." Mansfield has gone onto to produce the likes of the B-52's. This re-release is long overdue and a snapshot of a bygone era when disco faded and New Wave began. And to have additional cuts makes it even a better treasure. I hope they re-release the second album soon.

A great record and got it for "Dead Fish" but the rest of the CD is excellent as well. I highly recommend it if you remember the 80's & the band. Search "Judemac Forever" on msn, Google and Yahoo.

Released in 1980, this album was way ahead of its time. Wonderful collection of synth-pop songs, many of which will stick in your head for hours or even days. Hardly a bad track on the album, some truly outstanding ones, a quite a lot of groundbreaking stuff here. This was their debut album, I believe they only made two more after this one, but this was definitely their peak.

this cd is great i have been a fan of new musik for a long time now and i would just like to know if there other album called anywhere will be realesed at all on cd also if anyone can help me on finding the album anywhere by new musik i would be very grateful if you could please e-mail me at stepug@aol.com thankyou

Music by a band ahead of it's time. Tony Mansfield (singer, composer, producer) has the ability of constructing a warm sound out of all the electronic instruments. Although you don't hear a guitarist and drummer on this album, it still has a great deal of emotion.The second album Anywhere, is already released. I am however waiting on ther third CD-release, Warp.

New Musik had one of the best New Wave songs of the 80's, with "Straight Lines"; a brilliant one hit wonder. There are different versions, but on the CD, called "From A to B", "Straight Lines", starts with the doorbell, like the extended version does. I waited a long time to find New Musik on CD. There is a heavy bass line, good synthesizers, either real or synthesized drums, and an acoustic guitarl but however it was put together, "Straight Lines" is a piece of New Wave perfection. When you play the song in a mix, with people over, and that doorbell rings, everyone looks at the door. I love it.