Bite [Extra tracks, Import, Original recording remastered]

Altered Images | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 1, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Diablo Records UK
• ASIN: B00016W7PY
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #343,217 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Bring Me Closer

2. Another Lost Look

3. Love to Stay

4. Now That You're Here

5. Don't Talk to Me About Love

6. Stand So Quiet

7. Change of Heart

8. Thinking About You

9. Surprise Me [*]

10. I Don't Want to Know [*]

11. Last Goodbye [*]

12. Bring Me Closer [Dance Mix][*]

13. Don't Talk to Me About Love [Extended Version][*]

14. Love to Stay [Dance Mix][*]

Editorial Reviews

2004 reissue of the Scottish new wavers' 1983 album produced by Tony Visconti, features 14 tracks including 6 bonus tracks, 'Surprise Me', 'I Don't Want To Know', 'Last Goodbye', 'Bring Me Closer' (Dance Mix), 'Don't Talk To Me About Love' (Extended Version), & 'Love To Stay' (Dance Mix). Includes 12-page booklet with extensive updated liner notes & photos. Edsel.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the crown jewel of the Altered Images legacy, July 10, 2004

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Phil (San Diego, CA) (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bite (Audio CD)

I had been waiting for this perfect gem, checking the "Altered Images" section at the shops for years, hoping for its reissue on CD. "Bite" was a smooth, succulent pop album with nary a misstep when it came out twenty years ago and it sounds even better today. Unlike many eighties albums that sound embarrassingly dated, "Bite" proudly retains a timeless sound. Song for song, "Bite" was as good or better than any pop album released that year or this.

Its lead single, "Don't Talk To Me About Love" is simply one of the best pop 45s ever released. It's good to have its 12" on CD here as well - both A and B side. The dance mixes for singles "Love To Stay" and "Bring Me Closer" are also welcome bonus tracks. The addition of the b-side "Surprise Me" lends a slight flavor of the "Pinky Blue" album to the proceedings, and that's a happy bonus too.

The enclosed booklet includes original album artwork and gives a nice history of Altered Images circa "Bite". The only thing that might have made this reissue "perfect-er" would have been the inclusion of the band's cover of "Little Town Flirt". If only we had Clare Grogan and Altered Images now!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Once Bitten, April 8, 2005

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V. Grindstaff (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bite (Audio CD)

It is a shame that Altered Images is so rarely remembered, and when they are, its usually for the quirky but fun song Happy Birthday. The band's music matured to fruition on their third release Bite.
The cd sounds as fresh today as it did when it was released. The rich layered production pervades each enchanting song, from the cha cha beat of Love to Stay to the haunting Now That You're Here. Don't Talk To Me About Love, the album's first single, reaches a pinnacle of true artistic expression, as heart wrenching as it is lovely. Claire Grogan's voice never sounded so luxuriously polished as it does on this collection of songs.
Sadly, this, the band's last musical effort, left fans wanting more. These years later, we finally get more with the bonus extend tracks and unreleased material. Don't miss this opportunity to hear one of the most underappreciated bands of the 1980's, if not of all time.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pop confections galore, October 31, 2005

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FLK6677 (IL, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bite (Audio CD)

It's a shame that Altered Images has somehow slipped through the cracks as one of the most original, fun, sonically and visually most interesting pop bands ever (back when pop didn't mean talentless and unoriginal). Sure, they dabbled in Siouxsie-esque goth rock early on, but at their core, they were always a highly melodic, quirky pop band. This is apparent on their first two albums, "Happy Birthday" and "Pinky Blue."
With "Bite," the band underwent a makeover in image, sound and lineup, and fortunately, the new formula worked just as well.
This is polished, melody-driven 80's pop, much sleeker and more restrained than what the band had previously produced. Clare Grogan's vocals are not quite as giddy and chirpy, and the production, much of which was done by Mike Chapman, makes the songs shine.
The lead single, "Don't Talk to Me About Love," is simply one of the most beautifully arranged and performed pop songs ever. "Bring Me Closer" is a fun disco-dance number. "Another Lost Look" and "Love to Stay" are sweet, dreamy pop gems, while "Change of Heart" channels Blondie when Blondie was channeling 60's girl group. Actually, the entire album channels Blondie, which is definitely not a bad thing.
There were originally only eight tracks on "Bite," so the bonus material included on this CD is more than welcome. "Surprise Me" is manic bubblegum reminiscent of the material on "Pinky Blue." "Last Goodbye" is more fun pop that's so good you have to wonder why it wasn't originally included. "I Don't Want to Know" is yet another winner that sounds like what might have happened if the Shangri-Las were still making music in 1984.
If you love good, fun pop or new wave music, don't hesitate to pick up this CD. And while you're at it, pick up "Happy Birthday" and "Pinky Blue," and prepare to have some fun.