Close To The Bone

Thompson Twins | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 9, 1988)
• Number of Discs: 30
• Label: Bmg Music
• ASIN: B00000DOQP
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #164,815 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Listen carefully!, June 14, 2000

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joaci fonseca de goes (Bahia, Brazil) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Close to the Bone (Audio CD)

If you are a TT fan like I am, you probably compare everything to "Into the Gap". I do agree that it was an excellent album although I think Queer was even better. However, even though this album is totally different than everything they've done, don't make the big mistake of dismissing it! First of all, as an artist myself, I am still trying to make drums sound this good. They rock on this album! Never before could you hear Tom Bailey's voice so harsh and letting go. Joe Leeway had just left the twins and you can feel the anger and dissapointment. A must-have for any TT fan.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars And Then There Were Two..., January 3, 2006

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R. J. Marques "saintricardo" (Scottsdale, AZ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Close To The Bone (Audio CD)

I find it hard to believe that no-one has bothered to write a review of this album. The previous TT album "Here's To Future Days" was the last album Joe Leeway would appear on, and this album now defined Tom Bailey & Alannah Currie as "The Thompson Twins"

Tom and Alannah released this modest and mostly likeable album, produced by Rupert Hine in 1986. I'm not sure how I missed it, but I remember living in Los Angeles in early 1987, and heard a tune on the radio that sounded like a Sting-penned song, sung by Corey Hart. [How I confused Tom's distinctive voice with Corey Hart remains a mystery to this day].

I was later to learn it was the Thompson Twins and a cut from their new album, which I immediately picked up. Alannah wrote the lyrics and Tom wrote the music. While this album was somewhat derivative of their own work, it did seem to lack something - my own humble opinion being - the songs on this album were very formulaic. This also was the case on their debut album for Warner Brothers "Big Trash", although that approach seemed to work better on Big Trash than this album.

I really like this album, but truthfully, something's missing, although I am hard pressed to say exactly what that is. As with all TT albums, the production is flawless, synth sounds and instrumentation are all first rate. The best tunes are "Follow Your Heart", "Twentieth Century", "Long Goodbye" [which is the song I first heard, and probably the best tune on the album] and "Savage Moon".

After this album, TT released "Greatest Mixes - The Best Of The Thompson Twins" and that concluded their alliance with Arista Records. The Twins immediately signed with Warner Brothers and released two albums for them: "Big Trash" and "Queer" - both are highly recommended.

If you are a fan of the Thompson Twins, this belongs in your collection - if you are only a casual fan of the Twins and only desire their hits, this may not be for you.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Different ---- But Great!, June 15, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Close to the Bone (Audio CD)

This is not the typical Thompson Twins Album. The music is different. The lyrics are different. The singing? The same. As someone in the music buisness, I find it quite entertaining, even if its not their usual stuff.