Cry Tomorrow

The Reds | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 15, 1999)
• Original Release Date: April 15, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: The Stereo Society
• ASIN: B000033Z9E
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #61,402 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #33 in Music > Indie Music > Alternative Rock > New Wave

Track Listings

1. Waiting For You

2. Gimme Shelter

3. Torn And Frayed

4. Terror In My Heart

5. This Time

6. One More Time

7. All So Wrong

8. Cry Tomorrow

9. Outside Door

10. Shaken Cold

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist

The Reds began as one of the most powerful guitar and keyboard-based bands of the late New Wave, starting in Philadelphia in the late seventies. Several albums later, they became the duo of Rick Shaffer on electric guitar and vocals, and Bruce Cohen on keyboards, backed by Mike Thorne's rhythm and synthesizers. They made further recordings for Sire. Their music was featured in early episodes of Miami Vice, and they continued scoring for movies such as Michael Mann's Manhunter.

Product Description

One of the most forceful combinations ever of rock+roll attitude and tough synthesizers, Cry Tomorrow is a reworked version of their outstandingly powerful original 1992 release on independent alternative label Tarock Music. The Reds' Bruce Cohen and Rick Shaffer deal in a menacingly modern sound spectrum worthy of far greater exposure than up to now. With an immediately identifiable sound, via the combination of droning keyboards and guitar and Shaffer's haunting monotone vocals, they come up with hooks that creep insidiously into the brain.

Cohen's keyboards are a consistent promising voice in The Red's instrumental sound, with Shaffer's unique guitar lines providing the momentum. The atmosphere runs from basic moody to flat-out aggressive, particular standouts being the title track, Cry Tomorrow, Terror In My Heart, the sinister Waiting For You (featured spectacularly in the Manhunter soundtrack), and a radical new cover of the Rolling Stones' Gimme Shelter. Backed by a varied collection of New York's notable session vocalists which push the sounds further home, the production delivery keeps it all as clean and sharp as a new scalpel.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars America`s best kept secret?, March 28, 2003

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J R Berryman (Wales) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cry Tomorrow (Audio CD)

I came across the Reds while trying to find the component tracks for the soundtrack to Michael Mann`s excellent "Manhunter" film on the `net. These guys just sound awesome...........there`s no other way of putting it. I`ve rarely heard synth and guitar meld so completely in music, and vocals that literally growl and menace you from the speakers! There is not a bad track on this album, in fact there`s not even a mediocre one.!

An album that seems to tie you in knots while you listen to it.

Music for damaged souls - listen and remember the dark times if you dare!

Now then.....What about a release for the "Manhunter" soundtrack on C.D guys?

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth the wait, December 3, 1999

By 

Teddy Sullivan (Overland Park, KS USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cry Tomorrow (Audio CD)

I first started listening to the reds when the Band of the Hand soundtrack came out in the 80s. They have that smooth, eerie rock sound that's great for a night drive. Michael Mann used their music in all of his 80's films and TV shows, but unfortunately those albums are no longer made. I've hit every used record store in the country trying to find the reds but to no avail. Once I found this CD released and available on Amazon.com I bought it immediately... I haven't stopped listening to it. Looking for something different? ... and you like Michael Mann films, buy this CD!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Come and gone, March 24, 2001

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Davis T. Featherstone (Roswell, New Mexico United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cry Tomorrow (Audio CD)

This disc will creep into your brain and haunt you. Just try and find anything that this band did in the late 80's ... The Reds are excellent ... beg for more!