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Here's to Future Days

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For all the past reviewers of this cd who are looking for "Rollover"--well, guess what, I have a copy of the cd with "Rollover" on it. In 1989 I was working at a music store, and intuitively second-guessing the Arista records I went on a hunt for all the Thompson Twins albums on cd before they were discontinued in America. I easily obtained a copy of "Here's To Future Days" with "Rollover" on it, "Into The Gap" and "Close To The Bone". It was harder to find "Sidekicks" but eventually I found it too. The only American release that I could not find was "In The Name Of Love", which somewhere around 1992 I came across, on cd, as a cut out, but didn't buy it and haven't seen it since. "Here's To Future Days" was a slight set back from "Into The Gap" and "Sidekicks". It has some good songs like "Lay Your Hands On Me", "Here's To Future Days", "Rollover", "King For A Day" and "Emperor's Clothes". While not musically as superior as "Into The Gap" or "Sidekicks", "Here's To Future Days" is still worth owning for Twins fans. Nile Rodgers (of Chic) produced this album, giving it an unusual sound, more rock than other twins albums. He also produced David Bowie's "Let's Dance" in '83 and has produced many others too numerous to name. What I'd like to see is the BMG record company, home to Arista records, remaster and re-release all Thompson Twins catalog from 1981 to 1987, and Warner Brothers records do the same for "Big Trash", "Queer", "The Stone" and "Ether" 1989-1996. I think the Thompson Twins stand out from other 80's artists with their distinctive production choices and arrangements. They had a singular style that was different from other "synth bands".

EVERY song on the CD is a keeper.The hooks,melodies,vocals,musicianship is phenomenal. An '80's masterpiece. I'm a pretty jaded musician and rarely listen to the '80's stuff anymore(except the guitar-driven stuff),but I ordered a copy through Amazon for giggles and grins. After listening to the CD on headphones,I was blown away by this album. This is the work of a true musical genuis and his cohorts in crime. Well worth the money.

Although this album produced some of the Twins biggest hits, it is very under rated. People look back on the TT and always mention Sidekicks and Into the Gap as their faves. But this album is excellent. "Breakaway", "Rollover" and "Emperors Clothes" are three of the best Thompson Twins songs ever recorded.
Maybe the reason people over look this album is because of the trouble that surrounded this album-before it's release with Tom's breakdown and after it's release with Joe Leeway's departure from the band. If you missed out on Future Days before, here is your chance to get it. iT IS WORTH IT FOR THE B-SIDES AND RARITIES ALONE. I can only hope that the
rest of their albums are remastered and re issued.
Listening to this album makes me really miss this band. They were way ahead of their time. With all of their albums.

It's been a while since I've heard the T Twins but I still love this CD as much as I did back when it first came out...especially one of the deep cuts, "ROLLOVER".
It is well worth the money to buy this double CD package.

All of the remixes are true to the songs (compared to remixes that are produced nowadays).

I first had this album on a cassette tape, and I used to listen to it in the car over and over and over! My absolute favorite song was "Breakaway", at the end.

Years later, no cassette player anymore, I was searching for the album on CD and couldn't find it ANYWHERE. And none of the "Best Of" discs included "Breakaway"!!! So I finally broke down and bought the imported album here on Amazon. I'm absolutely ecstatic!

The whole album totally rocks. "Doctor Dream", "Tokyo"... pure 80's era catchy fun! I don't think I'll ever stop listening to this, now that we've been reunited!

If you liked Thompson Twins and don't have Here's to Future Days and the 12" singles, then this item would be a good buy.

Always loved this album now I can play it with all the added tracks, a must have!

Fantastic bonus album, been waiting along time for these 12" original mixes esp the Smack attack mix of Doctor dream, The origial album is still a classic in my mind Its just the way i remember it agaisnt my original vinyl bonus i got with the album. Over 2hrs of Thompson Twins. If your a long lost fan you'll love it all.

There are a precious few albums that I can say I must have listened to about a hundred times. I initially purchased a cassette version of this album back in '85 when it was released and, well, I have since warped my copy. It is a relief to finally have the opportunity to obtain this '80s New Wave classic without having to fork over forty dollars or more for the import version. "Here's to Future Days" is the last great album from the Thompson Twins before the band fractured and became a duo instead of a trio. Their previous effort, "Into the Gap", was their huge commercial breakthrough release that rode on the wave of their most popular single "Hold Me Now". But the album I listened to more than any other was "Here's to Future Days" which had a couple of hit songs, "Lay Your Hands on Me" and "King For a Day", a fantastic cover version of the Beatles "Revolution" and a collection of other songs that range from fun ("Love is the Law", "Tokyo") to kinetic and energetic ("Don't Mess With Doctor Dream", "Breakaway") to soulful ballads ("Emperor's Clothes (part1)", "You Killed the Clown") to innovative and creative ("Roll Over", "Future Days"). Only the very casual fan should pass up "Here's to Future Days" and pick up the greatest hits collection, the rest of us should rejoice in the fact this album is now available, from merchants at least, for a moderate price.

During the mid-80's, there were many British New-Wave, Synth-Pop bands that had 1 or 2 big hits and then they faded from glory. The Thompson Twins were one act that had a string of hits including 3 songs to reach the Top 10. After first coming to the attention of Amercians with 1983's "Side Kicks", the band hit their creative and commercial peak with 1984's "The Gap". Truly one of the best songs of the 80's is "Hold me Now" from that album. In 1985, they followed that massive success of "The Gap" with "Here's to Future Days". The first 2 releases ("Lay Your Hands on Me" and "King for a Day") became Top 10 hits, and this was their only album to accomplish the feat of having 2 Top 10 hits. However, the third single from the album, a remake of the Beatles' "Revolution" failed to even chart on the Hot 100.

I owned this album on cassette back in the 80's. I also owned "The Gap" and "Side Kicks" on cassette. As far as non-single album cuts, I liked the music on "The Gap" and "Side Kicks" much better than the music on "Here's to Future Days". Not to say that I didn't like this album, it to me just wasn't as good as the previous albums. I bought their "Greatest Hits" CD a few years ago, however, it did not include the remake of "Revolution". I picked up this CD used just to get that remake of "Revolution".

I am sure the Thompson Twins fanatics out there have every album they have ever put out and would want this one as part of their collection. For the casual listener, your money would be better spent on the "Greatest Hits" collection which contains all of their songs for Arista to reach the Billboard Hot 100. It does not include their last Hot 100 hit, "Sugar Daddy" which was released on Warner.