Instincts

Romeo Void | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 2, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Wounded Bird Records
• ASIN: B00009Y3Q1
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #186,600 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Out On My Own

2. Just Too Easy

3. Billys Birthday

4. Going To Neon

5. Six Days & One

6. A Girl In Trouble (Is A Temporary Thing)

7. Say No

8. Your Life Is A Lie

9. Instincts

10. In The Dark (Single Version) (Bonus Track)

Editorial Reviews

Romeo Void was a new wave group from the 80's fronted by female vocalist Debora Iyall. Instincts was their highest charting album, reaching # 68 on the Billboard charts in 1984. It is now being released on CD for the first time anywhere in the world, and contains a bonus track, the single version of 'In The Dark'. 10 tracks. Wounded Bird. 2003.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Void Has Been Filled (Trust Your Instincts) !, October 22, 2003

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Armando M. Mesa (Chandler, AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Instincts (Audio CD)

Yes ! Finally ! after all these years this lost and forgotten New Romantic/Wave album from one of the most underrated groups of the 80's has come to the digital format. Almost 20 years to be exact.

The catchy guitar riffs with the drums, synth work hooks, and the wailing saxophone (touch of coolness) made this band more of a cult classic new wave gem than a top 40 pop accessible cliche. Fronted by the smooth, lightweight, yet driving vocals of Deborah Iyall. Romeo Void had subliminal hints of pre-alternative before alternative would come to the forefront in the early 90's.

I strongly recommend this unearthed musical treasure to be listened to by some of the younger whipper snappers.They will realize there were new wave artists of the 80's who were a sort of blue print for the alternative scene of the 90's and beyond...

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great CD reissue of a lost classic!!!, July 14, 2004

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Jukebox Graduate "gleep28" (Parma, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Instincts (Audio CD)

I loved this album when it first came out on vinyl. Wore that out, as well as a cassette copy I found a few years ago.

This is, in my opinion, the best Romeo Void album. This album is filled with many different moods, but the music and lyrics are both consistantly excellent.

Get it now - you won't be disappointed!!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Instinctive, October 6, 2009

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Starr S. (Portland, Maine) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Instincts (Audio CD)

New Wave began to really take off commercially thanks to the debut of MTV in 1981 and here you have an incredible band with just enough crunching guitar, beautiful sax and the most deliciously haunting and caressing vocals EVER courtesy of the lovely lead singer, Deborah Iyall.

On Instincts, their 3rd and unfortunately last effort, an entire potpourri of emotions a la music is brought into the spotlight. This album, their most commercially accessible, somehow slipped through the cracks of the mainstream.

"Instincts" opens with a powerful song entitled, "Out on My Own" and is followed by similarly moody, deep and brooding songs that tell stories which straddle the line between love and heartache, but by way of a more poetic vehicle than what most bands at this time were putting out. The closest comparison to Romeo Void for me would be The Motels (and Martha Davis.) The first hit single from "Instincts," "A Girl in Trouble (Is A Temporary Thing,") had the distinct makings of becoming a single womens' anthem back then, but oddly, did not reach the masses of women it could and should have, where it was so controversial. My favorite song off this album next to the lead and 2nd singles ("A Girl in Trouble" and "Out on My Own,") is "Your Life Is A Lie." The crunching guitar juxtaposed with Deborah's haunting vocals and Bossi's nocturnal-sounding sax is a magical combination. The title cut also comes in very high on my list of favorites from this historic, awesome release. Iyall could have lulled an entire maternity ward full of crying babies to sleep with the sound of her voice alone on this one.

I highly recommend this album from an 80's band whose life in the limelight was so unfairly short-lived and more curiously, unjustifiably so. Romeo Void should have had (with the proper support of their record label (CBS,) hits well into the 90's just by their talent alone.

Furthermore, there were reports circulating (then) that Deborah's appearance (where she was overweight) was an issue for the record company (Columbia) which is deeply saddening. It's about the "music," NOT about the appearance of the artist or artists ANYWAY. Besides, Deborah's got a gorgeous face and a beautiful spirit, so they can all go "f" themselves. Romeo Void was a GREAT band and "Instincts" was an incredible recording at a time when image didn't overshadow true talent. Actors and actresses are meant to be seen; vocalists, HEARD.