Knife/ Aztec Camera

Aztec Camera | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 18, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Wounded Bird Records
• ASIN: B000068TMY
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #390,254 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Still On Fire

2. Just Like The USA

3. Head Is Happy (Heart's Insane)

4. The Back Door To Heaven

5. All I Need Is Everything

6. Backwards And Forwards

7. The Birth Of The True

8. Knife

9. Backwards And Forwards (Live)

10. The Boy Wonders

11. Jump

12. The Bugle Sounds Again (Live)

13. Mattress Of Wire (Live)

14. The Birth Of The True (Live)

Editorial Reviews

Aztec Camera was part of the early 80's new wave movement. Lead by Scottish singer/songwriter Roddy Frame, they issued numerous albums well into the 90's. This CD is a two-on-one featuring their second album Knife from 1984 plus a six song EP, Aztec Camera, that features their unique studio version of Van Halen's 'Jump', the studio version of 'The Boy Wonders', plus four live versions of their best songs. Both of these albums made the Billboard charts. Wounded Bird Records. 2002.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good british 80's pop, July 16, 2002

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Mark D. Smith "mskarmar" (ocean view, de United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Knife/ Aztec Camera (Audio CD)

Aztec Camera (ie Roddy Frame) was making great british guitar pop in the 80's and then fizzled in the 90's after the album Love. This is a great reissue of their best album paired with the hard to find ep which includes a great version of Van Halen's 'Jump'. Mark Knopfler produced and the sound quality is present. This is solid music that shouldn't be forgotten....ps- check out the web site for wounded bird records (good reissue stuff).

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good music., January 5, 2003

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JR Hercules (Somewheres, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Knife/ Aztec Camera (Audio CD)

"Knife" is the overlooked and long-out-of-print second album by Aztec Camera (really Roddy Frame). Not as good as the great debut, it still has a charm of its own. Worth having.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect, July 16, 2004

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Antonio Lopez Suanzes (Pozuelo de Alarcon, Madrid Spain) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Knife/ Aztec Camera (Audio CD)

This is the best album from Aztec Camera. Easily, one of the best ot the 80's.

Many songs from this record are melted with some of my best moments in those years. They are beautiful pop jewels: All I need is everything, just like the USA, Still on fire, Knife, Backwards and Forwards (It's unbelievable that this last song is not incuded in "the best" album) ...

Apart from the exceptional inspiration Roddy Frame delivers throughout the work, there are two things that I love and find almost unparalleled in any other pop cd from that decade: the sound of the guitars and the sense that this album is something more than a bunch of songs put together in a cd: there's a common feeling and sound behind the tracks that link them together, giving a unique sense to the work, making it whole and cohesive, and definitely more than the sum of its parts. Congratulations to the producer.

It's for this reason that I don't agree with previous reviewers: the EP songs included only add up minutes. Quality, wholeness and integrity are mortally wounded.