Non-Stop

Andy Bell | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 8, 2010)
• Original Release Date: 2010
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Mute U.S.
• ASIN: B003INJEYE
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #38,085 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Connoisseurs of deluxe dance-pop, seductive electro anthems and gold-plated disco grooves - lend me your ears, Andy Bell releases a brand new album, Non-Stop.

Non-Stop, co-produced and co-written by Andy Bell and Pascal Gabriel (S'Express, Ladyhawke, Debbie Harry, Kylie, Little Boots) is a lavish 10 track collection of exquisite dancefloor confessionals from one of the most acclaimed and beloved singers in British pop.

Non-Stop features forthcoming single Call On Me, and Honey If You Love Him, a duet with and written by Perry Farrell (of Jane's Addiction fame), a huge fan of Andy's voice who suggested the alliance.

Although Andy's long-running partnership with Vince Clarke in Erasure (recipients of Best British Group at The Brit Awards) remains very much a going concern - since the release of 1986's debut, Wonderland. The singer's second solo album provides a liberating platform for his more clubby, nocturnal, disco-glam side. He has even purposely changed his vocal register and style for much of Non-Stop, putting clear blue water between his soulfully electronic solo voice and his gleaming, poppy Erasure work.

Customer Reviews

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Andy Bell sets the Bar for Dance Music 2010, June 11, 2010

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Johann Pantin (Port of Spain, Trinidad) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Non-Stop (Audio CD)

Wow, it's the second half of the 80s Supergroup Erasure, giving us a blast from the past,today and beyond! His style of dance sway towards a bit of disco and electro, brings to life his vocal talents seldom attained by few in the business. If you are a fan of 70's Disco, early Petshop Boys & New Order, then work the cd player with the lead single "Call on Me". It's non stop hypno grooves from start to end, just take my word for it, I really get off on the recent releases but wow it's time to applaud the talents of And Bell.

15 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Night work., June 25, 2010

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Jason Stein (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Non-Stop (Audio CD)

It's been three years since Erasure's last album "Light At The End Of The World", and five years since Andy Bell's solo debut, 2005's "Electric Blue". "Non-stop" is the equivalent to late night drive-thru. Tasty and fattening, but ultimately non-nutritious.

I have to say I liked "Electric Blue" better. Bell definitely goes retro here and with varied success. The best tracks "Running Out", "Subject/Object", "Will You Be There?", "Touch", "Non-stop", "DHDQ" and "Honey If You Love Hime (That's All That Matters)" all have catchy melodies that at the same time feel watered down or muted. The lesser tracks "Call On Me" and "Say What You Want" are electro-disco throwaways that don't really amount to much. The worst track is easily "Slow Release" with its relentless chorus drilling its way into your cranium.

"Non-stop" is Andy Bell having fun, but it's not necessarily fun for his fans. He could have done more to vary the sounds on this album while still retaining a club feel. I think he might have needed a better producer here.

Three and a half stars because it's good, but not up to par with his previous works, and it just falls short of the mark.

Here's how "Non-stop" compares to previous work:

Erasure:
1986 Wonderland: Three and a Half Stars
1987 The Circus: Four Stars
1988 The Innocents: Four Stars
1989 Wild!: Four Stars
1991 Chorus: Five Stars
1994 I Say I Say I Say: Four Stars
1995 Erasure: Four Stars
1997 Cowboy: Four Stars
2000 Loveboat: Three Stars
2003 Other People's Songs: Three Stars
2005 Nightbird: Four Stars
2006 Union Street: Three Stars
2007 Light At The End Of The World: Three Stars

Andy Bell Solo:
2005 Electric Blue: Three and a Half Stars
2010 Non-stop: Three and a Half Stars

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Andy's other side, August 9, 2010

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Douglas King (Cincinnati, OH United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Non-Stop (Audio CD)

*** 1/2

With "Non-Stop," Andy Bell continues to show how his solo work is the yan to Erasure's yin. (Or maybe it's the yin to Erasure's yan. Whatever.) Erasure's music is whimsical, with soundscapes that are often innocent and childlike, inhabited with Andy's androgynous, emotive voice. Andy's solo material seems to be more conventional modern disco/dance music, with consistently higher beats per minute, and more of the sexuality and grit that coincide with club life.

It's good, though. Less original, but the quality is still there. Similar to Kelis' last album, Andy's voice is so heartfelt that it keeps the songs from ever sounding too mechanical (as a lot of dance music does). And the production is really pretty good (think "X" era Kylie Minogue or "Confessions" era Madonna). You would listen to an Andy Bell album on the way to the club, or on the treadmill. Erasure's music is better suited to before bedtime.