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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Rupert Holmes writes songs about love, just as many popular artists do. But what sets his style apart from the rest of the pack is his use of playful stories and insightful lyrics set in modern situations that we can all relate to. It's all the more impressive because these songs are every bit as touching and relevant today as they were over twenty years ago when the album was first released.
Partners In Crime (1979), his most commerically successful album, contains his smash hit, "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)". Because of its success, it has become the butt of jokes, but a close listen to the lyrics shows that it is actually a very clever song about a man and a wife, who, bored with their marriage, submit personal ads for romance to a newspaper, not realizing the other has done the same. When they finally arrange the meeting, they find none other than their better halves waiting for them, discovering that they had made the right choice long ago.
"Him" was another Top Ten hit, although this one tends to be forgotten by those who label Holmes as a "one-hit wonder". Here his character complains that his lover is not only having an affair, but doing a poor job on concealing it. Holmes's character can tell, among a number of reasons, because she carelessly leaves behind evidence of a foreign brand of cigarettes: "Sometimes the girl forgets."
If you want to impress your friends when they call you, then you should use the refrain to "Answering Machine", yet another Top Forty hit from the album. Here our hero suddenly decides to propose marriage to his lady, but she's not home. The thirty-second length capacity of the standard machine back in those days frustrates him by cutting off the most important words of his message. Unfortunately for our anxious suitor, while he is out "buying dog food for the cat", the machine does the same to her response.
Other classics include tracks such as "Lunch Hour", which details the frantic social chaos the takes place during the confines of the standard weekday lunchtime break. "The People That You Never Get To Love" is a gem written about a common feeling that rarely finds its way into song -- those fleeting moments when you match a gaze with a beautful stranger, but she disappears from your life just as quickly as she enters it. What would life have been like if you had made that gesture in the library or on the elevator?
On top of the clever and profound lyrics, Holmes's voice is deep and soothing, and the production is first-class soft pop.
Rupert Holmes is definitely the hero for the average working fellow who just wants to make enough sense out of the hectic pace of modern life to find and keep love.
"Partners In Crime" is recommended to such souls without hesitation.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This album is awesome. When I bought the record I only knew the Pina Colada Song, but I had no idea the rest of it would be equally as funny. For those who are unfamiliar with Rupert, I like to think he's a cross between Barry Manilow & Weird Al.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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I first heard Rupert Holmes' "Him" in 1979, and although it's been relegated to the attic of campy songs, "Partners in Crime" is an audio masterpiece along the lines of a fine Steely Dan album. "Escape" and "Him" are some of the weaker tracks on the album: "In You I Trust" and "Partners in Crime" have some of the most creative lyrics penned by Rupert Holmes. I cannot recommend it highly enough.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Great storytelling!
This CD is a perfectly rhythmic example of rupert holmes's musicianship and storytelling techniques. I was so impressed with his music on this cd that i had to look up his bio. Read more
Published on June 4, 2009 by gladys hernandez
An album for the ages
Rupert Holmes is more than a song writer; more than a singer; more than a poet. He's all of these and more. His music is very hard to classify because it's not pop, rock or blues. Read more
Published on January 7, 2009 by Calvet
Has it really been 25 years?
This is the only Rupert Holmes album I ever purchased. Clearly, he was head and shoulders above the vast majority of songwriting peers from his generation. Read more
Published on December 26, 2005 by John Cioffi
Definitely Desert Island Material
No less a personality than Barry Manilow has once cited Rupert as being one of his favourites. His metaphors, biting satires and the ability to put his great insight on human... Read more
Published on July 28, 2005 by Frederick Baptist
brilliantly tuneful music & devastatingly witty lyrics
Rupert Holmes' "Partners In Crime" was originally released in/ around September of 1979, and it's where you'll find the huge/ notorious #1 hit "Escape" aka "The Pina Colada Song". Read more
Published on November 1, 2004 by Dave
Try not to take Rupert too seriously
This album is a crack-up. Although the quality of the recording and instrumentation is superb this man is either joking or should not be singing. Read more
Published on December 17, 2001 by Bryan Hayes
Cheat Happens could have been another title for this.
Partners In Crime" is a curious album about the continuing ironies of love, affection, and cheating. Read more
Published on July 9, 2001 by Javier Moreno
A dynamic of love and lust
Rupert Holmes created a dynamic album in 1979, writing nearly all of his own material and combining disco, pop, reggae, ballads and his unique flair and sense of humour. Read more
Published on July 9, 2001 by Reuben
Hi fidelity sounds for hi infidelity stories.
"Partners In Crime" is a curious album about the continuing ironies of love, affection, and cheating. Read more
Published on June 5, 2001 by Javier Moreno
Rupert brings the pina colada song alive
The pina colada song has been an emotional force in my life. After my pet armadillo, "Pancho" lost his life unexpectedly, I was left looking for something to comfot me. Read more
Published on January 17, 2000 by Daniel Murphy
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