Peter Sarstedt / As Though It Were a Movie [Original recording remastered, Import]

Peter Sarstedt | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 15, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Original recording remastered, Import
• Label: Bgo - Beat Goes on
• ASIN: B000024HOQ
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #108,177 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #78 in Music > Indie Music > Pop > Singer-Songwriters

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. I Am a Cathedral

2. Sons of Cain Are Abel

3. No More Lollipops

4. Stay Within Myself

5. You Are My Life

6. Sayonara

7. Where Do You Go to My Lovely

8. Blagged

9. My Daddy Is a Millionaire

10. Once Upon an Everyday

See all 14 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. As Though It Were a Movie

2. Open a Tin

3. Take off Your Clothes

4. Letter to a Friend & Intermission

5. Step into the Candlelight

6. Juan

7. The Artist

8. The Friendship Song (Hey Nena)

9. Frozen Orange Juice [*]

10. The Sunshine Is Expensive

See all 12 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Peter Sarstedt's debut album was torpedoed by its best track, the number one hit "Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)," an exquisite piece of baroque pop that Sarstedt would never come close to equaling again. Led by a festive accordion and a dark acoustic guitar, the song blended the reserve of early British singer/songwriters with the sophistication of Continental pop -- name-checking everyone from Marlene Dietrich to Sacha Distel and the Boulevard Saint Michel. Sarstedt proved his songwriting talents elsewhere on the record, but the florid arrangements and varying productions never approach the level of its best song. Its successor, As Though It Were a Movie, which arrived shortly afterwards, features no good follow-up to the single, but it's actually a better full-length statement. Based around an imaginary movie (complete with overture, intermission, and closing national anthem), the record finds Sarstedt doing a better job of inhabiting his narrative songs (as on the leering "Take Off Your Clothes"). ~ John Bush, All Music Guide

Customer Reviews

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic 60's pop, May 30, 2004

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Shmuel (Jerusalem Israel) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Peter Sarstedt / As Though It Were a Movie (Audio CD)

In fact the second disc, As though it were a movie, sounds as if it could have been released yesterday, it doesn't sound at all dated as do some of his contempories listening to them 35 years later. As opposed to all the peace and love trippy music that most of the artists at the time seemed to be involved with Sarstedt wrote about life with all its bitter sweetness. The songs on this album are as strong and as original as any you are likely to find anywhere. He spices his sharp insights on life with a great sense of humour and varied musical styles, though all pop/folk/rock, excelently produced by Ray Singer (whoever he may be!)

The first disc contains the original "Where do you go to my lovely" and the second disc has as a bonus track the great "Frozen orange juice", one of my favourite pop songs from that period. I have another vinyl disc of Sarstedt called PS which is also very good, it's not listed here. It contains the song Beirut. I remember when I bought it I had a record player that let you repeat the record and I remember just letting side one play over and over again.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Blast from my past, September 7, 2008

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chatty cathy "chatty cathy" (Colorado USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Peter Sarstedt / As Though It Were a Movie (Audio CD)

My parents had these record albums when I was a kid in the 1970s. I'm loving listening to the songs again, and hearing new things. It's a very "orchestral" approach to pop music, with slightly subversive lyrics. I wonder whatever happened to Peter . . .