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Audio CD (February 25, 2003)
Original Release Date: 1989
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Fire UK
ASIN: B000067CJL
In-Print Editions: MP3 Download

Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #239,348 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. Paradise Is For The Blessed 3:48 $0.99

2. A Good And Faithful Servant 3:38 $0.99

3. Conscience Tells Me No 3:29 $0.99

4. My Hedonistic Tendencies 4:05 $0.99

5. All My Dreams Are Dead 3:00 $0.99

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7. The Man Who Paints The Rainbow 2:44 $0.99

8. What If Its Raining? 3:37 $0.99

9. Sad Mona Lisa 2:40 $0.99

10. The Engine Driver Song 2:55 $0.99

11. Sometimes I Think You Know Me Better Than I Know Myself 1:50 $0.99

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15. Part One : Fulfilling The Contractual Obligations 1:47 $0.99

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2002 reissue of the long-lived new wave act's critically acclaimed 1989 album. Privilege, was the first TVP's album for 6 years, and finally offered material that had been honed in the live environment over the previous years. It has a much crisper, more commercial sound than their earlier albums and features a strong collection of songs that are loaded with withering observations, laced with humor and cut with flair. Slipcase. Fire.

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5.0 out of 5 stars beautiful, February 23, 2006

By	Eric Janssen (Sacto, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

this is the album that turned me on to the TVPs. This album is beautiful because it treads in so many directions/feelings and yet is right on the money and consistent throughout. Are the TVPs poking fun? sentimental? regretful? bitter? trying to make the best of the past? tongue in cheek? sarcastic? sincere? hopeful? heartfelt? Yes to all and all at the same time, in such an artful way that it illuminates the genius that is in this band's music. To me this music takes the jumble of emotions and quandries that is living and puts them into sumptuous, catchy nuggets of sound of a quality that few songwriters can touch.

What does it sound like? pretty simple guitar bass drums and keyboard, lots of reverb on this one (like mid-era Felt). Songs are about 3 minutes or so long (just right) and melodic. In terms of comparisons, think Pet Sounds (Beach Boys album) meets the Byrds meets the Kinks and you are more or less there.

This album is a goldmine. highly recommended.

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4.0 out of 5 stars this is their best, January 19, 2007

By	R. Hewitt (los angeles, california United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I agree with the previous reviewer-this is TPs at their apex. The whole thing hangs together with humour and flair,and a piquant melancholy that makes it stick in your head and heart. "WHAT IF IT'S RAINING" is my favorite track, a beauty!

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