Provision

Scritti Politti | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: June 21, 1988
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Warner Bros / Wea
• ASIN: B000002LDL
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #61,753 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Sophisticated production combined with intelligent, often humorous, lyrics made Scritti Politti a rock favorite of the 80s. This 1988 album was a top ten seller and contains their mega-hit Oh Patti and other popular hits. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Provision provides!, February 18, 2001

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hippiedj "hippiedj" (Palm Desert, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Provision (Audio CD)

This is one of the purest examples of perfect 1980s alternative pop. Each song stands on its own, you REMEMBER these songs, and the sonics are astounding. Frankly, I'm appalled that some of you out there are putting this one up against the awful Anomie & Bonhomie and claiming the latter is superior? In ten years I know I'll STILL be listening to Provision while people will be throwing away copies of Anomie because the rap will bore them to tears. Provision delivers, and since 1988 it sounds as fresh as ever. The superior track "Sugar & Spice" is the funkiest tune this side of Gary Numan's "Young Heart." For true collectors, hunt down the 12" mixes of "Boom! There She Was", "First Boy In This Town (Lovesick)", and even "Oh Patti" for the beautiful instrumental version featuring Miles Davis. Yes, each Scritti Politti album changes a bit (just like Everything But The Girl likes to do), and I still come back to Provision for complete satisfaction! Maybe this will help: On my radio show most requests for their songs came from Provision over any of the others, so you rap fanatics aren't exactly more "in the know" on musical quality as you think. Provision is an accomplished achievement and hard to top.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not perfect, but close...where is World Come Back to Life?, March 17, 2005

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G. Mitchell "greggmitch" (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Provision (Audio CD)

I have everything Scritti every did, and I loved them then and I still love them now. It's sad this album wasn't the critical & commercial juggernaut that Cupid & Pysche 85 was, but Provision has many of its own charms: crystaline production, funky Vocoder skills from the late Roger, and that keen sense of intellectual wordplay missing from so much of pop, esp 80s music - Green & Crew did their best, but sadly most audiences had already moved onto rap? Boom!, Sugar & Spice, Oh Patti, oh they're all pop/R&B perfection - and this from a frail white guy from the UK with the helium man/boy voice...BUT the collection, even with its extended mixes, isn't complete without the BEST track off the Provision sessions that did NOT appear on the LP or CD, but rather a stunning, oft forgotten B-side (I believe from Lovesick?) - the track, of course, is A WORLD COME BACK TO LIFE and it harkens back to the joys of Cupid & Pysche: push/pull sonic dynamics, an instantly addictive chorus, and those angelic breathy vocals and so damn funky but icy at the same time - a delicate balance, a stunning album, a seminal band - buy now while you can - WHY is this OOP?

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Miles Davis is on this CD, November 9, 2003

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Audi Mok (Kuala Lumpur Malaysia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Provision (Audio CD)

This is an amazing pop CD. The great Miles Davis played on this CD, together with Marcus Miller. I guess they were returning a favour when Miles Davis covered Scritti's "Perfect Way".