Reel Life

Boy Meets Girl | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 1, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Bmg Special Product
• ASIN: B00028HBHK
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #274,076 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Bring Down the Moon

2. Waiting for a Star to Fall

3. Stormy Love

4. Is Anybody Out There in Love

5. Stay Forever

6. If You Run

7. One Street Dream

8. No Apologies

9. Restless Dreamer

10. Someone's Got to Send Out Love

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Well-Orchestrated Journey Of Love And Emotions!, February 19, 2003

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John Edward Fulmer (South Arkansas, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Reel Life (Audio CD)

I bought this CD for their one commercial hit wonder "Waiting For A Star To Fall"...little did I know it would become a permanent gem, a definite standout constantly in heavy rotation! This is simply the ultimate 80's love album. I was hooked from the first few bars of the opener "Bring Down The Moon", which features one of the most powerful laments on love I have ever heard: "If love's not forever I need to discover the spirit of romance and magic in living from day to day...". This in a nutshell sums up the way I have always felt about love! The instrumentation is fabulous too....pure 80's keyboards, danceable beats as well as a ballad here and there. The magic continues throughout the whole album, as George and Shannon succesfully trade off vocal duties and their own takes on relationships and love in general. The vocoder solo alone on "If You Run" makes this album worth your money, and "No Apologies" is in my opinion the best breakup song ever recorded. Although there are no real surprises here, this is a well-arranged, nicely written, and superbly produced package for the late 80's lovesong fanatic. I am really surprised that none of the other songs hit as big as "Waiting For A Star To Fall" because they are all very listenable. The last song on the album ends somewhat unexpectedly, leaving the listener longing for more, kind of like love itself!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Is Anybody Out There In Love?, March 10, 2005

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

In revisiting this album, a flood of adolescent memories came rushing back. I, probably like many others, was drawn into purchasing this album on the sole majesticness of its hit "Waiting For A Star To Fall". The year was 1988, and it was around late fall, and I was about to turn 16. I bought this album along with Robbie Nevil's "A Place Like This". Both albums were excellent examples of pop perfection. Funny that Nevil has been tossed to the wayside like Boy Meets Girl. Record companies consistently fail to recognize what they have.

Anyway, "Reel Life" helped me come to terms with the end of my first love--granted an adolescent, immature one! So, here I sit 17 years later listening to this album. "Waiting For A Star To Fall" holds up incredibly well after all these years. The thing about this album that can't be helped is its late 1980's production and instrumentation, but it's still a remarkably enjoyable adult contemporary listen. Of course my favorite song has always been "Is Anybody Out There In Love" with George Merrill singing a fantastic melody. My other favorites are still "Waiting For A Star To Fall", "If You Run", "One Sweet Dream" and "Restless Dreamer". There really should have been more hits from this album. Then what happened? Boy Meets Girl disappeared. I only found later, reading the duo's website that the record company shelved their follow up album, "New Dream". This forever pinned them as a one hit wonder, which they're not.

If adult contemporary or 80's pop brings you pleasure, then check this one out. Now all we need is for their first album to be re-released on cd!

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Everything old is new again..., October 29, 2004

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Paul Hixenbaugh (Valley Village, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Reel Life (Audio CD)

This is a nicely remastered reissue of Boy Meets Girl's 1998 CD, "Reel Life." It contains all ten of the songs on that original CD, including the top five hit "Waiting For A Star To Fall" and the hit "Bring Down The Moon." Other songs included (since the listing does not have a track list) are "Stormy Love," "Is Anybody Out There In Love," "Stay Forever," "If You Run," "One Sweet Dream," "No Apologies," "Restless Dreamer," and "Someone's Got To Send Out Love." The songs form a sort of concept album about relationships and keeping "the spirit of romance and magic/In living from day to day," as one song says. The original cd was a great masterpiece of late 1980's pop, a fascinating time when almost any type of music, from rap to rock to ballads to singer-songwriters, could make the charts. Most of the songs are straight-ahead pop, and at first listen sound like sweet confections. Listen a little deeper, though, and they are bittersweet and honest, and intensely personal. The instrumentation is fascinating. Synthesizers are used extensively, but there are also plenty of guitars, piano, and even mandolins and other more exotic (to pop, anyway) instruments. Vocals are layered and tightly (and often joyously) arranged. The new remastering brings out the best in the music, and also reduces the harsh, clinical feel of the remastering of the first run back in 1988. The only negative thing I can say about this cd is the budget quality packaging. Gone is the original 8 page book with lyrics, musician and singer information, and acknowledgements. In fact, the new edition doesn't even say who wrote or produced the songs. I'd take off a half star if I could, but the sound is so terrific that I guess my recommendation is, buy this one for the disc itself, and then track down the older, out of print edition for the booklet and liner notes. All in all, a great cd that is well worth the price.