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Dexy's Midnight Runners

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 28, 2000)
• Original Release Date: July 1980
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced, Original recording remastered
• Label: Caroline
• ASIN: B00004WGY9
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #8,195 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Editorial Reviews

Product Description

20th anniversary, enhanced remaster. Includes a new full color 20 page booklet and enhanced CD-ROM section featuring full lyrics, photo gallery and the videos to 'Geno' and 'There, There My Dear'. Plus non-album A and B sides only to be heard on PC or Mac. Kevin Rowland oversaw the remastering and repackaging. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the truly great albums of the 80s, March 23, 2000

By	Bill Tobin (Santiago, Chile) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Searching for the Young Soul Rebels (Audio CD)

Kicking and punching all the way from the opening bars of "Burn It Down" to the searing fade in "There There My Dear", Birmingham-based Dexy's Midnight Runners' debut album is that rare gem: lyrical and musical integrity with infectious melodies. With its roots solidly in the dark nights of Northern Soul and the R&B combos of Geno Washington and the Ram Jam Band (the band's 3rd single, "Geno" -- and what was the last track on side one on the 1980 EMI LP release -- was dedicated to the singer), singer Kevin Rowland and guitarist Al Archer fashioned a tight, hard-hitting eight-piece band which included a propulsive 3-horn section. At once venomous ("Burn It Down", "There There My Dear") and poignant ("Keep It", "Love Part Two") this is an album that will have you hummin', tappin' and finger poppin' well after the soles have been worn off your shoes from the dancing.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Unhappy, August 29, 2001

By A Customer

Musically I would give this CD 5 stars. However, I am unhappy that the extra tracks included on this 'enhanced' CD are only accessible via a PC. It is annoying that there is all this extra music (single A & B sides etc) which I can't hear unless I'm sitting in front of a PC. (Maybe I'm old-fashioned but I don't enjoy listening to music while sitting in front of a computer screen with a mouse in my hand). The music which IS accessible on a CD player is only 38 minutes long so I can't see why the extra tracks weren't added in the conventional way.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars first and best dexy's album ever, February 15, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Searching for the Young Soul Rebels (Audio CD)

Driving, powerful horns dominate the early dexy's sound.The songs are powerful and Kevin Rowlands voice is awesome.Their best album!