- Audio CD (Oct 25 1990)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Label: Universal Music Group
- ASIN: B000008EW7
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | LP Record
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
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1984 Release from Chris Deburgh, the Man who Would Write and Release the International Hit "Lady in Red" Two Years Later in 1986. Includes the Minor Hit "High on Emotion", plus "Sound of a Gun", "Ecstacy of Flight (I Love the Night)" and Seven More.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A classic work,
This review is from: Man on the Line (Audio CD)
I got this album on cassette for my 10th birthday. I wanted to be sure I got it, so I asked two of my friends to buy it, and ended up getting two copies when they both managed to find it in the record & tapes stores :)It was one of my most played tapes. It had a wide variety of songs with great themes and a classic, polished sound and Chris's imagination and smooth voice at the helm. I love the night was the radio single at the time, and I thought it was cool. Even at age 10, I knew the track Taking It To The Top was cheesy (unlike the rest of the album), but I still liked it's positive message and the thought of graduating in that lineup and working hard towards your goals appealed to me. It also reminds me of a cottage country trip taken with my family as a kid, and it's the perfect get-away-from-it-all album. So... alive yet so contemplative and soothing at the same time. I found this last night on vinyl at a used books store for just 1 dollar. I couldn't believe it. I put on the record and was lost in the sweetest dreams this album evoked in my childhood. It was a calming and hypnotizing album for me then, and it does the exact same for me now-- 28 years later :) Thanks Chris!
5.0 out of 5 stars
from LP to CD,
By Irish1 "absoluteheathen" (Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Man on the Line (Audio CD)
I bought this album on LP - never mind how many years ago, bought it again on cassette tape, bought it again on CD. It's a 'hidden treasures' type of album, with 'Transmission Ends' and 'Moonlight and Vodka' being my all-time favourite de Burgh songs. The latter is one of the most intensely 'visual' songs ever written, and the utter weariness in the singer's voice puts a whole new slant on the espionage business - more 'spy who came in from the cold' than James Bond.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Calm before the storm?,
This review is from: Man on the Line (Audio CD)
After massive critical acclaim for "Don't Pay The Ferryman" and "The Getaway" album, Chris released another near-miss with this album. As previously suggested, it is likely that a rough patch in his relationship caused his feelings to boil over onto this album. "High On Emotion", despite its optimistic lyrics, has a thundering, biting, sniping, almost 'angry' edge to it. Up until then, this was probably the most uncharacteristic recording that he had ever committed to vinyl - like with "Don't Pay The Ferryman", how "High On Emotion" failed to break into the UK Top 40 is a mystery! In the 1990s, it enjoyed a new lease of life when used heavily to promote the Driving Rock compilation, but on initial release, was largely ignored by radio.The title track is another example of Chris' ability to move away from the ballad wizadry with which he made his name, and saw him taking on a harder, more rocky sound. This was one of the three oustanding albums that Chris made in his early career between 1973 and 1983 (the others being "Spanish Train and Other Stories" (1975) and "The Getaway" (1981). Of course, after this album again failed to break him into the commercial mainstream, we all know what happened next - he would disappear for three years, return to take the world by storm with "The Lady In Red" in 1986, and lose his way for the remainder of the decade, before dramatically returning to form with 1992's "Power of Ten" album. Whatever the critics may say about their disdain for Chris De Burgh, you can't deny that before the success of "The Lady In Red", he DID make some truly excellent records.
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