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Bananarama - Bananarama Audio CD

A fair review of the Bananarama "Bananarama" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Bananarama reviews here, or go back to the Bananarama tabs.

Bananarama Band: Bananarama
Title: Bananarama
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Release Date: 2007-03-26
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Cruel Summer 2: Rough Justice 3: King of the Jungle 4: Dream Baby 5: Link 6: Hotline to Heaven 7: State I'm In 8: Robert de Niro's Waiting 9: Through a Childs Eyes 10: Cairo [*] 11: Push! [*] 12: Rough Justice [7" Version] 13: Live Now [*] 14: Hotline to Heaven [7" Version] 15: Wild Life [*]

Brings back memories
I had this on a tape and finally got in on CD -I love listening to Cruel Summer when the wether is nice.


Classic Mid-80's New Wave in Top Form
I didn't even play it for about 6 months. OK, I got this as a bonus vinyl LP when I bought another album on Ebay. "Who the heck were Bananarama anyway?" I thought. But finally I checked it out, and now it's one of my favorite 80's albums!

Mmm, they've got it all together on this one. Songwriting, performances, and production are all fine, professional, even slick. But there's nothing canned about the songs here. Several are quite moving. Besides the well-known hits you will also get some sweet sleepers:

"Dream Baby" is a peppy, fiesty attitude dance you'll have in your head for about a week after buying this album.

"Robert DeNiro" is a bit haunting and mesmerizing.

This album is a treasure from a better time in music, when pop songs were about something other than violence, crime, guns, and drugs.


Bonus track selection could have been better....
All of the reissues of Bananarama's catalog make it clear that fans hunger for bonus tracks, but there are still so many mixes of their songs that have failed to make it to CD at last. Great to have this album reissued, and to finally include Wild Life on it, but it's hard to believe they missed the opportunity to include 12" versions and opted for 7" versions instead! It would have been great to have the 12" versions of Cruel Summer, Robert DeNiro's Waiting, and the full version of State I'm In from the b-side of the "hot line to heaven" single.


A Great album remastered
I really dig the bonus tracks included such as the Rough Justice single radio version, Cairo is really catchy also. Since back in the day in 1984 have loved Bananarama, especially this album. The Wild Life is nice to finally have on cd, also Live Now a great song they execute so well, should have been on the album and released as a single. Most of all the song Through a Child's Eyes really shines remastered, such a beautiful, powerful song, I wish they would release this song, it is a hit. Who cares if it was done back in 1984, it sounds just as good today, it should be put on the next album they do, and released.


Hot Line To Heaven, Indeed!
This album is darker in theme than the debut, but still very poppy & infectious, Cruel Summer & Robert Deniro's Waiting are classics & rank among the best the girls have done. This reissue is way better than the US reissue. The album has been remastered and has many bonus tracks, all of which are rare and terrific. The girls have finally been recognised for their talent & gotten some respect. God bless Rhino Records.


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