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...soul-searching. Gone is the lush, synthesized sound of their previous hits, such as "Alive and Kicking" or "Belfast Child." Filling out the arrangements with more guitar work and complex rhythms, the newer, more astringent style strikes the listener, whereas before it merely made for harmless listening. Vocalist Jim Kerr and guitarist Charlie Burchill self-consciously acknowledge this change in their opening track, "She's A River...
...first track, "She's A River," not only reflects the change in their musical direction, but also pulls the listener immediately into the album's spirit. This song's forceful rhythms, effective riffs and strong melody come together to grab the listener's attention. Kerr sings of his "spirit of creation," his muse, that will carry through the songs that follow...
...take that journey with his muse, Kerr needs to find strength. He mentions this need for courage in the next track, "Night Music...
...Wilhelm Liebknecht, one of the founders of the German Socialist Party, writes in his Memoirs that when he came to London in the 1860s to join Marx's faction, before he was admitted, Pfander--the official party phrenologist--danced, his fingers around his skull. This was printed in the Kerr edition of Liebknecht's memoirs, but when these were reprinted by Moscow and the International Publishing (the official Communist publishing house in the United States), those passages were omitted without any dots or ellipses to indicate that cuts...
...dishy, tough-talking sergeant in From Here to Eternity, where he took a roll on the beach with Deborah Kerr and made himself a pinup idol. But unlike most earlier male stars, who were straitjacketed in heroic roles, Lancaster could be his own man, choose parts and not worry whether audiences would like him. He always had that measure of confidence in himself: as a young man he left New York University, where he had a basketball scholarship, to join the circus. What showed through was the will not to be somebody, but to do something...