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Knowledge" by the line "Now I know to love you is not to know you". This contradiction was reflected in the album's title, referring to the myth of the two ancient Greek gods who were destined to never be able to truly love each other. Gartside explained in interviews that "there is a fable, the myth of
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was ever this sublime" and that Green's mixture of pop music and intellectualism "benefits us by teaching us the vocabulary of emotion. Green's gilded, fabricated palace of sentiment makes you want to know more about these matters even as his clever-dick wordplay, woozy vocals and slick manipulation
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wrote that "the high-relief production and birdlike tunes and spry little keyb arrangements and hippety-hoppety beat and archly ethereal falsetto add up to a music of amazing lightness and wit that's saved from any hint of triviality by wordplay whose delight in its own turns is hard to resist."
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Ranking Ann (real name Ann
Swinton). Green explained that the idea was to present the alternative female view of the male construct of 'girl': "Having heard Ann's two albums, I thought she'd like the sentiments of the song rather than approve of the rhythmics. I knew she was stroppy, but it's
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he began to talk to major record labels, a move reluctantly supported by Rough Trade who wanted to keep him but realised they could not support him financially with the budget for the type of record that
Gartside wanted to make. At the same time Gartside had been distancing himself from the
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whose interest had come round to language again – perhaps because of a bankruptcy in
Marxism to deal with ideology or any artistic community – hearing her was as near to a hymn or a prayer as I could get. Obviously I couldn't make that point in a three minute pop song."
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America. He also used the time to set up meetings with musicians and producers that he wanted to work with, later recalling, "I seemed to get put in touch with anybody I wanted to meet and they were all very enthusiastic". Following the signing of the new
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dismissed Green's wordplay as insincere: "In his pop music, he plays with the language of the medium, both verbal and musical, in a way which implicitly criticises the way the language was used originally... Unfortunately, when this kind of
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Scritti Politti had originated from, and by the time of the album's release Scritti Politti was effectively his solo vehicle, the other original members having left during the album's recording or shortly afterwards.
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isn't deviant enough. Green has absorbed the lessons of dance masters like Arif Mardin so well that he often imitates the very formulas he seeks to undermine... Stylishly wrought, at times delightfully eccentric,
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September 1982, but even before the album's release frontman Gartside had expressed in interviews his frustration at the limitations of being signed to an independent label like
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Green remained in New York with his new musical partners, and with the help of his new manager Bob Last he finally resolved his problems with Rough Trade and signed major label deals with
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said, "It may not be the sweetest sound in all the world... but it's close. In pursuit of the silkier sensations to be cut from the sow's ear of pop, Scritti's Green has finally let the
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dissection is applied to affairs of the heart it can't help but come across hollow and artificial, because it's getting further removed from the business of actually
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and he looked a bit the worse for wear." The trio continued work on "Small Talk" which had been started by Gamson and
Gartside in the UK and was later remixed by
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trade aren't completely lost, of course. He's still aware of the irony of his role, and nagging snatches of guilt and cries of conscience continually pepper
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roots. But she sang them with a fervour, a passion, though I hate to use that word because it's been hideously tarred in recent usage. To a committed
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1280:"Flesh & Blood" (Gartside, Gamson, Ann Swinton) – 5:35
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592:, "no prior pop album had integrated the techniques of
2714:"Charts.nz – Scritti Politti – Cupid & Psyche 85"
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Strong, Martin (10 October 2006). "Scritti Politti".
2704:(in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
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Thomson, Graeme (April 2021). "The Scritti Script".
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days as the post-Marxist irritant of his peculiarly
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2081:(10 March 1984). "Say a little prayer for Green".
1495:Mixing – Howard Gray (Tracks 1, 2, 4–7 & 10);
1470:Ranking Ann (Ann Swinton) – additional vocals and
482:Rough Trade had introduced Gartside to New Yorker
2306:Levy, Eleanor (15 June 1985). "Scritti Politti:
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2104:: The Unspoken Influence of Scritti Politti"
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2549:. No. 457. p. 103. Archived from
2482:Gill, Andy (15 June 1985). "Stupid Cupid".
2198:Roberts, Chris (18 May 1985). "Word Play".
2064:. Vol. 7, no. 12. pp. 12–13.
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681:by French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist
1873:1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
409:, released in the UK on 10 June 1985 by
29:1985 studio album by Scritti Politti
2262:. No. 360. July 2016. p. 117.
1866:Lewis, John (2016). "Scritti Politti -
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1810:"10 Essential Sophisti-pop albums"
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1524:Article photography – Rob Brimson
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2621:"Scritti Politti:Green Machines"
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2098:Rosen, Jody Beth (2 May 2014).
1356:), arrangements (3, 4, 5, 7, 8)
447:in a 25-week run on the chart.
379:"Lover to Fall (Remix Version)"
3055:Albums produced by Arif Mardin
2396:(1995). "Scritti Politti". In
2330:(2004). "Scritti Politti". In
2176:(1 June 1985). "Psyched Out".
1925:The Essential Rock Discography
1409:Nick Moroch – guitar (1, 6, 7)
1271:"Lover to Fall" – 4:13 ; 3:52
1231:"Lover to Fall" – 4:13 ; 3:52
1175:"Lover to Fall" – 4:13 ; 3:52
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2692:. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
2403:Spin Alternative Record Guide
2273:Waring, Charles (July 2021).
1521:Group photography – Andy Earl
1397:– keyboards (3, 5, 8, 11, 12)
1298:Credits are adapted from the
1265:"Don't Work That Hard" – 3:59
1212:"Don't Work That Hard" – 3:59
1158:"Don't Work That Hard" – 3:59
978:Spin Alternative Record Guide
902:The Rolling Stone Album Guide
434:British Phonographic Industry
2766:. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
2680:"Top RPM Albums: Issue 0636"
2619:Deevoy, Adrian (July 1985).
2456:"Christgau's Consumer Guide"
1870:". In Dimery, Robert (ed.).
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1240:"Wood Beez" (Version) – 5:56
486:. Gamson was a keyboardist,
382:Released: 1985 (France only)
2690:Library and Archives Canada
2437:. No. 287. p. 87.
1992:"Revisit: Scritti Politti:
1403:– Fairlight programming (3)
1283:"Absolute" (Version) – 6:11
1262:"A Little Knowledge" – 5:02
1218:"Absolute" (Version) – 6:11
1209:"A Little Knowledge" – 5:02
1155:"A Little Knowledge" – 5:02
18:Cupid & Psyche '85
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1990:Padua, Pat (26 May 2014).
1467:– backing vocals (3, 5, 8)
1461:– backing vocals (3, 5, 8)
1421:– guitar (3, 5, 8, 11, 12)
677:" single and a section of
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2214:Reynolds (2005). p. 417.
1777:Erlewine, Stephen Thomas
1680:Erlewine, Stephen Thomas
1527:Management – Robert Warr
1505:Mastered by Tony Cousins
478:During the recording of
373:Released: 27 August 1985
2742:Official Charts Company
2400:; Marks, Craig (eds.).
1561:Canada Top Albums/CDs (
1508:Edited and mastered at
1424:Ira Siegel – guitar (4)
604:Composition and release
360:Released: 29 April 1985
3050:Scritti Politti albums
2936:White Bread Black Beer
1518:Design – Keith Breeden
1474:on "Flesh & Blood"
1120:, except where noted.
307:Cupid & Psyche 85
65:10 June 1985
3065:Warner Records albums
3060:Virgin Records albums
2929:Anomie & Bonhomie
2915:Cupid & Psyche 85
2780:Cupid & Psyche 85
2573:Cupid & Psyche 85
2539:Cupid & Psyche 85
2535:(26 September 1985).
2308:Cupid & Psyche 85
2277:Cupid & Psyche 85
2256:"From Glum to Glam".
2237:Anomie & Bonhomie
2229:Cupid & Psyche 85
1994:Cupid & Psyche 85
1716:Cupid & Psyche 85
1686:Cupid & Psyche 85
1515:Artwork – Art-O-Matic
1300:Cupid & Psyche 85
1116:All songs written by
1098:Cupid & Psyche 85
1093:Cupid & Psyche 85
1015:Cupid & Psyche 85
659:Cupid & Psyche 85
614:I Say a Little Prayer
582:Parliament-Funkadelic
536:his 1986 studio album
524:Cupid & Psyche 85
398:Cupid & Psyche 85
338:Released: 29 May 1984
276:Cupid & Psyche 85
35:Cupid & Psyche 85
2581:Warner Bros. Records
2410:. pp. 344–345.
2346:Simon & Schuster
1932:. pp. 949–950.
1587:New Zealand Albums (
1379:Additional musicians
720:Professional ratings
547:Warner Bros. Records
2972:The "Sweetest Girl"
2589:cite AV media notes
2553:on 24 February 2007
2503:Cupid and Psyche 85
2275:"Scritti Politti |
2130:Lewis, Uncle Dave.
2102:Cupid and Psyche 85
1878:Cassell Illustrated
1868:Cupid And Psyche 85
1838:(23 October 2009).
1722:That Music Magazine
1549:Australian Albums (
1388:– Fairlight CMI (2)
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634:The 'Sweetest Girl'
552:recording contracts
545:in the UK and with
463:Rough Trade Records
2787:(list of releases)
2537:"Scritti Politti:
2501:"Scritti Politti:
2454:(27 August 1985).
1840:"Private (No 655)"
1785:– Scritti Politti"
1714:"Scritti Politti,
1688:– Scritti Politti"
1539:Chart (1985–1986)
1512:(London, England).
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715:Critical reception
578:We Can Work It Out
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2908:Songs to Remember
2461:The Village Voice
2452:Christgau, Robert
2204:. pp. 22–23.
2182:. pp. 10–11.
2132:"Scritti Politti"
2044:978-0-571-21570-6
1971:Missing or empty
1750:(4 August 2021).
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1551:Kent Music Report
1532:Chart performance
1510:Townhouse Studios
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1259:"Absolute" – 4:25
1206:"Absolute" – 4:25
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