Thursday, February 21, 2019

The 1984 Listening Post - Animotion - Animotion

Animotion - Animotion


#206
1984 Housekeeping
Animation
Animation
4.25 out of 5


Highlights:
Obsession
Let Him Go
Fun Fun Fun


Why is this record not available? Weird. That hit single is perfect. It comes wayyyy after this kind of music was in vogue and yet it’s fresh. And it works today. I can’t express just how dynamic and timeless it sounds. It could have been released in the 70s, the 80s, the early 00s, today. 
As for the rest of the record…
The first side drives like they don’t know that synth-pop is out of fashion. Then the second side starts and…the synth pop party continues. 
They give you one more rave up before it’s time for that make-out session but even the power ballad has more Benatar than I expected.
They aren’t cheeky, nor are they too serious. Animation’s Anomotion is Fun Fun Fun. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNC7tvnhnCE

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