The Communards - Communards (35 Year Anniversary Edition) (2021) [Official Digital Download]

The Communards seminal debut album is reissued on its 35th Anniversary by London Records!

Mixing pop and politics wasn’t exactly a revolutionary act in itself in 1985, but no mainstream chart pop act had ever done so with the fervency, purpose and personal passion as The Communards. From the message laid down in songs such as "Reprise" (acidly dedicated to Margaret Hilda Thatcher on release) or "Breadline Britain"’s condemnation of life under the Conservative government, right down to their stark, tongue in cheek, Soviet-styled artwork. Even the band’s name was taken from a group of 19th century Parisian revolutionaries.

To revisit the duo’s debut LP today is a wonderful reminder of just how special and transformative pop music can be. Take "Disenchanted"’s melancholic pulse; the delicate, moonlit flourishes of "La Dolora"; the clear message in their reading of jazz standard "Loverman" and of course, the soaring, evergreen rush of their cover of Gamble and Huff’s "Don’t Leave Me This Way" - number one in the UK for six weeks, the biggest selling single of 1986 and still a song that can send joy pulsing through the veins of generations not even born when the pair first stormed the charts.

The reissue has been expanded to include some rarities, fan favourites and previously unreleased material. These include "Don’t Leave Me This Way (Gotham City mix part two)", which Coles calls “my favourite thing that Jimmy and I did” and fan favourite "Disenchanted (dance)" remixed here by Mike Thorne. Also included is the only radio session the duo ever recorded with Janice Long in October 1985 on which they debuted previously unpublished tracks and the demo version of Summertime, the only recording in existence of this collaboration with Sarah Jane Morris.

TRACKLIST

1. The Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way (35 Year Remaster)
2. The Communards - La Dolarosa (35 Year Remaster)
3. The Communards - Disenchanted (35 Year Remaster)
4. The Communards - Reprise (35 Year Remaster)
5. The Communards - So Cold the Night (35 Year Remaster)
6. The Communards - You Are My World (35 Year Remaster)
7. The Communards - Lover Man (35 Year Remaster)
8. The Communards - Don't Slip Away (35 Year Remaster)
9. The Communards - Heavens Above (35 Year Remaster)
10. The Communards - Forbidden Love (35 Year Remaster)
11. The Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way ((Gotham City Mix Pt. 2) [35 Year Remaster])
12. The Communards - Disenchanted (Dance) (35 Year Remaster)
13. The Communards - Sentimental Journey (35 Year Remaster)
14. The Communards - When The Walls Come Tumbling Down (35 Year Remaster)
15. The Communards - So Cold the Night (Live on Janice Long, 23rd October 1985)
16. The Communards - Don't Slip Away (Live on Janice Long, 23rd October 1985)
17. The Communards - America (Live on Janice Long, 23rd October 1985)
18. The Communards - Forbidden Love (Live on Janice Long, 23rd October 1985)
19. The Communards - La Dolarosa (Live on Janice Long, 23rd October 1985)
20. The Communards - You Are My World (Extended 12" Version, 35 Year Remaster)
21. The Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way ("Ruff" Mix, 35 Year Remaster)
22. The Communards - Heavens Above ("Ruff" Mix, 35 Year Remaster)
23. The Communards - Summertime (Demo)
24. The Communards - Lover Man (Alternative Version)
25. The Communards - Forbidden Love (Alternative Version)
26. The Communards - Breadline Britain (35 Year Remaster)
27. The Communards - Never No More (35 Year Remaster)
28. The Communards - So Cold the Night [35 Year Remaster] ((Remix) [Remastered])
29. The Communards - Judgement Day (35 Year Remaster)
30. The Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way (7th Heaven Club Mix)



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