This is the first album I ever bought (on cassette) mainly on the strength of Billy Ocean's iconic anthem, "When the Going Gets Tough the Tough get Going". I have been hunting for on CD for a while now and was a great find. Listening to it now, the other tracks are really of their time and sound dated but in a good nostalgic way. A personal favorite is African Breeze by Hugh Maskeela and Jonathan Butler, a heady mix of jazz and flamenco guitar. If you were born in the 70's raised 80's, loved the film The Jewel of the Nile you will love this OST. Put on your rose tinted glasses and turn it up!
The film may well have been fair-to-middling but the soundtrack is a cut above, considering.
The easy listening pop tunes are fine but have dated in a far less interesting way than the more adventurous cuts whose highlights are undoubtedly the electro and rap tunes by the Willesden Dodgers, Whodini and Mark Shreeve. Sure, these numbers have dated as well but they represent an excellent snapshot of that particular type of electronic music from the mid '80s and are well worth the (modest, if you shop around) price of admission.
A special mention should go to Jack Nitsche's mostly successful effort at evoking early '80s Tangerine Dream on the album's final track.
5つ星のうち4.0Great album with lots of memories from the film
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Had a copy of this on Vinyl at my family's home. Wanted to get a Digital version. Still a really good album although perhaps it's just me but it did sound better on LP!