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Shake Appeal
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"Shake Appeal" (Sire/Warner Bros, 21-04261 & Music Action, MAP-9009) And then they were two. The Reds® founding members Rick Shaffer and Bruce Cohen were presented a situation, not unfamiliar. Constant adversity, but with this change, the loss of Tommy Geddes (drums), and Jim Peters (bass), the band found a new "brother in arms" with producer Mike Thorne (Wire, Soft Cell, Nina Hagen) the bands' actual first choice to produce their A&M self-titled album debut. Thorne's production captures the delicate balance of the keyboard textures and slashing guitars without losing the essence of the bands' heart and soul. The evidence is on the new five song extended play album, Shake Appeal, named after the track on the "Raw Power" album, recorded by one of their musical influences, Iggy Pop. The results are best exemplified on tracks "Laughing," "Waiting For You" and the closer "Beat Away" which has a booming Joy Division feel propelled by Shaffer's haunting vocals and disturbing lyrics. “Waiting For You” was in the Tri-Star film, Band Of The Hand (as well as the film soundtrack music by Shaffer and Cohen), and included on the MCA Records film soundtrack album. While this particular recording does not have the raw energy of the earlier Reds® recordings, Shake Appeal is something along the lines of a David Bowie / Iggy Pop collaboration in power and overall ambient effect, but a track on the second side "Till The End" will remind you of The Doors and Jim Morrison with a dub /
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