Soft Cell
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

THE REVIEW

Oneiric Review Part. 1

Technical review test.

It's late, I can feel it, I should get my ass out of bed but I just can't...hmm
The alarm didn't go off today either, figures, who knows what time it is...
I reach for the stereo and press play... let's hope we left a suitable CD in the player for the difficult awakening...
A shaker rouses me from my stupor... but it's "Seedy Films"! So the selected CD must be "Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret"... I got really lucky, I think, as a sax solo fitting perfectly with the song kicks in, I'm happy, I can even seem to smell coffee....RANDOM.
Kick and roll of drum machine, off-key synth phrase with a portamento effect..."Sex Dwarf"!
I fall back asleep for a second: I'm on TV at Sarabanda with headphones on, competing in a special episode on techno-pop and I know all the answers, pressing the button like a flash, galvanized by Almond's voice, I answer: Get the Balance Right! Let Me Go! Situation! Turn your back on Me! The audience is in a frenzy. My dad watching from home tries to send texts to friends... RANDOM.
More drum machine, but it's the same as before, I tell myself in a state of semi-sleep, then I remember the album in question is from 1981, I think I can justify this sort of compositional laziness, after all we're talking about Soft Cell, the bassline kicks in and the synth line repeated in a loop by the arpeggiator, I want to tap my foot but I have two blankets and a duvet weighing me down, I open one eye for a second, while a voice is proclaiming: «Don't you feel guilty, don't you feel pity...» hmm this is "Chips on my Shoulders", another one of my favorites...RANDOM.
Now I'm awake and sitting on the bed recognizing the notes of "Bedsitter", what a coincidence, not even in dreams... sure this rockabilly guitar is really cool, wedged into this electronic ballad, this is a great album yes, I have time to realize and collapse again, RANDOM.
I open my eyes and I'm on the deck of the Love Boat serial ship, we're leaving the port and there's a crowd waving, the whole scene unfolds in slowmotion, rolls of toilet paper tossed from the dock to the ship float in the air with a certain elegance, but I can't hear the people's voices, in the background there's another Soft Cell ballad: "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye", hmm, all this romance seems absolutely fitting given the situation, I only have time to shout Hello! yet unable to make any sound. RANDOM.
This time the synthetic drum sounds have a tribal feel... it's Marc singing still: «... I collect, I reject, ...», "Memorabilia"... of course because in the CD version there are also Extra tracks, I remind myself, extra tracks are a nice thing, my favorite besides "Memorabilia" is definitely "...So", one of the most successful instrumental pieces of the '80s, but there are so many great tracks on this CD, maybe it's time to write a recenDRIIIIIIN!

The phone rings and I jump out of bed, Damn! It's late! Hurry! I have a review to write, I have it all here in my mind, I just dreamed it... but, wait a minute... which one was it?
...there you go, I knew it... I already forgot.

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