Best of Real Life: Send Me an Angel

by Real Life

Overview

This Australian band's biggest hit "Send Me an Angel" sounds like the happy result of an experiment that blended the best synthesized ideas of Pet Shop Boys and Flock of Seagulls with a dose of celestial spirituality. The popular song appears here in its original shape as well as an extended, way over-synthesized dance mix. Listening to this collection in 2001, the question you might ask is, did people once produce albums like this? The productions are so mechanical, the vocals so straightforward and machine-like at the expense of true emotion, and yet you can't deny the nostalgic joys of it all. The tunes here -- mostly written or co-written by David Sterry -- include the anthemic "Face to Face," the robotic "Catch Me I'm Falling," "Hammer," and "Let's Fall in Love." Sure, copycatting exists these days with female teen vocalists (each trying to outdo Britney Spears with a sound based on her style), but Real Life made an art form of sounding exactly like every other band on the charts two decades ago. Fun, but very generic. ~ Jonathan Widran

Product Details

Release Date:	05/15/2001
Label:	Curb
UPC:	0715187728721
Rank:	1966

Tracks

1. Send Me an Angel '89
2. Face to Face
3. Catch Me I'm Falling
4. Always
5. Babies
6. Send Me an Angel '89
7. The Hammer of Love
8. Let's Fall in Love
9. One Blind Love
10. No Shame

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Real Life   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Richard Zatorski   Composer
Geoff Ambler   Photography
Geoffrey Schuhkraft   Direction
David Sterry   Composer
Glenn Wheatley   Producer
Ross Cockle   Producer
Senor McGuire   Photography
Steve Hillage   Producer
David J. Holman   Producer
Peter Henderson   Producer
Holly Knight   Composer
Ross Fraser   Producer
Nigel Wright   Producer,Remixing
Marguerite Luciani   Coordination
Tom Baker   Mastering
S. Williams   Composer