Nik kershaw the riddle remix mp3 download

There are no seven-inch remixes included here, and Kershaw (who put this together for Universal) has rather churlishly refused to include the 12-inch remix of Wild Horses that MCA put on the B-side of future 12-inch single When A Heart BeatsВ because he hadnвЂ™t authorised it (and didnвЂ™t like it) at the time. Only Don Quixote is a really great reworking running to 8.44 вЂ“ Wide Boy and The Riddle are a bit perfunctory. A few of the Human Racing singles had two 12-inch remixes when originally issued, but when it came to the 45s from The Riddle, one remix-per-single was your lot.

This new expanded two-CD set delivers a great sounding version of the album and provides a bonus disc of 12-inch remixes, a couple of B-sides and mostly unheard live material. Human Racing boasted songs like Shame On You, Gone To Pieces, and Faces вЂ“ all strong enough to be singles, and tracks like Bogart and Cloak and Dagger, while a little silly, had an inventiveness and spirit of fun, completely lacking in tracks like You Might and Know How. The album tracks simply donвЂ™t give the singles as much of a run for their money. Ultimately, The Riddle doesnвЂ™t match the excellence of the Human Racing album that preceded it. Two more singles Wide Boy, and album highlight Don Quixote, followed it into the top ten. The title track was the lead 45В (released only a few months after the last single from the previous album), and reached number three in the UK charts in November 1984. Save The Whale is a moody and enigmatic closer, but ultimately The RiddleВ is propped up by three strong singles. Only the City Of Angels, with its female backing singers and decent chorus sticks its head above the parapet of averageness. Mid-paced album tracks like Wild Horses, Easy and Roses are all fine, but come and go without fully engaging your interest. You MightВ at least benefits from an injection of pace, starting purposefully with rocky guitar chords, but is a bit of a one trick pony, with the whole song centred almost entirely around the list of things вЂyou might beвЂ™ (but youвЂ™re not!). Know How starts well enough with lots of funky slap bass and a melodic verse melody, but wimps out totally with a non-existent chorus (вЂњ ItвЂ™s easy when you know howвЂњ) and then rather outstays its welcome, lasting for almost five minutes. Unfortunately, having to turnaround the album so quickly did take its toll somewhat on the quality of the songs. The first difference is that he was no longer writing songs trying to get a record deal, and the second is that he had very little time to put The Riddle together вЂњtwo weeks to write and demo nine of the tracksвЂќ is how he puts it in the booklet included with UniversalвЂ™s new two-CD deluxe edition. ThereвЂ™s two big differences in how Nik Kershaw approached The Riddle вЂ“В hisВ second album of 1984 вЂ“ and his debut Human Racing.

Nik kershaw the riddle remix mp3 download