Name: Cupid & Psyche 85
Brand: Scritti Politti

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CD-RT-695

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2022-03-25

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Supplier US

Beggars Group

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Sales:8.875

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883870069526

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

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Scritti Politti

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Rough Trade

Scritti Politti is a British band that was originally formed in 1977 in Leeds. The group's founding member, Green Gartside, who hails from Cardiff, is the talented singer-songwriter and the only member to have remained throughout the band's history.
With their unique blend of pop, new wave, and art rock influences, Scritti Politti has captivated audiences worldwide. Their music is characterized by catchy melodies, intricate arrangements, and thought-provoking lyrics.
Over the years, Scritti Politti has released several critically acclaimed albums and achieved commercial success with hits like "Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)" and "Perfect Way." Their innovative sound continues to inspire artists across genres and their influence can be heard in contemporary music today.

New Wave / Post Punk

From a bedsit in London to New York recording studios… Alternative acclaim to mainstream adulation… Indie label hopefuls to major signings… Despite the series of radical shifts that underpinned its creation, Scritti Politti's second album Cupid &amp; Psyche 85, originally released in 1985, achieved the virtually impossible. While everything was scaled up – the ambition, the sound, the audience – the singular artistic vision that drove the group not only remained intact and undiluted in these bigger surroundings, but became more inventive, more adventurous and, ultimately, more beloved. Introduced to pianist and programmer David Gamson while making of the band's debut album Songs To Remember, Green Gartside realized he had found a creative foil to help him achieve the ambitions he had for Scritti Politti.

Partially recorded in New York, with several tracks produced by Arif Mardin (who had worked on Aretha Franklin's I Say A Little Prayer, a track Green beautifully commemorates on this record) and partially in the UK, with Green and Gamson directly overseeing the process, Cupid &amp; Psyche 85 is infused shimmering synths and the heat of classic funk. Yet weaved together by Green's intoxicating melodies, it is also embroidered with ideas from philosophical writings, while taking cues from myths and fables.

Cupid & Psyche 85

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