Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé – Barcelona
“Barcelona” raised great expections even before being released, in October 1988. For many reasons, people talked a lot about it. Maybe it wasn’t really a wonderful song. They mixed world class elements, but the outcome in my opinion didn’t meet the expectations.
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Pet Shop Boys – Domino Dancing
“Domino Dancing” announced, in September 1988, the incoming of a new Pet Shop Boys’ album. Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe came from two album of incredible success. They really stood among the icons of the 80s. They really stood at the same level of Duran Duran and Spandau Ballet,
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T’Pau – Secret garden
“Secret garden” introduced the second album of T’Pau, “Rage”. I think it was a good album with beautiful songs, and it actually found a good success especially in England. Yet it did not reach the magic heights of the previous album, outside of the United Kingdom.
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Tracy Chapman – Baby can I hold you
“Baby can I hold you” is surely one of the most beautiful songs of Tracy Chapman. In October 1988 Tracy released this song as the third single form her eponymous album. This song followed the success of “Fast car”
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Bobby McFerrin – Don’t worry be happy
I think that “Dont worry be happy” is the perfect song for the transition from Summer to Autumn. It happened also in 1988: days getting shorter, temperatures getting lower. In those days the world of music learnt a very simple song,
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Rick Astley – She wants to dance with me
“She wants to dance with me” is a milestone in Rick Astley’s career. For many reasons. It is the first hit in Rick’s second album, “Hold me in your arms”. He released the hit in September 1988, ahd the album a couple of months later.
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Tanita Tikaram – Twist in my sobriety
“Twist in my sobriety” is more than just a song for Tanita Tikaram. It’s a sort of identity document. On Sep 13, 1988, Tanita releases her first album, “Ancient Heart”. She had already released “Good tradition” as a single in the previous months.
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Phil Collins – A groovy kind of love
Phil Collins released “A groovy kind of love” at the end of Summer 1988, for the soundtrack of the movie “Buster”, released in those days. Actually he covered a song of 1965, but he did an excellent job. That movie was not bad at all as well.
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Scialpi and Scarlett – Pregherei (Let the day)
“Pregherei”, after thirty years, remains one of the symbols and milestones of Summer 1988. When Summer was over, in September, a very popular music show called “Festivalbar” celebrated in Italy the most successful hits of the year. As we can see,
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