Disco de Visage: “Beat Boy [Bonus Tracks]”

Like the previous reviewer it's hard to believe that I bought this album and it's associated singles a quarter of a century ago.

Visage were a shining light in the early 80s. Their first two albums, the self-titled debut and the superb underrated "Anvil" were both chock full of catchy singles and killer album tracks.

Maybe I'm being a little unfair but "Beat Boy" suffers from the departure of the main creative forces of messrs Ure and Currie. The lead single "Love Glove" was a pale imitation of previous singles such as "The Damned Don't Cry", "Night Train".

This album does have it's moments, but it really just makes the listener hanker for the relative safety of the first album.

Cherry Red do deserve credit here though. Over the last few months they have unearthed some great 80s nuggets and hopefully this is the first of many more released over the next few years.

For those who have never heard "Beat Boy", I would certainly recommend you buy it and give it a listen, but don't expect to hear anything up to the quality of the first two albums.

Well, Like all of the others here - I bought the original LP of "Beat Boy" way back in 1984. I haven't had an LP player for years. I've had the CD versions of the "Visage" and "The Anvil" since I can't remember when. So, I was all excited when I saw this finally released ! I had the 12" versions of "Love Glove" and "Beat Boy" as well so it was nice to see them included in the long awaited CD Release. Looking back, I also can't believe why I thought I liked the LP so much. OK, my favourite song on the LP was "Questions" and I still like that song because I think the Saxophone on it is really good. However, most of the other songs are average. I do like the 12" versions of Beat Boy (OK, it's a bit long) and "Love Glove" as they are as good as anything else.

But - I have to say - I've waited 25 years for this to be released and - frankly - it wasn't really worth the wait. OK - so I have the "set" now ! I can't imagine my playing it too many times, though....

este disco lo tuve en copia pirata y hoy por fin lo tengo en original y dejenme decirles que vale la pena...

es uno de mis discos favoritos de la decada de los 80 y a mi juicio es el mejor disco de Visage indudablemente. muy bien logrado e inspirado en la composicion. Los temas adicionales o bonus track, sinceramente no estan buenos y no son rescatables mas los temas originales del disco si que son una obra de arte dentro de su genero y de la musica que en aquellos años circulaba.

lo que si debo decir es que me decepciono la impresion de la portada; un verdadero asco!!! La original es la que amazon muestra aqui, es decir la cara del tipo con fondo violeta, pero la que llega en el disco es una porqueria que hace merito al peor de los gustos del diseño.

no le doy 5 estrellas por los bonus track que creo no son para recordarlos ni para entusiasmarse (2 remixes flojos y 2 temas adicionales para el olvido) y por la horrible portada que alguien decidio nos iba a gustar. asi que queda en 4 estrellas nomas; si hubiera el disco tenido su portada original y hubiera obviado esos feos bonus track, las 5 estrellas estarian garantizadas.

marco