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Strawberry Switchblade
Strawberry Switchblade
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop

Track Listings (20) - Disc #1
1. Since Yesterday
2. Deep Water
3. Another Day
4. Little River
5. 10 James Orr Street
6. Let Her Go
7. Who Knows What Love Is?
8. Go Away
9. Secrets
10. Who Knows What Love Is (Reprise)
11. Being Cold
12. Beautiful End [*]
13. Poor Hearts [*]
14. Ecstacy (Apple of My Eye) [*] - Strawberry Switchblade, Barnes, R.
15. Jolene [*] - Strawberry Switchblade, Parton, Dolly
16. Black Taxi [*] - Strawberry Switchblade, Balfe
17. Trees and Flowers [Extended Mix][*]
18. Michael Who Walks by Night [*]
19. Since Yesterday [Extended Mix][*]
20. I Can Feel [*]

CD Details

All Artists: Strawberry Switchblade
Title: Strawberry Switchblade
Members Wishing: 3
Total Copies: 0
Label: Wea Japan
Original Release Date: 1/1/2007
Re-Release Date: 12/15/2007
Album Type: Import
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop
Style:
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 4943674067565

Synopsis

Album Description

Japanese pressing of the sole album from this female Pop/Goth duo, originally released in 1985, featuring nine bonus tracks: 'Beautiful End', 'Poor Hearts', 'Ecstasy (Apple Of My Eye)', 'Jolene', 'Black Taxi', 'Trees & Flowers' (Extended Mix), 'Michael Who Walks By Night', 'Since Yesterday' (Extended Mix) and 'I Can Feel'. Although the duo's origins were in Goth and darker musical textures, their album features layers of lush and commercial Pop production that appealed to fans of The Cure, Depeche Mode and other like-minded bands who weren't afraid to mix dark and light musical genres. WEA.

CD Reviews

Happily depressing and sublimely devine......

Nathan Christian | Pitcairn, PA USA | 01/10/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"If Switchblade Symphony was a distored mirror, Strawberry Switchblade would be the twisted reflection. Rose and Jill were a years ahead of SwitchBlade Symphony, but they shared the same musical ideas in an odd, different, and twisted way. While Symphony's music was dark and harrowing in a sinister way, Strawberry's was bright and beautiful with dark undertowings.

Both groups were sadly short lived. Both groups had 2 females as the core group.

The album starts out with "Yesterday" an bright, sunny song about...suicide!

The it's followed by "Deep Water" about the overwhelming feelings in a relationship...

All the songs have their own energy...but the lyrics are almost always gloomy, and suffering from loneliness, isolation, and despair. It's quite amusing how a peron wouldn't really realize just how sad this cd is without really listening to the words.

This import cd has the main album, plus tons or unreleased songs and b-sides...20 songs total!

Not all the songs work on this cd, but the base album is a devine masterpiece of hapilly gloomy dance pop from the 80's...

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