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1991's POP LIFE, the only Bananarama album featuring Jacqui O'Sullivan (who replaced original member Siobhan Fahey when Fahey married Eurythmics' Dave Stewart and left to form the more experimental Shakespear's Sister), is an all-out dance record in the tradition of Soul II Soul and other then-fashionable UK dance outfits. POP LIFE downplays the disco-style Hi-NRG beats and somewhat brittle sheen of the trio's Stock-Aitken-Waterman days. It's a looser, more bass-heavy album, named after but not featuring the Prince hit.
O'Sullivan's voice is throatier than Fahey's, effectively changing the trio's sound. She and original members Keren Woodward and Sarah Dallin mostly sing actual harmonies, rather than the unison vocals familiar from Bananarama's early hits. POP LIFE is considerably different from Bananarama's earlier albums, but it's a satisfying example of post-acid-house/pre-trip-hop UK dance music. Guests include dance maven Youth, ex-Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr, and Sex Pistols drummer Paul Cook-who originally discovered the trio.
Photographer: Ellenvon Unworth.
Unknown Contributor Roles: Keren Woodward; Jacquie O'Sullivan; Sarah Elizabeth Dallin.
Bananarama: Jacquie O'Sullivan, Keren Woodward, Sarah Dallin.
Personnel: Andy Caine, Paul Inder (guitar); Johnny Mars (harmonica); Youth (keyboards, drum programming); Nigel Butler, Guy Pratt, Danny Schogger (keyboards); Paul Cooke (drums); Linda Taylor, Zoë, Carol Kenyon (background vocals).
Additional personnel: Johnny Marr (guitar); Danny Schogger, Nigel Butler, Guy Pratt (keyboards); Andy Caine, Youth, Paul Inder, Robin Goodfellow (bass guitar); Paul Cook (drums); Crispen Robinson (percussion); Johnny Mars, Linda Taylor, Zoë, Carol Kenyon.
Entertainment Weekly (7/12/91) - "..you can always count on them for a couple of perky singles....but this album takes us to an eerier place than we'd ever expect.." - Rating: A Pop Life Music | List Price | $12.98 (You save $3.13) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, R&B, Dance, New Wave | | Label | Collectables | | Orig Year | 1991 | | All Time Sales Rank | 82798  | | CD Universe Part number | 6738029 | | Catalog number | 6514 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jun 22, 2004 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Andy Caine; Youth; Stock-Aitken; Robin Goodfellow; Waterman; Steve Jolley; Youth | | Recording Time | 49 minutes | | Personnel | Keren Woodward Sarah Dallin Jacquie O'Sullivan
Also: Johnny Marr, Guy Pratt, Paul Cook, Youth, Andy Caine, Danny Schogger, Linda Taylor, Nigel Butler, Crispen Robinson, Paul Inder, Robin Goodfellow |
Bananarama Pop Life Songs Pop Life Music Review Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars)   Best Pop CD Ever... Not much to say.. every track is excellent. Not bubblegum pop.. Pop with some well varied instruments and sounds. Each track is just a bit different. The harmonies are just great. DO NOT pass this one up.. buy it before it goes out of print again. I actually listened to this CD so much I had to put it away as I burt myself out on it. Submitted by Mark (Kasnas City, USA) Was This Review Helpful? Yes No
Very Original This CD is the first after 4 years touring and just doing singles and with a new member of the trio, although very contemporary with the music of the times it was also very different in the style that they have been doing till this point in time.
Although it was a very good CD musically, it produced only 3 hits in Europe and not in the top 10, and also the last CD released in the US under the London Records label.
Preacher Man, Long Train Running, Only your love, Tripping on your love were the songs mostly played in Europe, Japan and Australia, in England Preacher Man was the only song that made it.
For those music lovers and Bananarama fans this is a collectors item you must have. Submitted by Rodolfo.Fuentes (Santa Fe Springs, CA, USA) Was This Review Helpful? Yes No
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