Katrina and the Waves 2

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Katrina and the Waves 2
Katrina and the Waves 2.jpg
Studio album by
Katrina and the Waves
Released1984
Recorded1984
Studio
Genre New wave
Length35:11
Label Attic
Producer
  • Pat Collier
  • Katrina and the Waves
Katrina and the Waves chronology
Walking on Sunshine
(1983)		Katrina and the Waves 2
(1984)		 Katrina and the Waves
(1985)

Katrina and the Waves 2 is the second album by new wave band Katrina and the Waves, released in 1984 (see 1984 in music). The album was originally only released in Canada on the Attic Records label. [1] It was included on the 2003 compilation The Original Recordings 1983–1984 , and also re-released with five bonus tracks in 2010 through the CGB label. [2] Six of the album's songs would be reworked for the band's major label debut Katrina and the Waves .

Contents

The album outtake "That's Just the Woman in Me" was covered by Celine Dion in 2007 on her Taking Chances album. [3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Mark Deming, in a retrospective review for AllMusic, noted that the band had added a lot of "studio polish" to their sound on Katrina and the Waves 2. He wrote, "This was a good and a bad thing; the glossier production allows some of the finer details of Kimberley Rew's songwriting and guitar work to come to the surface, but the additional backing vocals, keyboards, and horns also clutter arrangements that had been lean and straightforward on their earlier recordings, and drummer Alex Cooper was asked to share percussion duties with a LinnDrum here, and as a result the music sounds stiffer and less energetic." Deming also noted that Rew, on tracks like "Cry for Me" and "The Game of Love", explored a "retro-styled pop sound that gave the recording a new twist." [4]

Trouser Press wrote that, compared to the band's first album, Katrina and the Waves 2 "takes a harder-rocking bent, downplaying the tunefulness slightly to highlight jumping numbers like "She Loves to Groove," the nutty "Maniac House" and a powerful, Janis Joplin-like blues, "Cry for Me." They concluded that the album was "not as glorious as the debut, but a boss record nonetheless." [6]

Reissue

Katrina and the Waves 2 was reissued in 2010 on the CGB label in a limited edition of 1000 copies, each individually numbered. It includes previously unreleased material and all tracks have been remastered from the original master tapes. The booklet includes detailed recording credits, band interviews, rare photos, and liner notes by former Attic Records employee Ralph Alfonso, who got the band signed to the label in 1983. [2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Kimberley Rew, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Do You Want Crying"Vince de la Cruz4:02
2."Maniac House" 4:08
3."She Loves to Groove" 2:55
4."Cry for Me" 3:58
5."Red Wine and Whisky" 3:15
6."Mexico"de la Cruz2:50
7."One Woman"de la Cruz3:35
8."The Sun Won't Shine Without You" 3:54
9."He's a Charmer" 3:16
10."The Game of Love" 3:18
Total length:35:11
2010 reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)OriginLength
11."Wild Thing" Chip Taylor Album outtake; previously unreleased2:28
12."River Deep, Mountain High" Phil Spector, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich Album outtake; The Original Recordings 1983–1984 , 20033:04
13."Plastic Man" (Single version) Non-album single, 19843:32
14."That's Just the Woman in Me" Album outtake; The Original Recordings 1983-19844:15
15."Yes Agatha" 1991 recording; previously unreleased2:14
Total length:50:44
Note

"Yes Agatha" was recorded at Kimberley Rew's Remote Farm Studios, Cambridge in 1991. According to Rew, "recorded in what seemed like a novelty style at the time, but which actually makes it sound more like the earlier stuff." [7]

Personnel

Adapted from the album liner notes. [7]

Katrina and the Waves
Additional musicians
Technical

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References

  1. ↑ "Band History". katrinaandthewaves.com. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Katrina and the Waves 2". Bongo Beat. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "Kimberley Rew". kimberleyrew.co.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  4. 1 2 Deming, Mark. "AllMusic review". AllMusic . All Media Guide . Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  5. ↑ Anthony DeCurtis; James Henke; Holly George-Warren, eds. (1992). The Rolling Stone Album Guide (3rd ed.). Random House. p. 388. ISBN   0679737294.
  6. ↑ Schinder, Scott; Robbins, Ira. "TrouserPress.com :: Katrina and the Waves". TrouserPress.com . Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  7. 1 2 Katrina and the Waves 2 (Media notes). Katrina and the Waves. CGB. 2010.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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