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| Released | 1988 | |||
| Genre | Hi-NRG | |||
| Label | Bellaphon | |||
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Maid in England is an album by the American drag queen Divine. It contains 12 songs. The album's first three singles, "Walk Like a Man", "Twistin' the Night Away" and "Hard Magic", all charted in the UK. [1]
Reviewing the album's re-release for Louder Than War , Phil Newall wrote that "all the expected Hi-NRG characteristics are present, frantic syncopated beats, massed male backing vocals insistent keyboard melodies", concluding that "what lifts Divine from the ranks of Hi-NRG masses are the growled vocals and the knowledge that Divine actually lived a counter culture life style as opposed to just singing about it." [2]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Divine's Theme" |
| 2:10 |
| 2. | "You Think You're a Man" | Geoffrey Deane | 6:59 |
| 3. | "Give It Up" |
| 2:45 |
| 4. | "I'm So Beautiful" | 7:08 | |
| 5. | "Show Me Around" | Philip Walsh | 3:17 |
| 6. | "Walk Like a Man" (Remix) | 5:27 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7. | "Twistin' the Night Away" (Remix) | Sam Cooke | 5:34 |
| 8. | "Good Time '88" |
| 3:45 |
| 9. | "Hard Magic" (Magic Mix) |
| 3:22 |
| 10. | "Little Baby" (Remix) |
| 6:15 |
| 11. | "Hey You!" (Remix) |
| 5:42 |
| 12. | "Divine Reprise" |
| 0:56 |
| 13. | "Hey You" (The Trumpet Mix) | 5:40 | |
| Total length: | 59:00 | ||
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