{"product_id":"cristina-quesada-think-i-heard-a-rumour","title":"Cristina Quesada - Think I Heard A Rumour","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLimited edition of 500 clear vinyl LP with download.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCD in digipak.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003eTRACKLIST: 01 \u003c\/b\u003eThink I Heard A Rumour\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e02\u003c\/b\u003e Hero\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e03\u003c\/b\u003e Quand On Est Ensemble\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e04\u003c\/b\u003e Estar A Tu Lado\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e05\u003c\/b\u003e Crush The Flowers\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e06\u003c\/b\u003e Love At Third Sight \u003cb\u003e07\u003c\/b\u003e Time Machine\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e08\u003c\/b\u003e Dancing Tonight\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e09\u003c\/b\u003e Jag Vill Ha En Egen Måne\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e10\u003c\/b\u003e Get Fun\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e11\u003c\/b\u003e Bailar Conmigo\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e12\u003c\/b\u003e Estorinha\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e13\u003c\/b\u003e No One Else But You\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e14\u003c\/b\u003e Safe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA few weeks ago, we released that advance Single called “Hero”. \u003cb\u003eCristina Quesada\u003c\/b\u003e is back on the record label scene with something new, and with a surprising new team. The thing is, \u003cb\u003eJoe Moore\u003c\/b\u003e (THE YEARNING, THE PERFECT KISS, \u003cb\u003eLia Pamina\u003c\/b\u003e) has written, arranged and produced almost all of the songs on her second album, “Think I Heard A Rumour”. The album brings together \u003cb\u003eJoe\u003c\/b\u003e’s infinite love of music and \u003cb\u003eCristina Quesada\u003c\/b\u003e’s freshness and sweetness, and the result is a collection of songs that need (and deserve) to be carefully and specifically commented on individually.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo start things off, we have the title track for the album, which puts all the cards on the table. “Think I Heard A Rumour” is a eurodisco hit, with a NEW ORDER bass and a SAINT ETIENNE chorus. Everyone will be playing it. It’s one of those songs that makes your heart beat faster right in the middle of the dance floor without knowing what it is you are falling in love with. Then comes “Hero” and the dance floor is still on fire. Unrepentant rhythms and dreamy melodies. “Hero” is an instant classic that moves between the PET SHOP BOYS’ most danceable hits, the Japanese pop of \u003cb\u003eTommy February6\u003c\/b\u003e, the earliest recordings of THE SOUND OF ARROWS and ABBA’s catchiest melodies. The formula in the eighties seemed so simple and so effective… Why have so many people forgotten it?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd now another of this album’s great secret weapons is revealed: the covers. We already saw how amazing what \u003cb\u003eJoe\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eCristina\u003c\/b\u003e did with LIO was on the advance Single. Now it’s \u003cb\u003eFrance Gall\u003c\/b\u003e’s turn, with her delicious “Quand On Est Ensemble”, which is put through the blender and reborn modernized among arpeggiators and synth-pop rhythms. As if KRAFTWERK had decided to write spacey anthems obsessed with the French chanson.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow we have to stop for a second, because we have gotten to one of the songs that is not a cover and is not written by \u003cb\u003eJoe Moore\u003c\/b\u003e. “Estar A Tu Lado” was written by \u003cb\u003eAna Fernández-Villaverde\u003c\/b\u003e (in other words, LA BIEN QUERIDA) specifically for \u003cb\u003eCristina\u003c\/b\u003e. And you can tell. The vocal melodies, the lyrics… It all reminds us of her songs. “Estar A Tu Lado” is a tailor-made love song with vocals and arrangements that shine with a light of their very own. Ultimately, the conjunction of talents makes magic happen. Then we’re back to covers, and this time, and after that heartfelt declaration of love, \u003cb\u003eCristina \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003eAndreas \u003c\/b\u003e(ALPACA SPORTS) become one to revisit one of the Singles we at Elefant Records have listened to the most since its release in 1989. “Crush The Flowers” was the A-side of the first Single THE WAKE put out with Sarah Records after their time with the also legendary independent label, Factory. Here we have a certain J-Pop impulse (\u003cb\u003eJoe Moore\u003c\/b\u003e himself has recognized the Japanese PERFUME as an important influence when it came to making this album) and with the combination of \u003cb\u003eCristina\u003c\/b\u003e’s\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003eAndreas\u003c\/b\u003e’\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003evoices it comes back full of emotion and sweetness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Love At Third Sight” makes it clear that, for Elefant Records’ most prolific composer, this artistic marriage has given him the opportunity to create undisputable eurodisco hits, which benefit from \u003cb\u003eCristina\u003c\/b\u003e’s voice and the necessary freshness and youthfulness that the melodies need. It’s incredible. BANANARAMA would have killed for a chorus like this. “Time Machine” is also a new song, that plays psychedelically with layers of vocals. Like “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” made with a base of synthesizers. There’s no track here, but there is a journey. And what a trip it is. We never dreamed of hearing \u003cb\u003eCristina Quesada\u003c\/b\u003e play with vocals like this. “Dancing Tonight” is a powerful mix between “Words” by F.R. DAVID and “Don’t Cry Tonight” by SAVAGE, which ends up sounding like a production by COLLEGE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy now it’s clear that “Think I Heard A Rumour” is an album with a lot of personality, even beyond its undisputable inspiration and punch. But there are still a lot of surprises to come. And taking a song from 1972 from the first album by the Swedish singer \u003cb\u003eTed Gärdestad\u003c\/b\u003e called “Jag Vill Ha En Egen Måne” and taking it to another musical galaxy is an exercise that no words can describe. It goes beyond the love of music and musical fantasy. “Get Fun” is another vocal play full of imagination and ornamentations. For the more obtuse of us who don’t see the complicated interweaving of some pop songs (I mean, just because a song is as pop or direct as it may be, it doesn’t mean it is simple), here we have evidence of exactly what \u003cb\u003eJoe Moore\u003c\/b\u003e is capable of when he finds the right partner.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e“Bailar Conmigo” is written by \u003cb\u003eTeresa\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eIbon\u003c\/b\u003e, from SINGLE, from LE MANS, from AVENTURAS DE KIRLIAN, one of the most important songwriting couples in the history of Elefant. It’s difficult to figure out the origins here; our beloved companions have never been known for being especially predictable or classifiable. The result in the hands of \u003cb\u003eJoe Moore \u003c\/b\u003eis an\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eexercise in highly addictive electronic bubblegum, sometimes bizarre, seductive, and above all, brilliant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Estorinha” is a song by the Brazillian singer \u003cb\u003eEvinha\u003c\/b\u003e which was released at the peak of the Tropicalism era, 1969. It is no secret that we are very passionate about Brazilian music here at Elefant, and \u003cb\u003eEvinha\u003c\/b\u003e, as a solo act or with her siblings, has always been our most important reference. Once again, there is barely a trace of the original song; it seems like we’re in 1982, when YAZOO released their first album.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo wrap things up, “No One Else But You” and “Safe” put the focus on this duo’s ability to create eurobeat anthems, with incredible choruses and melodies that make us believe in music again. “No One Else But You” seems like a classic from the end of the 80s, one of the first singles from \u003cb\u003eSamantha Fox\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eTaylor Dayne\u003c\/b\u003e or \u003cb\u003eKylie Minogue\u003c\/b\u003e. “Safe” closes the album, combining the past and the future... Pop, house, jungle, future pop, the 80s and dream pop.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter all this we still have one last stop. What we need to look back and realize everything that has happened over the course of these 14 songs. It’s impossible to sum it up in a few words. What we can say is that this is about the musical EXPERIENCE full of nooks and crannies to be discovered, emotions to be released and songs and references we will never be able to forget (nor should we). This is a lesson about breaking stereotypes, prejudices, and should serve us to open even the most skeptical people’s eyes. That was music. And they called it a rumor.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elefant","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":67994383286548,"sku":"ER1242-1","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":67994383319316,"sku":"ER1242-2","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1035\/0284\/0084\/files\/ER-1242.jpg?v=1793920262","url":"https:\/\/primeunion.shop\/products\/cristina-quesada-think-i-heard-a-rumour","provider":"Linden \u0026 Oak","version":"1.0","type":"link"}