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Free Music Review: You kinda had to be there
Hit: 5 Stars
There was once a small window in time when the music of Lime, Bronski Beat, New Order, and Baker/Robie productions formed an intoxicating and clingy essence that seemed to trail one everywhere after dark. A young and ambitious Madonna cited Lime as a very strong influence. The legacy of Lime acts as the spiritual guardian of Madonna's musical heritage in the continuous mix of "Confesssions on a Dancefloor", funny that she's credited just about everybody in Disco except for Lime (that I know of anyway...). As for the music, it's percolating and hypnotic and bouncy and classically influenced and oozing with electronic sauciness that only sounds "cheesy" to us now because of the fact that it was so heavily ripped off by everyone to follow. When Denis and Denyse Lepage composed and recorded this music (as Lime) they were grabbing the torch from the likes of Giorgio Moroder and Kraftwerk, but creating something more than the sum of it's parts. The "breakdown section" from "Angel Eyes" stands with the beat from "Blue Monday" as the most iconic examples of beatbox programming to ever inspire a generation. The endless mixing and reprising that formed their album releases was the perfect inducement to keep the party going. It's funny that something that was EVERYWHERE i went for a good two years can now be called "obscure". I guess you had to be there.Free Music Review: love the 80's ? love this!
Hit: 5 Stars
lots of fun w/ this c.d and couldn't find it anywhere else.Free Music Review: Greatest Hits of the mysterious Lime
Hit: 4 Stars
Lime are an intriguing, faceless group from the 1980's who churned out a massive amount of music without anybody really knowing who they were. The group consisted of Canadian husband and wife team Denis and Denyse LePage, who produced all the music and shared the vocals, but they never performed in person, so all public appearances were made by two fresh faced young stand-ins, to give the fans something to look at. Lime produced an impressive nine albums, with varying degrees of success. Their trademark sound was rampant synthesised Hi-NRG supporting two very distinctive vocal styles, the high, birdlike trilling of Denyse, complemented by the gravelly rasping voice of Denis. You won't easily mistake this group for anyone else!
Actually, the style I have described really only applies to the singles, as Lime's albums mix these in with the occasional slow tracks, and some songs are little more than electronic doodlings. For this reason, a greatest hits package is the best place to start if you have liked what you heard in clubs, although it's a shame that this album isn't a little longer as it's only really a taster, which is a compliment to the group in that they have more good material than would fit on one album. The two best tracks have to be "Guilty" and "Unexpected Lovers", although they are not necessarily the ones that met with most success. Two of the groups biggest hits were "Babe We're Gonna Love Tonight" and "Your Love", (both included here), but I find them a little less enjoyable then the two previously mentioned. Some, like "Angel Eyes" and "Take It Up" have a really strident robotic beat, which the group excelled at turning into pretty hot dance music. If you enjoy this aspect, try some of the albums where you'll find some very diverse sounding tracks, but as mentioned earlier, they often experimented with odd rhythms that mean not every track can be danced to.
I wish this package had cast it's net a bit wider, as there are many other strong tracks that could have been added, such as "On The Grid", "Did You See That Girl", "Do You Like To Love" and "I Don't Wanna Lose You" to name but a few. A final word about the remixing, normally I would have reservations about buying a collection where the songs are not in their original versions, so be warned that nearly every track is different to it's previous album or 12" single incarnation. My real regret is that my favourite song "Guilty" has had quite a severe makeover, with too many electronic special effects piled on top of it, and much of it's charm has been lost. The original 12" single release had a far less cluttered feel to it, with a long slow build up from the simple opening bass-line that set a great mood. Don't worry too much though, because the others are all good mixes, and all are long versions. It's a great way to add Lime's music to your Hi-NRG collection, but make sure you get the Unidisc remastered version of this album, as there is a other one around with the same cover, with far fewer tracks on it.
As an aside, these album covers are as much a trademark of the group as their sound, adorned as they are with really cheesy airbrushed paintings of cosmopolitan lounging model-types drinking cocktails (with lime in them, of course!)...you can find out more for yourself, as the wonderful Unidisc have also released the entire Lime back catalogue onto CD, all with extra 12" bonus tracks. If you decide to investigate further, I would recommend the middle period of their albums, especially Lime 3 which was one of thier biggest sellers. As I said, a group unlike any other, and an eccentric national treasure!
Free Music Review: No lemons just "LIME"
Hit: 5 Stars
If your looking for gr8 dance songs loaded with Hi-NRG then you've found the perfect CD. Lime has always been an old time favorite of mine & EVERY other DJ in the world. Gr8 hits like Angel Eyes, Guilty, Unexpected Lovers, Come & Get Your Love, Your Love & the KILLER Mega-Mix "RE-Lime-D" is something that Ma Ma said you should listen to B4 U go 2 bed. You will not be disappointed with this compilation. Sorry, NO lemons here, just LIME. Thanks Schroeder (DJ WACK "O") Free Music Review: hot music
Hit: 5 Stars
i always liked just about everything they put out,
the male raspy voice is great, it was a great era for dance music, just happy memories is what i have.