Isabelle Antena En Cavale
Release date:
February 24, 2023
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After Belgian electro-samba wunderkinds Antena split at the end of 1985, singer Isabelle Antena immediately shed her cold wave crown for a sophisticated pop princess tiara. On 1986's Martin Hayles-produced en Cavale, echos of Madonna and city pop abound, with a lipstick stain of L80s Euro dance and spilled cosmopolitan's worth of bossa nova stirred in for good measure. This elegant second chapter of a French pop diva has been expanded to include Antena's shelved Island Records demo, adjacent B-sides and rarities, plus an expansive essay and previously unpublished photographs.
Tracklist:
- 1. LP1: Play Back
- 2. Easy Street
- 3. Seaside Weekend
- 4. Ten Minutes
- 5. How Can They Tell
- 6. Be Pop
- 7. Magic Words
- 8. Booby Trap
- 9. Life Is Too Short LP2: Mummy's Not at Home Tonight
- 10. Don't Think About It
- 11. Time to Work
- 12. Blow the World Away
- 13. Behind the Door
- 14. Be Pop (12" Mix)
- 15. Life Is Too Short (New Dance 12")
- 16. Mummy's Not at Home Tonight (1983 Island Demo)
- 17. Achilles (1983 Island Demo)
- 18. Be Pop (1983 Island Demo)
