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Cutouts Gone Wild!: Gregory Abbott, “I’ll Prove It to You”
Gregory Abbott – I’ll Prove It to You (1988) purchase this album (Amazon) Hello, ladies. Are you ready to be shaken down? Don’t get excited — this album does not contain Gregory’s superfine hit,
Read More »Cutouts Gone Wild!: Living in a Box, “Gatecrashing”
Living in a Box – Gatecrashing (1989) purchase this album (Amazon) All right, show of hands — how many of you have ever wondered what an album of Rick Astley B-sides would sound like?
Read More »Cutouts Gone Wild!: Dan Hill, “Real Love”
Dan Hill – Real Love (1989) purchase this album (Amazon) Mmmmm. Can you smell that? Nothing says “cutout” like “a Dan Hill album from 1989,” does it? It’s almost like Dan was thinking about
Read More »Cutouts Gone Wild!: Various Artists, “Largo”
Various Artists – Largo (1998) purchase this album Before telling you how much I love this album, and how I’ve hung onto it since stumbling across it in a used bin in the spring
Read More »Cutouts Gone Wild: Oran “Juice” Jones, “To Be Immortal”
Oran “Juice” Jones – To Be Immortal (1989) purchase this album (Amazon) For the first time since starting this series, I’m not sure if “cutout” is sufficient to describe the level of commercial failure
Read More »Cutouts Gone Wild!: Susanna Hoffs, “When You’re a Boy”
Susanna Hoffs – When You’re a Boy (1991) purchase this album (Amazon) As longtime readers of this space are no doubt aware, I have a severe weakness for Susanna Hoffs, quite possibly as a
Read More »Cutouts Gone Wild!: Various Artists, “Dragnet Original Soundtrack”
Various Artists – Dragnet Original Soundtrack (1987) purchase this album (Amazon) You know, writing about cutouts in the digital age is more difficult than it looks. Not a week goes by that some knucklehead
Read More »Cutouts Gone Wild!: New Monkees, “New Monkees” (1987)
New Monkees – New Monkees (1987) purchase this album (Amazon) When all is said and done, the 1980s may not go down as the decade with the highest per-capita quotient of misbegotten sequels —
Read More »Cutouts Gone Wild!: Howard Jones, “In the Running”
Howard Jones – In the Running (1992) purchase this album (Amazon) To type these words pains me more deeply than words can say, but it’s altogether likely that many of you aren’t — urgh
Read More »Cutouts Gone Wild!: Mr. Mister, “I Wear the Face”
Mr. Mister – I Wear the Face (1983) purchase this album (Amazon) Well, well, well. If it isn’t Mr. Mister. First things first: I have to give credit where it’s due here — if
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