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Cutouts Gone Wild!: Gregory Abbott, “I’ll Prove It to You”

Jeff Giles March 20, 2008 11

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,

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Cutouts Gone Wild!: Living in a Box, “Gatecrashing”

Jeff Giles March 13, 2008 13

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?

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Cutouts Gone Wild!: Dan Hill, “Real Love”

Jeff Giles March 6, 2008 14

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

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Cutouts Gone Wild!: Various Artists, “Largo”

Jeff Giles February 28, 2008 13

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

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Cutouts Gone Wild: Oran “Juice” Jones, “To Be Immortal”

Jeff Giles February 21, 2008 27

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

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Cutouts Gone Wild!: Susanna Hoffs, “When You’re a Boy”

Jeff Giles February 7, 2008 13

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

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Cutouts Gone Wild!: Various Artists, “Dragnet Original Soundtrack”

Jeff Giles January 31, 2008 19

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

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Cutouts Gone Wild!: New Monkees, “New Monkees” (1987)

Jeff Giles January 24, 2008 43

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 —

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Cutouts Gone Wild!: Howard Jones, “In the Running”

Jeff Giles January 17, 2008 18

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

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Cutouts Gone Wild!: Mr. Mister, “I Wear the Face”

Jeff Giles January 10, 2008 28

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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