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Cupid & Psyche 85 is the second album by British/American pop group Scritti Politti, released in the UK on Virgin Records on 10 June 1985. The release continued frontman Green Gartside's embrace of mainstream pop music stylings and contemporary studio production, while its lyrics evidence Gartside's preoccupation with issues of language and politics.
It remains the band's most successful album, reaching No. 5 in the UK, and was certified Gold by the BPI for 100,000 copies sold. The album contained five singles, three of which were top 20 hits in the UK. The single "Perfect Way" became a surprise hit in the US, reaching No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 in a 25-week run on the chart.
Cupid & Psyche 85 is the second album by British/American pop group Scritti Politti, released in the UK on Virgin Records on 10 June 1985. The release continued frontman Green Gartside's embrace of mainstream pop music stylings and contemporary studio production, while its lyrics evidence Gartside's preoccupation with issues of language and politics.
It remains the band's most successful album, reaching No. 5 in the UK, and was certified Gold by the BPI for 100,000 copies sold. The album contained five singles, three of which were top 20 hits in the UK. The single "Perfect Way" became a surprise hit in the US, reaching No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 in a 25-week run on the chart.
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Cupid & Psyche 85
Scritti Politti Lyrics
A Little Knowledge GREEN: Now I know to love you FEMALE: Is not to…
Absolute Absolute, on power drive I need you so to keep me…
Don't Work That Hard I need love for the power Got to understand I need love…
Hypnotize Hypnotize - call me up when you thought of somethin'…
Lover To Fall Hard that I'm gonna hear about you Oh, about you baby…
Perfect Way I took a backseat a backhander I took her back…
Small Talk Small talk Small talk Small talk, ooh we're tired of prophe…
The Word Girl To do what I should do To long for you to…
Wood Beez There's nothing I wouldn't be To get to be together There's …
Jan
on Absolute
It should be principle, not principal
Reg Side
on After Six
The context is the dumbed-down public sphere in which all politics is spun and lying is always a matter of how more or less convincing it can be. In its chart-topping heyday Scritti Politti was a pop political project concerned with language and power and this song is a remnant from that, albeit more personalised like most of what's on White Bread Black Beer. The result here is an irony of the kind you might expect to find in a vintage Paul Simon song.