Music Review: Scritti Politti - Cupid & Psyche '85 - Page 2

And those melodies! God, those melodies! "Absolute" has, perhaps, the most perfect outro of any synthpop song — a rollicking, rocking fusion of voice, guitar, drums, bass, and synth. "Perfect Way" is indeed a perfect song, melding complex lyrics with clanging guitar. I wish that the chorus (if it is indeed a chorus) of "Don't Work That Hard" would never end:

Oh I'll be good, want you so much
Give me the word, wrap it for love
Oh I'll be true, oh I love you so much
Give me the word, the word I'll honour and obey

Yeah, I know. It doesn't look like much on paper. But trust me: it'll make you keep pressing "<<" on your CD player to hear it again. And again. And again.

Cupid and Psyche '85 spent most of the month of February in my car stereo, only to be replaced (for a short while) by Lindsey Buckingham's new album and by Terence Trent D'Arby's Wild Card! Last weekend, though, I was having a rough time. I was feeling stressed out, overworked, underpaid, and tired as heck. So, at the beginning of a long trip, I stuck Cupid and Psyche '85 back in. I put the car in gear, started down the road, and wondered how I had ever lived without.

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