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Visage album
By Marc Fink
Visage, a studio concept steeped in
the British pop tradition linking music
with fashion, packages its 10 strongest
tunes in a new romantic compilation,
"Fade To Grey ? The Singles
Collection."
Unlike most recording entities,
Visage was not a touring band, it
maintained its British and continental
popularity through a series of
nightclubs.
Blitz is the name eiven tr? thp movp.
ment that evolved into the new romantic
trend, with a concern for clothing
and decor.
Although Blitz and the new romantics
caught fire coming out of the demise
of punk and New Wave in its home
country in the late 1970s, the movement
took a few years to catch on in
America.
As ABC, Soft Cell, Human League
and Spandau Ballet hit the charts, the
lorcrunning visage remained virtually
unknown, despite two albums released
here on Polydor in 1980 and *82.
"Fade To Grey" consists mostly of
remixed versions of tunes from albums
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Singer Steve Strange, the face of
Blitz and Visage, is backed by drummer
Rusty Egan, along with Ultravox
members Midge Ure, producer of
several tracks herein, and Billy Currie;
and Dave Formula and Barry Adamson
ftom Magazine. Visage, however
is neither as robotic as Ultravox nor as
moody as Magazine, but upbeat for a
partv.
The strongest cuts on the album are
from the first sides of the previous
albums, "Fade To Grey," nearly twice
as long as the original mix with its
breathy French voice over, "Night
Train" with its interplay of vocalists
and the twisted lyrics of "Mind of a
Toy," "I gave you the best, you gave
me the rest/ It's time to die, time to
die."
Capping the album is the anthem,
"Damned Don't Cry," a study in
isolation, both physical and emotional,
"Traveling with no destination,
no place to go/ Nameless towns with
faceless people, no place I know."
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The worst song is a remake of Zager
and Evans' '69 hit "In The Year
2525," as Visage's new arrangement
fails to support a weak number,
although the '78 track's use of synthesized
voices is ahead of a pop music
pack.
Unlike many "greatest" collections,
"Fade To Grey" really is the best of
Visage, with only two cuts worth adding
to the LP, "Malpaso Man," with
Duane Eddy's guitar and snappy drum^
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the Blitz credo: when in doubt, party;
when not in doubt, party.
A project like Visage is a natural for
videos because of its concern for attire
and looking smart, and this route
should give the futuristic dance tunes a
marketable quality. Plans for turning
Visage into a road outfit will result in
showcasing Visage's more-thanmodern
visual imagery.
It's a new year, and as January
iooks both torward and backward, so
does Visage's "Fade To Grey ? The
Singles Collection," a strange face
leading the Blitz.
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