Saturday 26 April 2014

"The Best Record of The Last Twenty Years"?



The purists won't like this!

I absolutely love it. I know that a lot of people will be sneering at this and will accuse Lisa Stansfield of bandwagon jumping but when the result is this good who gives a fuck. Carry On is a track from Stansfield's latest album, "Seven",  her first in ten years and the original track is good but Andy Lewis' remix aims the track directly towards the sprung maple dancefloor and in doing so creates something really special, that stomping beat the insistent strings and Stansfield's voice, pleading and just this side of manic at times, magic!

The song has been released as a limited 7" single available here.

I'm not quite sure if I agree with Ian Levine's comment that "it is the best record of the last twenty years" but I do agree that it's the best thing that Stansfield has ever done.

Fuck the purists.

Lisa Stansfield - Carry On (Andy Lewis remix)

9 comments:

Swiss Adam said...

Better than Time To Make You Mine with The Orb?
I'll listen and let you know.

Swiss Adam said...

Aye, it's pretty good.

Swiss Adam said...

Can't see a dl button though- am I being stupid?

george said...

For an auld bastard you post some damned good tunes. Reminds me of the retro style of Strickland Banks.

drew said...

Your being stupid Sa, sorry you will have to buy it.

Thanks George, I think.

Walter said...

Not the best but one of them. Damn good and her voice is fantastic.

Scott said...

This is really good,best track I have heard from her since "People Hold On"...

Darcy said...

Yep. Pretty good. Everything i've heard from her since her "comeback" is impressive. Always been a fan.

When the subject comes up "where does the accent go when singers sing" comes up Lisa is one of the first singers I think of.

Echorich said...

Thank you Drew, I was afraid I might be one of the only people willing to exclaim just how GOOD Lisa Stansfield's new album is! I just got back from a long weekend in Ft. Lauderdale, putting on the pre Summer tan and just getting away from life, and this was the soundtrack to my weekend. Carry On is outstanding - as are Can't Dance, The Rain and the Barry White-esque closer Love Can.
And to complete the year she has a role in Northern Soul! Perfect.