Corey Hart - Boy in the Box
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Album Details: Boy in the Box
- Release Date:
- 06/21/1985
- Label:
- Aquarius Music
- UPC:
- 060274616628
User Reviews: Boy in the Box
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Well worth a listen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
, December 12, 2000Reviewer: cruekill - See all cruekill's reviewsI grew up with this album and it will always represent a happier time in my life. -
A Canadian Legend!!
, July 24, 2000Reviewer: Curt - See all Curt's reviews"Never Surrender" is a ballad worthy of Simon and Garfunkel's "Scarborough Fair", and "Comrade Kiev" is a finely crafted piece of music embodying the Cold War angst of the time.
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Pro Reviews: Boy in the Box
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews Corey Hart quickly followed the success of his 1984 debut album, First Offense, and its blockbuster single, "Sunglasses at Night," with Boy in the Box in 1985. If First Offense used new wave synths as flair for Hart's rockoriented mainstream pop, Boy in the Box is a thoroughly modern album, at least according to the standards of 1985. Most of the rhythms are synthesized, all the arrangements are built on keyboards, the guitars are processed so they're clean, brittle, and echoey, all adding up to an album that pretty much defines the sound of mainstream contemporary pop in 1985. Although none of the songs here have the sleek ominous undertow of "Sunglasses at Night," as an album Boy in the Box is more distinctive than First Offense, building on the vibe of "Sunglasses at Night" often to strong results. Hart spends a lot of time brooding on this album, cultivating the sullen loner vibe that "Sunglasses" captured so well; even the lively title track has a touch of emotional claustrophobia running beneath it. But it's isn't just introspection here Hart tackles Communism on "Komrade Kiev," and the album's hit, "Never Surrender," is a soaring power ballad of empowerment, giving this album a greater musical and emotional range than his debut. If Boy in the Box still sounds tied to its time, so be it most albums can't help but reflect the times that made them. But among mainstream new waveinfluenced pop/rock albums from 1985, this is one of the more intriguing ones. - Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide |
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Corey Hart Biography
The hit single, "Sunglasses at Night" propelled Canadian pop star Corey Hart to the top of the charts and helped his debut album, 1983's First Offense, become a major hit in the United States and Canada. Born in Montreal on May 31, 1962, he traveled ...Full Corey Hart Biography
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