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The Power Station (CD & DVD)

The Power Station (CD & DVD)
The Power Station

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Track Listing

Disc 1:

  1. Some Like It Hot
  2. Murderess
  3. Lonely Tonight
  4. Communication
  5. Get It On (Bang A Gong)
  6. Go To Zero
  7. Harvest For The World
  8. Still In Your Heart
  9. Someday, Somehow, Someone's Gotta Pay
  10. The Heat Is On
  11. Communication (long remix)
  12. Get It On (7" mix)
  13. Some Like It Hot And The Heat Is On
  14. Communication (7" remix)
  15. Some Like It Hot (7" edit)

Disc 2:

  1. Introduction (DVD)
  2. Some Like It Hot - video shoot (DVD)
  3. Some Like It Hot - video (DVD)
  4. On each other and recording # 1 (DVD)
  5. Get It On - video (DVD)
  6. On each other and recording # 2 (DVD)
  7. Communication - video (DVD)
  8. Summary/End credits (DVD)
  9. Bonus clip: 'Some Like It Hot' from 'Saturday Night Live', February 6, 1985 (DVD)

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #5052 in Music
  • Released on: 2005-04-26
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Format: Extra tracks

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Few side projects have ever proven so disastrous. When Duran Duran bassist John Taylor and guitarist Andy Taylor formed the Power Station in 1985, it not only toppled their other band's domination over the pop world but cast a dark cocaine and slap-bass cloud over the entire decade that didn't shake off until Miami Vice was cancelled and Nirvana arrived. But that wasn't all. Superstitious types believe that resentful Durannies set a curse on singer Robert Palmer, Chic drummer Tony Thompson and producer Bernard Edwards that eventually sent them all to early graves. Two decades on, all that is swept aside and what remains is the music: Self-indulgent and superficial, yes - and, with just eight songs, in such small portions. But, in retrospect, the Power Station is also unexpectedly forceful and funky, particularly with "Some Like It Hot" and a cover of T. Rex's "Bang A Gong." --Aidin Vaziri


Customer Reviews

Happy to find CD verion of the album4
I had the cassette of this album, but wanted to upgrade to CD. I have also seen Power Station in concert. Some of the extended versions of the songs are a little strange, but that may be due to only being familiar with the cassette which didn't have the extended versions. I haven't watched the DVD yet, but am sure that it will be just as good. Highly recommended.

In With the In Crowd5
I'm not much of a joiner, but I'm with the majority (and then some) on this one. My favorite new band in these days was Fastway. They were like Eddie Cochran taking acid and speed together. But I had also been a fan of Chic in thier day. They were an original in the margins of disco. Bernard Edwards was the man.
Anyway. the Power Station was fantastic, and though we mourned it then, thier failure made this one all the more a treasure.

missing just one thing....5
picked this up the other day oddly enough as i was listening to the original disc in my car. I remember when this first came out, even saw the tour when it hit Philly, still have the ringing in my ear from my girlfriend & her friend screaming every time JT walked stage front. I think John meeting up with Bernard Edwards was the best thing to happen in his career. He was good in DD, but after the Power Station, he was so much better. Anywho, i love the remaster and bonus tracks. The DVD however was probably the reason i bought this, just wish it had the Get it on performance from SNL. If i recall, it was Andy's birthday that night and by the time they came out for thier second set, let's just say the boys had a few to drink....