Track Listing

1. Doctor! Doctor!
2. You Take Me Up
3. Hold Me Now
4. Day After Day
5. No Peace for the Wicked
6. Gap
7. Sister of Mercy
8. Storm on the Sea
9. Who Can Stop the Rain

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #423849 in Music
• Released on: 2007-01-01
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Dimensions: .23 pounds

Album Description
Their wildly popular 80's hit album that yielded the hits "Doctor Doctor", "You Take Me Up", "The Gap" and the top 40 single "Hold Me Now".

Amazon.com
You'd have to be a pretty sour sort not to get the least bit sentimental over the Thompson Twins' techno-pop ballad "Hold Me Now." Between its engaging melody and Tom Bailey's earnest vocals, it is a heart-string tugger of the highest order. Into the Gap doesn't repeat its endearing emotion anywhere else, but the rest of the tracks have plenty of charm. "You Take Me Up" is a precious piece of new-wave rhythmics. Even the less exuberant "Doctor! Doctor!" and "Sister of Mercy" have a hip-shaking quality. Although they never cashed in the way the hits did, "Storm on the Sea" and "No Peace for the Wicked" are both worthy of more than honorable mention. --Steve Gdula

Customer Reviews

Twins Deliver Eighties Techo-Pop at Its Finest
If you were alive in the eighties and cogniscent of the music, the synthesized strains of techno-pop were all but inescapable. Far removed from the hypnotic dance beat of modern Techno, techno-pop utilized emerging synth technology to create a unique style of popular music. The Thompson Twins were perhaps the most unique practitioners of the style. "Into the Gap" is, in my estimation, their finest effort. Filled with moody, danceable tunes, well-crafted and literate, it remains as listenable now as it was back in '84.

This one goes with you to the deserted island or mission to Mars.
This is my very first review on Amazon and I am proud to say that I couldn't live with myself if I didn't start my reviews with the album that started it all for me. THIS IS DEFINITIVELY THE 80's cornerstone in the "New Wave Synth Pop" category that we all love to label. But as you will hear, EVERY song is almost perfectly crafted with a special hand to modern studio musical arrangements with superb technical precision while at the same time it is infused with the utmost warmth and delicateness. The R&B inspired opening track "Doctor Doctor" and the folk sounding feel good but often at the same time tried and weary chain gang anthem "You take me up" set the tone for a rousing musical escapade. It is true that to be a Thompson Twins fan you really have to have a wide open spectrum of musical taste. The over played Mtv generation (which by the way just so proudly happens to be mine), "Hold me now", leaves no pretentiuos or manufactured feelings forced on to us but goes straight to our personal wants and desires on a more intimate and human level, as with the infectious, catchy, but self inquiring "Day after day". Things get sublimely troubled as you hear the lovely and airey "No peace for the wicked", which by the way has great guitar play and wonderful backing vocals. As a teen growing up in the early 80's I can tell you that watching Mtv I was immediately & seductively attracted to their unique sound. What made my love for TT even that more powerful was the fact that they also delved into the New Wave Alternative dance forray scene with "Into the Gap". I can tell you that if you listen this by itself (preferebly the Dance Extended Mix),you can see that they are all about the groove and sound. Mixing exotic sounds of the far east with Allanah Curie's percussion arrangement shows the extraordinary sounds that they magically produce,like no other. As a very avid Ministry,ABC,& Smiths,fan I really appreciate Tom Bailey's vocal range and heartfelt cries. Making music that can be played in and out of music clubs is a very unique task in of itself. They have it down packed. Where TT really cemented me as a fan was with the ultra erie and painfully dogma painted of "Sister of mercy" (not be confused with "Lay your hands on me"/Platinum and gold collection cd version which is much to stripped down and slow moving),and the ever ultra surreal flying & semi-consciously awake "Storm on the Sea". This simmers to a close but just enough to provoke your senses with the ever present and metaphysical cry "Who can stop the rain".
This album completely withstands any passage of time and will always be the staple TT album. For the few of us that really appreciated unique sounding, groove enchanced, danceable classics along with totally unique ballads this album is it! For me the definitive alternative in post modern "New Wave Synth Pop" masterpiece. There I said it!

If you buy any Thompson Twins, buy this one
If you were to choose a Thompson Twins album, non-compilation or remix release, this is it. The most hits, the biggest hits, and best songs are here.