5013929062634

Get Tough

Kleeer

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Release Date:  25 March 2016

Label:  Cherry Red Ada / Cherry Red

Packaging Type:  Brilliant Case (Jewel Case size, Holds 2 CDs)

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  5013929062634

Genres:  Pop  

  • Description

    After a brief stint as The Universal Robot Band, KLEEER enhanced their funk/disco leanings further to notable success on the Billboard Hot 100 charts from their late 70s work through to the eventual shift to electronic R&B in the 80s.

    Kleeer entered their peak in commercial success with 1981's LICENSE TO DREAM (POP #82/R&B #15). GET TOUGH (R&B #15/DISCO #5) is a rollicking fusion of funk and dance 1982's GET READY and TASTE THE MUSIC (POP #139/R&B #31) continued the band's progressive approach to keeping the funk uptown but they were about to undergo a change in direction that would win them a whole new audience.

    Kleeer would close their remarkable run with two albums produced by the legendary Eumir Deodato, fresh from his hit run as Kool & The Gang's producer. 1984's INTIMATE CONNECTION (R&B #49) and 1985's SEEEKRET (UK #96) displayed a laid-back almost entirely electronic sound that found that band in step with the mid-eighties soul sound. € Next Time It's For Real' (R&B #79) is possibly their most understated release and continues the mid-tempo groove they continued to explore throughout their run whilst final hit € Take Your Heart Away' (R&B #62/UK #86) boasts a wondrous quiet storm prelude before segueing into a breathless soulful groove.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Keeep Your Body Workin'
      • 2. Tonight's the Night (Good Time) [12" Version]
      • 3. It's Magic
      • 4. I Love to Dance
      • 5. Happy Me
      • 6. Winners (12" Single Version)
      • 7. Open Your Mind
      • 8. Your Way
      • 9. Close To You
      • 10. Get Tough
      • 11. Running Back To You
      • 12. License To Dream
      • 13. De Kleeer Ting

      Disc 2

      • 1. Taste The Music
      • 2. De Ting Continues
      • 3. Wall To Wall
      • 4. She Said She Loves Me (Single Version)
      • 5. Say You'll Stay
      • 6. Next Time It's For Real
      • 7. Intimate Connection
      • 8. Tonight
      • 9. Go For It
      • 10. You Did It Again
      • 11. Take Your Heart Away
      • 12. Lay Ya Down Ez
      • 13. Seeekret
      • 14. You Got Me Rockin'
      • 15. Never Cry Again (Vocal/Remixed Long Version)