Cover Plus

Name: Cover Plus
Brand: Hazel O'connor
SKU: SFE063
Price: 10.99 GBP
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Release Date: 17 November 2017

Packaging Type: Jewel Case

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 5013929847323

Genres: Rock

Description
Recording for a second time with the world renowned producer Tony Visconti, who had also produced her career defining â€˜Breaking Glassâ€™ soundtrack album a year earlier, Hazel Oâ€™Connorâ€™s 1981 album â€˜Cover Plusâ€™ was an assured development of both her songwriting and her outsider artistry. Released in September 1981, â€˜Cover Plusâ€™ enjoyed a 7 week run in the UK Album chart peaking at No.32. The album combines selected cover versions with her own heartfelt, often autobiographical original songs; together they deliver a powerful personal manifesto and a singular artistic statement of intent. â€˜Cover Plusâ€™ was a solid assemblage of the then dominant post-punk and new wave aesthetics, a crossover style that Hazel was very much at the forefront of. Her legions of fans, at this time, were drawn from across a wide spectrum including punks, goths and futurists. â€¢Of her own songs on the album, Hazel writes, â€œâ€˜Runawayâ€™ is really self- explanatory; it's about my experience running away to Amsterdam at the age of 16. â€¢This expanded and celebratory re-issue comes with a 20-page illustrated lyric booklet including a new and exclusive introduction written by Hazel herself. Its re-release coincides with a national concert tour across the UK in which Hazel will specifically feature many of the songs from this album.
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