BOY MEETS GIRL – Reel Life +2 [Japan AOR CITY 1000 series] *0dayrox EXCLUSIVE*

Requsted by one of you, here’s BOY MEETS GIRL second album “Reel Life” from the stupendous “AOR CITY 1000 series” by Sony Music Japan, a campaign featuring a low-priced reissue on classic AOR / AC albums from their back catalog (many of them out of print or hard to find). The disc includes two bonus tracks.

Formed in the mid-Eighties, Boy Meets Girl is an American duo consisting of husband/wife duo George Merrill (bass, keyboards and more) & singer Shannon Rubicam.
They are perhaps best known for their second track on this album, the hit song ‘Waiting for a Star to Fall’, but also for writing two number 1 hits ‘How Will I Know’ and ‘I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)’ performed by Whitney Houston.

After years of writing and composing songs for other artists, the duo earned mainstream success in their own right with this 1988 release “Reel Life”. In the United States, ‘Waiting For a Star to Fall’ peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song reached #9 in the UK and was also a top ten Australian hit in April 1989. It was featured in the movie ‘Three Men and a Little Lady’ as well.

The music here is US Adult Contemporary rock&pop, however there’s nuch more substance all over the arrangements than your typical affair from this genre.
“Reel Life” charm relies on its true-80s production too plenty of over-synthesized instrumentation – something that some people doesn’t like, but Eighties music suckers like me loves so much.

Songwriting wise, Boy Meets Girl pushed the right melodic buttons on this, their biggest album. “Bring Down the Moon” and “Stay Forever” are particularly strong, while the hit single, “Waiting for a Star to Fall,” is just a classic: “trying to catch your heart is like trying to catch a star” — the urgency as it drives toward its chorus is a clinic for durable songwriting.
“One Street Dream” and “Is Anybody out There in Love” make good use of Boy Meets Girl’s coed vocal setup, and “No Apologies” gives Rubicam a chance to show off her vocal capability.

“Reel Life” rides that line, pairing its feel for songwriting in a very early 80s FM soft rock style to a synthetic 1988’s slickness. For many it may sound over-produced (in my case I love it) but ultimately it’s the quality of the songs that wins out, making “Reel Life” one of the better lite rock entries of the era.

As bonus tracks we have the complete single ‘Bring Down The Moon’ (Single Version) and its B-side, ‘One Day’, for the first time available on CD.
A true ’80s flashback with a supreme quality audio.
Highly Recommended

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Sony Music Japan ～ 【SICP-4937－ＣＤ】
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01 – Bring Down the Moon
02 – Waiting for a Star to Fall
03 – Stormy Love
04 – Is Anybody Out There In Love
05 – Stay Forever
06 – If You Run
07 – One Sweet Dream
08 – No Apologies
09 – Restless Dreamer
10 – Someone’s Got to Send Out Love
BONUS TRACKS:
11 – Bring Down the Moon (Single Version)
12 – One Day [B-side]

Vocals: Shannon Rubicam
Vocals, Bass, Synths, Programming: George Merrill
Guitars: John Goux, John Morton
Bass: Leon Gaer, Kerry Hatch, Kevin McCormick
Drums: Denny Fongheiser, Michael Jochum
Percussion: Michael Jochum
Guest Vocals: Joe Turano (track 6)
Backing Vocals: Susan Boyd

 

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