Just how radically 'Til Tuesday evolved during its three-album run is illustrated by Coming Up Close: A Retrospective.
The superb CD kicks into high gear with three sleek, heavily produced new wave gems from the band's debut album of 1985, Voices Carry: "Love in a Vacuum," "You Know the Rest," and the hit title song.
But as fresh-sounding and popular as that material was, lead singer Aimee Mann was dissatisfied.
One hears Tuesday moving from keyboard-driven new wave to a more organic, less produced, folk-influenced sound on "Coming Up Close," "No One Is Watching You Now," "David Denies," and other songs from Tuesday's 1986 sophomore effort, Welcome Home.
And with its finale, Everything's Different Now, the Boston residents moved even further in that direction.
"J For Jules," "Limits to Love," "Rip in Heaven," "Why Must I," and "Long Gone Buddy" have little in common with the tunes from Voices Carry, except for the fact that Mann and co.
always had a great melodic sense.
All three of Tuesday's albums are worth having, but for novices, Coming Up Close would be the best starting point.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Love in a VacuumMichael Hausman, Robert Holmes, Aimee Mann, Joey Pesce | 'Til Tuesday | Play | 03:36 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | Voices Carry (Single Mix) | 'Til Tuesday | Play | 04:20 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | You Know The Rest (Album Version) | 'Til Tuesday | Play | 04:27 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | No One Is Watching You Now (Album Version) | 'Til Tuesday | Play | 03:54 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | On Sunday (Album Version) | 'Til Tuesday | Play | 04:06 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | Coming Up Close (Album Version) | 'Til Tuesday | Play | 04:40 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | Will She Just Fall Down (Album Version) | 'Til Tuesday | Play | 02:50 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | David Denies (Album Version) | 'Til Tuesday | Play | 04:49 | 11 MB | 0 MB |
| 9 | What About Love (Album Version) | 'Til Tuesday | Play | 03:56 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 10 | Why Must I (Album Version) | 'Til Tuesday | Play | 03:36 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 11 | The Other End (Of the Telescope) (Album Version) | 'Til Tuesday | Play | 03:50 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 12 | J For Jules (Album Version) | 'Til Tuesday | Play | 04:24 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 13 | (Believed You Were) Lucky (Album Version) | 'Til Tuesday | Play | 03:36 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 14 | Limits To Love (Album Version) | 'Til Tuesday | Play | 03:33 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 15 | Long Gone Buddy (Album Version) | 'Til Tuesday | Play | 04:30 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 16 | Do It Again (Previously Unreleased) | 'Til Tuesday | Play | 03:57 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 64 mins | 147 MB | |||||
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 'Til Tuesday | Primary Artist, Producer |
| 2 | Peter Abrams | French Horn |
| 3 | Peter Abrams | French Horn |
| 4 | Hope Chasin | Packaging Manager |
| 5 | Bob Clearmountain | Mixing |
| 6 | Elvis Costello | Guest Artist, Vocals (Background) |
| 7 | Rhett Davies | Producer |
| 8 | Bruce Dickinson | Compilation Producer |
| 9 | Michael Hausman | Composer, Drums, Group Member, Percussion, Programming |
| 10 | Robert Holmes | Guitar, Vocals (Background) |
| 11 | Robert Holmes | Composer, Guitar, Vocals (Background) |
| 12 | Hiro Ito | Photography |
| 13 | Bruce Lampcov | Producer |
| 14 | Declan MacManus | Composer |
| 15 | Joy Gilbert Manfried | Product Manager |
| 16 | Aimee Mann | Bass, Composer, Group Member, Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals |
| 17 | Gail Marowitz | Art Direction, Design |
| 18 | Marcus Miller | Bass, Guest Artist |
| 19 | Michael Montes | Keyboards |
| 20 | Michael Montes | Group Member, Keyboards |
| 21 | Joey Pesce | Composer, Group Member, Piano, Synthesizer, Vocals (Background) |
| 22 | Randee Saint Nicholas | Photography |
| 23 | Jules Shear | Composer |
| 24 | Haery Ung Shin | Violin |
| 25 | Randee St. Nicholas | Photography |
| 26 | Mike Thorne | Producer |
| 27 | Mark Wilder | Digital Mastering |
'Til Tuesday
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |