The Beloved started life as an indie guitar band, but in the late 80s something changed, and they became rave evangelists, throwing away their guitars and some band members and embracing samplers and drum machines, and synths. Their album Happiness was in tune with the times, and featured several hits, including the daft but funny list song Hello, the blissed out The Sun Rising and the fake orgasmic Your Love Takes Me Higher. Good stuff all told.
This song, It's Alright Now, was released at the end of 1990, and failed to make the top 40. I wrote a good few months back that sometimes dance singles work best on 7", and gave Little Fluffy Clouds as an example. It's Alright Now is another one. There are a variety of mixes and versions but this is the only one I need. It's got a great start, doesn't outstay it's welcome and bounces along. Underneath the 90s positivity of the lyric there's some regret, some ruefulness, which makes it do that thing that dance music can do so well: happy-sad.
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This song, It's Alright Now, was released at the end of 1990, and failed to make the top 40. I wrote a good few months back that sometimes dance singles work best on 7", and gave Little Fluffy Clouds as an example. It's Alright Now is another one. There are a variety of mixes and versions but this is the only one I need. It's got a great start, doesn't outstay it's welcome and bounces along. Underneath the 90s positivity of the lyric there's some regret, some ruefulness, which makes it do that thing that dance music can do so well: happy-sad.
It's Alright Now (7inch Mix).mp3 - 4shared.com - online file sharing and storage - download