Body and Soul (Cabaret Voltaire album)

Body and Soul
Studio album by Cabaret Voltaire
Released	March 1991
Studio	Western Works, Sheffield
Label	Les Disques du Crépuscule
Producer	Cabaret Voltaire
Cabaret Voltaire chronology
Groovy, Laidback and Nasty (1990) Body and Soul (1991) Plasticity (1992)

Body and Soul is the tenth studio album by English electronic band Cabaret Voltaire, released in March 1991 by Belgium-based label Les Disques du Crépuscule.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
New Musical Express	7/10[3]
Q	[1]
Record Mirror	8/10[4]
(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide	[5]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	7/10[6]

Music historian Colin Larkin wrote that the album was "well-received" and "consolidated Cabaret Voltaire's pivotal position on the UK's dance scene".[2] Martin Aston in Q Magazine called the album "nothing radical but by their own standards, a rewarding leap sideways."[1] A positive review by Music from the Empty Quarter noted the dichotomy engendered in the album, stating that "[A]nyone expecting a return of the Cabs harder sounds... can forget it" but that "[T]he familiar unorthodox sounds lie in the undercurrents, ensuring that it's never an easy movement."[7]

Composition

All tracks are composed, arranged and produced by Richard H. Kirk and Stephen Mallinder at Western Works, Sheffield, England.

Content

The release features cover art by Jerome B-Patou.

This album was the last to feature Stephen Mallinder's lead vocals.

Release

Body and Soul was released in March 1991 by Belgium-based label Les Disques du Crépuscule on vinyl, CD and cassette.

Track listing

All tracks composed and arranged by Richard H. Kirk and Stephen Mallinder.

1. "No Resistance" – 6:22

2. "Shout" – 6:43

3. "Happy" – 6:21

4. "Decay" – 2:23

5. "Bad Chemistry" – 6:14

6. "Vibration" – 7:12

7. "What Is Real" – 7:07

8. "Western Land" – 3:18

9. "Don't Walk Away" (CD bonus track) – 5:17

10. "Alien Nation Funk" (CD bonus track) – 7:07

11. "What Is Real (Dreamtime Mix)" (CD bonus track) – 7:03

Personnel

Cabaret Voltaire

• Stephen Mallinder – vocals, keyboards
• Richard H. Kirk – keyboards and computer-generated instrumentation

References

1. Aston, Martin (5 March 1991). "Cabaret Voltaire - Body and Soul". Q Magazine. 55: 65–66.
2. Larkin, Colin (27 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
3. Sherman (23 March 1991). "Cabaret Voltaire: Body and Soul". New Musical Express. p. 34.
4. McCready, John (30 March 1991). "Cabaret Voltaire: Body and Soul". Record Mirror. pp. 14–15.
5. Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David, eds. (2004). (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. p. 128. Retrieved 23 November 2018. cabaret voltaire body and soul.
6. Sinker, Mark (1995). "Cabaret Voltaire". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 67–68. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
7. "Cabaret Voltaire - Body & Soul". Music From The Empty Quarter (1). UK: The Empty Quarter: 25. May 1991. ISSN 0964-542X.

External links

• Body and Soul at Discogs (list of releases)