Rita Calypso Apocalypso
Format: CD.
Year Of Release: 2002.
Label: Siesta.
Label reference #: Siesta 164.
TK Mailorder Reference ID: M147915
Approximate release date: May 7, 2002.
Genres: Rock/Pop
Price: $13.99 [Out of Stock]
List price:$16.97
Distributor/label description(s):
Siesta description:
The enigma of Rita Calypso is partially resolved with this great easy listening record in stereo. Do not miss the killer cover. Apocalypso is a 5 stars release with shining examples of classic sounds, English easy beats, bossa nova, bird calls, pop vibes, seaside Rhodes, exquisite string section, bass, percussion and the best vocals of the century. Not strangely Rita Calypso was brought up near exotic gardens, trendy beaches and Swiss schools, but aside from these facts what is clear is that she excells with the songwriting of Free Design, Webb, Bass, Tim Hardin, Charles Fox & Norman Gimbel, Burt Bacharach and Lee Hazlewood. This is her debut album. There are plenty of covers of rare gems as a buried solo-song by Ellen Dedrick post Free Design "Settlement boy", Linda Ball's "The End" and pieces of soundtracks as "Mad Monster Party" or "Marque de Sade; Philosophy In The Budoir" and after-dinner mints in the sixties tradition of Claudine Longet, The Brass Ring, Sandie Shaw or Astrud Gilberto. Even with more intensity than the originals!!
Despite the title that suggests spooky and dark sounds, we find that her music is very pop, bright, happy, funny even at times. Rita delivers breathy and utterly charming vocals as if she were seducing you. It is plausible to imagine that her as a mermaid, out of water, now in human form, female perfection. Apocalypso!
Rita Calypso is a goddess of the female vocals in sophisticated environments and her partners in crime, Ramon Leal and Mateo Guiscafre are her equal. After her participation in the trilogy Sol y sombra, Educacion y descanso and Informacion y Turismo it was only a question of time and public request that the inhouse producers would device a well-arranged record with a tasteful selection of orchestral songs, crystal clear strings and trumpets. The result is a pop treasure of 13 stunning tracks and a very nice production that puts Leal & Guiscafre next to Tommy LiPuma, Eumir Deodato, Albert Gorgoni, Augusto Alguero or Charles Fox.
The set starts out with a female vocal as great as any of the great 60's vocal anthems of love films "Wanderlove". Other charming track is the warm pop song "Paper mache" a la Dionne Warwick. "Kinky love" is a highly enjoyable song on many levels but with ridiculous lyrics. There are cool watery guitar sounds and upbeat 60s naughty children songs as "Never was a love like mine" or "Sugartown". The whole record has great production and entertaining lyrics; it's not hard to see why Rita is so important for Siesta. The most outstanding covers are however the obscure "Where do I go" (Charles Fox) and a very groovy instrumental "stripper-esque" go go sound Italian style called "Mary". Many will however describe "I'll cry myself for sleep" as the most intense neo-classical climax of the record.
Siesta has a knack for fashioning simple, yet perfectly formed pop records. The albums are executed perfectly and the imagination never stops. Iot is also plausible to imagine Rita singing while strolling through a meadow of sunflowers, breezes gently blowing her hair... Ahem, ahem. Apocalypso!
Rita has a few things in common with Nancy Sinatra, Karen Carpenter, Sue Raney, Petula Clark, or Margo Guryan. Very similar albums with similar songs and similar production, all gorgeous.
If you love those eternal records this is your ticket to paradise.
Track listing:
1. "Wanderlove"
2. "Paper Mache"
3. "Where Do I Go?"
4. "Mary"
5. "Kinky Love"
6. "Settlement Boy"
7. "Birds"
8. "Sugartown"
9. "I'll Cry Myself For Sleep"
10. "The End"
11. "The Disadvantages Of You"
12. "Misty Roses"
13. "Never Was A Love Like Mine"
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Format: CD.
Year Of Release: 2002.
Label: Siesta.
Label reference #: Siesta 164.
TK Mailorder Reference ID: M147915
Approximate release date: May 7, 2002.
Genres: Rock/Pop
Price: $13.99 [Out of Stock]
List price:
Distributor/label description(s):
Siesta description:
The enigma of Rita Calypso is partially resolved with this great easy listening record in stereo. Do not miss the killer cover. Apocalypso is a 5 stars release with shining examples of classic sounds, English easy beats, bossa nova, bird calls, pop vibes, seaside Rhodes, exquisite string section, bass, percussion and the best vocals of the century. Not strangely Rita Calypso was brought up near exotic gardens, trendy beaches and Swiss schools, but aside from these facts what is clear is that she excells with the songwriting of Free Design, Webb, Bass, Tim Hardin, Charles Fox & Norman Gimbel, Burt Bacharach and Lee Hazlewood. This is her debut album. There are plenty of covers of rare gems as a buried solo-song by Ellen Dedrick post Free Design "Settlement boy", Linda Ball's "The End" and pieces of soundtracks as "Mad Monster Party" or "Marque de Sade; Philosophy In The Budoir" and after-dinner mints in the sixties tradition of Claudine Longet, The Brass Ring, Sandie Shaw or Astrud Gilberto. Even with more intensity than the originals!!
Despite the title that suggests spooky and dark sounds, we find that her music is very pop, bright, happy, funny even at times. Rita delivers breathy and utterly charming vocals as if she were seducing you. It is plausible to imagine that her as a mermaid, out of water, now in human form, female perfection. Apocalypso!
Rita Calypso is a goddess of the female vocals in sophisticated environments and her partners in crime, Ramon Leal and Mateo Guiscafre are her equal. After her participation in the trilogy Sol y sombra, Educacion y descanso and Informacion y Turismo it was only a question of time and public request that the inhouse producers would device a well-arranged record with a tasteful selection of orchestral songs, crystal clear strings and trumpets. The result is a pop treasure of 13 stunning tracks and a very nice production that puts Leal & Guiscafre next to Tommy LiPuma, Eumir Deodato, Albert Gorgoni, Augusto Alguero or Charles Fox.
The set starts out with a female vocal as great as any of the great 60's vocal anthems of love films "Wanderlove". Other charming track is the warm pop song "Paper mache" a la Dionne Warwick. "Kinky love" is a highly enjoyable song on many levels but with ridiculous lyrics. There are cool watery guitar sounds and upbeat 60s naughty children songs as "Never was a love like mine" or "Sugartown". The whole record has great production and entertaining lyrics; it's not hard to see why Rita is so important for Siesta. The most outstanding covers are however the obscure "Where do I go" (Charles Fox) and a very groovy instrumental "stripper-esque" go go sound Italian style called "Mary". Many will however describe "I'll cry myself for sleep" as the most intense neo-classical climax of the record.
Siesta has a knack for fashioning simple, yet perfectly formed pop records. The albums are executed perfectly and the imagination never stops. Iot is also plausible to imagine Rita singing while strolling through a meadow of sunflowers, breezes gently blowing her hair... Ahem, ahem. Apocalypso!
Rita has a few things in common with Nancy Sinatra, Karen Carpenter, Sue Raney, Petula Clark, or Margo Guryan. Very similar albums with similar songs and similar production, all gorgeous.
If you love those eternal records this is your ticket to paradise.
Track listing:
1. "Wanderlove"
2. "Paper Mache"
3. "Where Do I Go?"
4. "Mary"
5. "Kinky Love"
6. "Settlement Boy"
7. "Birds"
8. "Sugartown"
9. "I'll Cry Myself For Sleep"
10. "The End"
11. "The Disadvantages Of You"
12. "Misty Roses"
13. "Never Was A Love Like Mine"
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