Something Good (Paul Haig song)
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Generally considered to be Paul Haig's best solo single, "Something Good" was released in 1989 on Virgin Records subsidiary, Circa. As with the companion album, Chain, Paul Haig financed the recordings himself hoping for a release by Les Disques Du Crepuscule
. When Crepuscule
passed, Circa stepped in.
"Something Good" (and the album) was co-produced by ex-Associates instrumentalist Alan Rankine
.
The various formats included some interesting extra tracks, such as the two instrumentals "Free To Go (Public)" and "Free To Go (Technology)", both included samples from Ridley Scott
's masterpiece, Blade Runner
.
Sleeves again feature the Angus McBean
portrait of Audrey Hepburn
.
, 11 March 1989
Paul Haig
has the capability of crafting a truly unforgettable pop classic and he's come mighty close on more than one occasion. This is another. Something Good builds steadily, the little pricks of guitar giving way to stabs, then slashes, the initial monotony of the hastily tapped beat carefully, dexterously, painfully flooded as the instrumentation thickens and the melodies gather strength. A sharp intake of breath and well, almost. Next time perhaps.
Something Good, Melody Maker
, 25 March 1989
Paul Haig
returns to titillate us and put the Top 40 to shame with yet another electro-ballad covered in honey pool vocals. Along with golden darlings Win, Haig must be the most insulted man in pop. Despite consistently writing imaginative music, the moronic British public and their Arbiters of Wasted Taste, Radio One continue to plump for useless rubbish like Breathe. Frankly we don't deserve such crap.
Les Disques du Crepuscule
Les Disques Du Crépuscule was a Belgian independent record label.The label was started in 1980 by Michel Duval and Annik Honoré, residents of Brussels who had previously organised and promoted concerts in the city. Initial releases were by Factory Records artists, and were labelled as being...
. When Crepuscule
Les Disques du Crepuscule
Les Disques Du Crépuscule was a Belgian independent record label.The label was started in 1980 by Michel Duval and Annik Honoré, residents of Brussels who had previously organised and promoted concerts in the city. Initial releases were by Factory Records artists, and were labelled as being...
passed, Circa stepped in.
"Something Good" (and the album) was co-produced by ex-Associates instrumentalist Alan Rankine
Alan Rankine
Alan Rankine played keyboards, and guitars, for the rock band, Associates, which he co-founded with Billy Mackenzie in the late 1970s....
.
The various formats included some interesting extra tracks, such as the two instrumentals "Free To Go (Public)" and "Free To Go (Technology)", both included samples from Ridley Scott
Ridley Scott
Sir Ridley Scott is an English film director and producer. His most famous films include The Duellists , Alien , Blade Runner , Legend , Thelma & Louise , G. I...
's masterpiece, Blade Runner
Blade Runner
Blade Runner is a 1982 American science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, and Sean Young. The screenplay, written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples, is loosely based on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K...
.
Sleeves again feature the Angus McBean
Angus McBean
Angus McBean , was a Welsh photographer, associated with surrealism.-Biography:Angus McBean was born in South Wales in June 1904. Despite the surname and the family's claim to be head of the sub-clan McBean, they had been Welsh for generations. Clem McBean was a surveyor in the mines and the family...
portrait of Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn was a British actress and humanitarian. Although modest about her acting ability, Hepburn remains one of the world's most famous actresses of all time, remembered as a film and fashion icon of the twentieth century...
.
Track listing
- Something Good
- Over You
- Free To Go (Technology)
- Free To Go (Public)
- Something Good (Remix)
- The Last Kiss
Reviews
Something Good, NMENME
The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...
, 11 March 1989
Paul Haig
Paul Haig
Paul Haig is a Scottish indie composer, musician and singer. He was originally a member of 1980s post-punk band Josef K who were signed to the Postcard record label...
has the capability of crafting a truly unforgettable pop classic and he's come mighty close on more than one occasion. This is another. Something Good builds steadily, the little pricks of guitar giving way to stabs, then slashes, the initial monotony of the hastily tapped beat carefully, dexterously, painfully flooded as the instrumentation thickens and the melodies gather strength. A sharp intake of breath and well, almost. Next time perhaps.
Something Good, Melody Maker
Melody Maker
Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was, according to its publisher IPC Media, the world's oldest weekly music newspaper. It was founded in 1926 as a magazine targeted at musicians; in 2000 it was merged into "long-standing rival" New Musical Express.-1950s–1960s:Originally the Melody...
, 25 March 1989
Paul Haig
Paul Haig
Paul Haig is a Scottish indie composer, musician and singer. He was originally a member of 1980s post-punk band Josef K who were signed to the Postcard record label...
returns to titillate us and put the Top 40 to shame with yet another electro-ballad covered in honey pool vocals. Along with golden darlings Win, Haig must be the most insulted man in pop. Despite consistently writing imaginative music, the moronic British public and their Arbiters of Wasted Taste, Radio One continue to plump for useless rubbish like Breathe. Frankly we don't deserve such crap.