Colourbox - The Official Colourbox World Cup Theme

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Colourbox ‎– The Official Colourbox World Cup Theme

Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Leftfield, Synth-pop, Ambient
Year:
1986

Tracklist

The Official Colourbox World Cup Theme 5:27
Philip Glass 3:29
The Official Colourbox World Cup Theme 3:06

Versions

Title Label Cat# Country Year
The Official Colourbox World Cup Theme (12", Single) 4AD BAD 605 UK 1986
The Official Colourbox World Cup Theme (12") Virgin, Virgin, 4AD 608 247-213, 608 247 Europe 1986
The Official Colourbox World Cup Theme (7") 4AD AD 605 UK 1986

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Rated 4/5
Review by Joju Nov 13, 2005 (edited over 6 years ago)

referencing The Official Colourbox World Cup Theme, 12", Single, BAD 605

A truly great record. It still baffles me, every four years, why this STILL is not the world cup theme on telly. It just sounds exactly like the title suggests. It is basically a huge horn riff, but the the bombastic overall effect belies a very neat arrangement. It has a fine guitar solo, and a gorgeous synth vox interlude.
The b-side 'Philip Glass' suggests where the composers were taking some of their inspiration at this time. It is a synth exploration of the minimal, trance like beauty of the famous composer's work, segued back into a reprise of the a-side.
This record is a glimpse into electronic studio music in the UK in the time before techno changed everything.
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