Bronski BeatThe Age Of Consent

Genre:

Electronic

Style:

Synth-pop, Hi NRG

Year:

Tracklist

Other Side
Why?4:02
Ain't Necessarily So4:34
Screaming4:13
No More War3:52
Love & Money5:08
This Side
Smalltown Boy5:02
Heatwave2:41
Junk4:17
Need A Man Blues4:19
I Feel Love / Johnny Remember Me5:59

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    Cover of The Age Of Consent, 1984, VinylThe Age Of Consent
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    MCA Records – MCA-5538US1984US1984
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    London Records – 820 171-1France1984France1984
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    Forbidden Fruit – BITMC 1, Forbidden Fruit – (820 171-4)UK1984UK1984
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    Forbidden Fruit – BITLP 1, Forbidden Fruit – 820 171-1UK1984UK1984
    Cover of The Age Of Consent, 1984, VinylThe Age Of Consent
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    London Records – LON 109Canada1984Canada1984
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    Metronome – 820 171-1, Metronome – 820 171-1 ME, Metronome – 820 171-1ME, Forbidden Fruit – 820 171-1, Forbidden Fruit – 820 171-1 ME, Forbidden Fruit – 820 171-1MEGermany1984Germany1984
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    London Records – 820 171-1, Forbidden Fruit – 820 171-1Netherlands1984Netherlands1984
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    IMD (2) – IMD 5742Saudi Arabia1984Saudi Arabia1984
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    London Records – 820 171-4Australia1984Australia1984
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    MCA Records – MCA-25052US1984US1984
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    Metronome – 820 171-1, Metronome – 820 171-1ME, Forbidden Fruit – 820 171-1, Forbidden Fruit – 820 171-1MEGermany1984Germany1984
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    Metronome – 820 171-2, Metronome – 820171-2, Metronome – 820 171-2 MEGermany1984Germany1984
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    Forbidden Fruit – 820 171-1, Metronome – 820 171-1ME, London Records – 820171, Phonokol – 820171Israel1984Israel1984
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    London Records – 820 171-1New Zealand1984New Zealand1984
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    London Records – DL 13060Greece1984Greece1984
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    Forbidden Fruit – 820 171-1Portugal1984Portugal1984
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    MCA Records – MCA-5538US1984US1984
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    MCA Records – MCAC-25052US1984US1984
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    Forbidden Fruit – BITLP 1, Forbidden Fruit – 820 171-1Ireland1984Ireland1984
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    Forbidden Fruit – 820 171-4, London Records – 820 171-4Italy1984Italy1984
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    Reviews

    • MisterSnoops's avatar
      MisterSnoops
      Really good remaster. Barely any surface noise and a really great sound to it. Honestly no issues at all. Nice to replace my battered original press.
      • Spatzo-'s avatar
        Spatzo-
        Why (no pun intended) did they leave out the original extended mix of Why? and the 9:00 version of Smalltown Boy. These are great 12" mixes and still the best imo. Excellent blu ray, otherwise.
        • dobbin_the_horse's avatar
          Edited 6 months ago
          Need some help identifying my copy.It's definately a Netherlands issue and it does say 1984 but oddly it plays the goldberg remix of junk which wasn't even made until 1985. the runout on the b-side has no mention of a year either.
          • MarkSeanSinclair's avatar
            Edited 8 months ago
            The stereo mastering is a little inconsistent:

            The new 2024 stereo vocal and instrumental mixes of The Age Of Consent (TAOC) have no limiting applied and this is also the case for the original mix of Hundreds & Thousands (H&T) and the Bonus H&T tracks. The 2024 vocal mix of TAOC is exceptionally close to the original so here you have a complete set of unlimited stereo vocal mixes that sound fantastic.

            The 2024 stereo vocal and instrumental mixes of H&T, bonus H&T tracks and bonus TAOC tracks have limiting applied but it’s not aggressive and seems just about ok.

            The original mix of TAOC appears to be the Matt Colton remaster (not the original master) and the limiting is aggressive in places.

            Would have been nice to get the original master of the original mix in 24/96.

            When extracting the vocal stereo streams off the Blu Ray it’s not clear which of the dual 24/96 stereo streams is the 2024 mix vs original mix but it looks like the 2024 mixes are the first of the two 24/96 stereo streams in each vocal case. This is backed up for all but one of the 26 tracks by comparing the 2024 instrumental stereo (easy to identify as no original stereo instrumental mixes so only one stereo 24/96 stream) to the 2024 vocal stereo as the two waveforms are very very similar on all but one track. The one exception is Cadillac Car but I suspect the 2024 and original vocal streams were accidentally switched at the authoring stage.
            • solise's avatar
              solise
              For me. This is a great album for it's time. Loved it at release, was something new. Listening at it today. Still has something that catch me. Still great. Mayby it's the soulfullness of it. The joyful electronic music with the soulful song. I don't know but this album wan't go anywhere from me. BTW The vinyl sounds great!
              • sjbnchicago's avatar
                sjbnchicago
                Groundbreaking album with haunting lyrics and brilliant synth work. One of the best of the eighties.
                • FlatWaxAU's avatar
                  FlatWaxAU
                  Edited 8 months ago
                  Difficult to comprehend that this album is nearly 40 years old. A seminal album that gave light to many LGBT persons, in what was a horrific, dark period of history that sadly, again, is coming full circle. As relevant today as it was then. Fantastic pressing, packaging and bonus material, makes this a perfect reissue.
                  • kevjarrett's avatar
                    kevjarrett
                    Utterly fantastic album. So far ahead of the game on release and has not (to these ears) dated, unlike a lot of other stuff released at the time. Soulful catchy electronic music to dance to. Subject matter would not be out of place nowadays either. The recording sounds amazing, warm, clear, an excellent record in every way. Treat yourself to an original, you can pick them up surprisingly cheap.
                    • jarrydhollis's avatar
                      jarrydhollis
                      Incredible sounding pressing of this album on virgin vinyl, extremely dynamic, this is the one to have.
                      • vangalex's avatar
                        vangalex
                        Very clear and clean pressing. Alot of detail and separation.

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