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RockwellSomebody's Watching Me

Genre:

Electronic, Funk / Soul

Style:

Synth-pop, Funk

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Tracklist

Somebody's Watching Me5:01
Obscene Phone Caller3:24
Taxman3:56
Change Your Ways4:49
Runaway4:24
Wasting Away3:55
Knife5:03
Foreign Country5:56

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    Reviews

    • Adved's avatar
      Adved
      Le vinyle est de très bonne qualité, très bien pressé avec de bonnes basses
      • echauhan1's avatar
        echauhan1
        This is actually a pretty good album even after the 2 radio hits. Sound quality is punchy, clean and doesn't have a digital sheen, so I'm pleasantly surprised!
        • retrogroove's avatar
          retrogroove
          Edited one year ago
          "Somebody's Watching Me" is a solid debut album with more to offer than just the fantastic title track! Follow-up single "Obscene Phone Caller" is nearly as brilliant, and tracks like "Taxman" (a Beatles cover!), "Change Your Ways". "Runaway" and "Foreign Country" all pull their weight.

          While I do have the 2018 Japan reissue CD, what a nice surprise to discover that the album has been reissued as a remastered and expanded digital download! A CD of this expanded edition would be awesome, but uncompressed CD quality files can be found on sites like Qobuz. There are a few big draws to this digital release, like the M+M Extended Mix of "Somebody's Watching Me". I assume this mix was shelved at the time for some reason, but it's really an excellent remix! Also great to get the "Obscene Phone Caller" 12" and Instrumental versions, "Somebody's Watching Me" Instrumental and a slew of other 12" and Instrumental versions! None of these are NEW mixes - they are all from 1983/1984 - but some of them appear to be making their first appearance here, as I cannot find any evidence of them on any previous releases on Discogs.

          "Somebody's Watching Me (12" Instrumental)" is from the B-side of the 1983 12" of "Somebody's Watching Me".
          "Obscene Phone Caller (12" Version) and (12" Instrumental) are from the 1984 12" of "Obscene Phone Caller".
          "Taxman (Instrumental)" is from the B-side of the 1984 German 7" of "Taxman".

          All other bonus tracks appear to be previously unreleased. There were no 7" or 12" singles released for "Change Your Ways", "Runaway", "Wasting Away" or "Foreign Country".

          All tracks are definitely taken from master tape sources, and sound excellent!
          • VinylWire
            Edited 2 years ago
            Amazin sound quality on this release. Pressing is lovely too.
            I have made two needledrops from this vinyl record - You can find them on the right side in the videos - Under the names:
            Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me (1984 European Vinyl)
            Rockwell - Obscene Phone Caller (1984 UK & Europe Vinyl)
            • nuremberg8500's avatar
              I hope that the Morales M+M Mix of "Somebody's watching me" will be part of the next M+M Mixes Vinyl sampler
              • balagan's avatar
                balagan
                There was a Demo session of Somebody's Watching Me + Thriller Medley, being performed by Rockwell in a lower musical scale. I hoped to see this in this release, but it isn't. I guess this is due to copyrights issues, or ha nobody know it exists somewhere out there...
                • djsoje's avatar
                  djsoje
                  "Somebody's Watching Me" was the track that sailed this album through.Its amazing that M.J. did background vocals on this.

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