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Their look postponed to the port of New York City with an attitude "U-talkin'-to-me?". Real hard in love, however, of the soul. The Dexys Midnight Runners were capable of a dazzling and devastating debut, a true masterpiece (which are mixed in literature, provocation, pop music, rock and R'N'B 'as the quote from Lee Dorsey in closing There, There My Dear and dedication to soul singer Geno Washingt... read more

Description: Dexys Midnight Runners' 1980 debut album--Searching For The Young Soul Rebels--spoke to the world with a clarity and confidence that had rarely been experienced before (or since). For children of the 80s, it was the initial introduction to Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, The Foundations--all those ancient soul men. It was the first time a generation came close to understanding the romance of singer Kevin Rowland's Irish precursor, Van Morrison. It was (and is) an album to die for, with its crystal-bright horn sound and the way it spoke with words that left no room for doubters on songs such as "There, There, My Dear" (a Dexys Midnight Runners' 1980 debut album--Searching For The Young Soul Rebels--spoke to the world with a clarity and confidence that had rarely been experienced before (or since). For children of the 80s, it was the initial introduction to Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, The Foundations--all those ancient soul men. It was the first time a generation came close to understanding the romance of singer Kevin Rowland's Irish precursor, Van Morrison. It was (and is) an album to die for, with its crystal-bright horn sound and the way it spoke with words that left no room for doubters on songs such as "There, There, My Dear" (a letter to wannabe hipsters set to music), "Keep It" and the triumphant "Dance Stance". The album's Number One single "Geno"­-a shout-out to the UK 60s soul journeyman Geno Washington--was pure inspiration. When Dexys appeared on Top Of The Pops to celebrate the song's ascent, they were all Mod-sharpness and mirror-bright brass. It was like being born again. --Jerry Thackray ... (more) (less)