- Source: Pop Art (album)
Pop Art is the debut studio album by the English pop rock band Transvision Vamp. It was released in October 1988 and features the band's first top ten hit "I Want Your Love". The album reached No. 4 in the UK, and peaked at No. 13 in Australia, where it was the 25th highest-selling album of 1989.
Critical reception
NME reviewer Stuart Bailie stated that Transvision Vamp "write some very assured singalongs, and have a smart sense of melody", but was disappointed by Pop Art, finding that it lacked the "haughty thrust" of the band's debut single "Revolution Baby". In Number One, Patsy Kensit called the group "a band known more for their big mouths than their music" and commented, "what a shame after all their rantings they have come up with a package that is so astoundingly average." The magazine later listed Pop Art – alongside the album Fearless by Kensit's band Eighth Wonder, in a section titled "Silly Blondes" – as one of the year's "stinkers". The Philadelphia Inquirer's Tom Moon concluded that "every lyric shoots for free-associative significance, and eventually all it adds up to is a glossy empty set."
Robert Christgau was more complimentary in The Village Voice, suggesting that Transvision Vamp had been criticised for simply "wearing their inauthenticity on their sleeves", while advising them to improve their "command of trash – better riffs are available for hijacking."
Track listing
All tracks written by Nick Christian Sayer, except where noted.
Personnel
Transvision Vamp
Wendy James – vocals
Nick Christian Sayer – guitar
Dave Parsons – bass, backing vocals
Tex Axile – keyboards, sequencer
Pol Burton - drums
Additional musicians
Matthew Seligman – bass
Phil Smith – saxophone
D. Manic B'Man – keyboards and programming
Adam Peters – electric and acoustic cellos
Nick Marsh, China Blue, Carol and Karen – backing vocals
Production
Duncan Bridgeman – production
Zeus B. Held – mixing and additional production
Adam Moseley – recording engineer
Philip Bagenal – mix engineer
Peter Ashworth - photography
Charts
Certifications
References
External links
Pop Art at Discogs (list of releases)
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