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I recommend the overlooked Rainbow Nation album as well. Those who want to hear Jimmy Somerville's vocal might be disappointed, but I think Steve Bronski's vocal on this acousitic version of the song (which he wrote) is more powerful.
I yearned once again to hear Smalltown Boy by Somerville expecting the cd had different versions of the song but an immitation. The lead vocals in this cd is Steve Bronski, and Jimmy Somerville is nowhere to be found. Very disappointing. As a long time fan of Jimmy Somerville of the Bronski Beat fame of the eighties, it was a long awaited disappointing cd. The cd claims Bronski Beat, but doesn't live up to the title because Jimmy Somerville is Bronski Beat.
Steve Bronski is lead vocal. Yearning once again to hear the distinct voice of Jimmy Sommerville of Bronski Beat fame, he was nowhere to be heard. I was expecting to travel back in time, remembering the days of my youth only to find that they had replaced Sommerville with a cheap immitation. As a fan of eighties music, I was shocked to find Bronski Beat single cd, Smalltown Boy '94. I was equally shocked that it was a disappointing cd as well.
Gay vibe and band which speaks to all orientations. If you grew up different and shunned in small town America, you may find Smalltown Boy leads you to an emotional place. A beautiful single which captures the pain of leaving home and the promise of new beginnings.
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