Scritti Politti - Cupid & Psyche 85 (30th anniversary)

Tomorrow (June 10th) marks the thirtieth anniversary of the release of Cupid & Psyche 85, the second studio album from Scritti Politti. This one spent twenty-eight weeks on the US Billboard Album chart with a top spot of number 50.

For my full review, click here.

Who's That Girl (soundtrack)

Welcome to another edition of Soundtrack Sunday.

In the summer of 1987, Warner Brothers studio released a romantic comedy starring Madonna and Griffin Dunne. She played street-smart Nikki Finn who went to jail for a murder she didn’t commit. She meets a lawyer named Louden Trott (played by Dunne), and convinces him to help her clear her name. Sound like a must-see story? Neither the critics or the ticket buying public thought so. The film tanked.

Scritti Politti - Cupid & Psyche 85

Cupid and Psyche refer to the Greek myth where the son of Venus (Cupid) is sent to make a beautiful girl (Psyche) fall in love with a hideous monster. The young god-ling cannot complete the task as he has fallen in love with the mortal himself.

In 1985, the British synth-pop group Scritti Politti put out there second album in reference to that tale - Cupid & Psyche 85. The original vinyl release had nine tracks, five of which were singles released in the UK. The later cassette and CD versions added four more tracks, three of which were alternate versions of earlier tracks on the record.