My
good friend Danny Beetle got me into LRD when we were DJing together. I ended
up buying all the 12” singles from this, plus the full album. Danny once saw
Stuart Price (the guy behind LRD) browsing through the records at Manchester’s
Vinyl Exchange. That’d be a pretty sweet sight to see.I remember once, I was DJing on a Friday or Saturday night. It was still relatively early so there were only a few people in. A young girl got up from her table walked over to my booth and asked me if I had any “Lez Ryth-mez Digita-lez”. I guess she didn’t do too well in French. I ended up taking pity on her, not laughing in her face, and playing some anyway.
There are two big hits off this record - Jacques Your Body (Make Me Sweat) which I think was used on a Sunny Delight TV ad; and (Hey You) What’s That Sound? which Price gives a full writers’ credit to Stephen Stills on (the song is based on the lyric from Buffalo Springfield’s For What It’s Worth).
This is LRD’s second album - I’ve never heard the first one - and not long after this was released he was poached by Madonna to become her musical director. This isn’t bad a bad record to listen to, given that effectively it’s a dance album. His leaning towards 80s sounds akin to the like of The Pointer Sisters and Georgio Moroder make this an interesting enough listen.
Hit: Jacques Your Body (Make Me Sweat)
Hidden Gem: Sometimes
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