NASSAU 80/82 THE GRIGRI YEARS ...

Digipack deluxe reissue of 1980 Lizzy's second album included 5 bonus tracks : Here is what CHRIS BURKHAM of UK Sounds said in September 1981 : Sex with style***
Every now and then the heart beats faster. The band has been changed, the recording studio has been changed. And the music has changed its emphasis, although the delivery stays the same. It is a ragged, shattered, subtlety abrasive funk, with that squawky, squeaky but strangely smooth French accent of Lizzy Mercier Descloux. A voice that croons with urgency, a voice that seduces with sensuality, a voice that implies restlessness, a voice that gets noticed. Her first release, « Press Color », on the (now) fabulously hip Ze Records, had a sound that was richer and fuller. A sound typified by her (semi- legendary) cover of « Mission Impossible » - search it out and ignite ! It was an invitation to the new dance. At the time, though, few replied to the beguilingly rhythmic dance statement. « Mambo Nassau » retains the colour of « Color ». It still has the same frenetic vibrancy but it is a sound that has been stripped down to the bare essentials....

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