The Essence - Dancing in the Rain: The Best of the Essence

Beautiful collection of songs even if the Cure is present inside... Melodies are delightful and songs are gloomy... the voice of Hans Diener is often touching... To an untrained pair of ears, The Essence sound so much like The Cure that even die-hard Robert Smith disciples can be easily duped. Essence: Formed 1984, Netherlands Disbanded 1995 Members: Hans Diener (vocals, guitar, piano, synthesizer), Jeroen "Jerry" Geertsma (bass, 1984-87), Olaf Willemsen (drums, 1984-92), Akki (bass, 1987-92), Mark Tan (keyboards, 1991-95), George Tan (drums, 1992-95), Jos van den Bogert (bass, 1992-95) Tracklisting: 01 Out of Grace 4:12 02 Like Christ 5:29 03 Only for You 3:32 04 The Cat 3:50 05 Everything 4:16 06 Drifting 1:55 07 A Mirage 3:12 08 In Your Heart 4:10 09 Time 4:00 10 Forever in Death 2:54 11 The Waves of Death 2:51 12 Burned in Heaven 4:44 13 Endless Lakes 3:27 14 Ice 3:18 15 Everything (remix) 5:35 16 U 4 Life 2:58 17 Angelic 3:26 18 How to Make me Hate 4:38

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okbyethen (2008-09-15)

There was a really neat group called Movieland who did a song "Postcard to New York" that has always stuck in my mind. This was in '86 by Davia Sacks, Richard Lewis, and Lothar Segeler. The album cover looked like OMD as I recall. I would love to hear the rest of the songs from them.

MoskwaTV (2008-09-15)

Label: RCA
Catalog#: NFL1-8062
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album

Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Credits: Artwork By [Art Design] - Neal Pozner
Backing Vocals - Andrea Green (2) (tracks: A3, B3, B5) , Karen Novie (tracks: A3, B3, B5)
Engineer [Assistant] - Bob Kirschner , Carol Martino , Eddie Osario , Frank Santagata , Lance McVickar , M. L'Herault , Pierre G. , Tom Gonzalez
Executive Producer - Charles Koppelman
Mastered By - Bob Ludwig
Photography - Chris Callis
Producer - Hank Medress , Lothar Segeler , Richard Lewis (6)
Synthesizer [Mini Moog] - Phil Markowitz (tracks: A5)
Synthesizer, Programmed By [Mirage] - Gregg Mangiafico (tracks: A6)
Vocals, Keyboards - Davia Sacks
Written-By, Arranged By, Vocals, Keyboards - Richard Lewis (6)
Written-by, Arranged By, Drum Programming, Programmed By [Synthesizer], Guitar, Recorded By, Mixed By [Digital] - Lothar Segeler

Tracklisting:
A1 Lament (0:38)
A2 Postcard To New York (3:19)
A3 Movieland (4:50)
A4 Colonel Dibble's Murder Mystery (3:27)
A5 Slumber Party (3:12)
A6 Big Town, Small Town (3:24)
B1 Teenage Lament (4:57)
B2 Summer Wonderland (3:46)
B3 Bouncing Back In America (3:41)
B4 Herbert Hoover's Car (3:43)
B5 Dreamtime (3:50)

smurphyzeke (2011-03-04)

Thanks