Belinda Carlisle - Belinda (Deluxe Edition) (1986/2019) MP3/FLAC

Tracklist
01. Mad About You
02. I Need A Disguise
03. Since You've Gone
04. I Feel The Magic
05. I Never Wanted A Rich Man
06. Band Of Gold
07. Gotta Get To You
08. From The Heart
09. Shot In The Dark
10. Stuff And Nonsense
11. Band Of Gold (Single Mix) [feat. Freda Payne]
12. Dancing In The City
13. Mad About You (Extended Mix)
14. Band Of Gold (Extended Mix / Remastered 2002) [feat. Freda Payne]
15. Band Of Gold (Dub Mix / Remastered 2002) [feat. Freda Payne]

Upon leaving the Go-Go's, Belinda Carlisle felt no compunction in leaving behind the band's energetic new wave. On her own, she dove right into the mainstream with the assistance of producer Michael Lloyd, embracing the big radio-ready sheen of the mid-'80s on her 1986 debut, Belinda. The album's lead single (and album opener), "Mad About You," celebrated this shift and she was rewarded with a huge hit, one that went all the way to number three in the U.S. Behind the gloss, however, lay some elements of the Go-Go's, which shouldn't be surprising, considering how Charlotte Caffey wrote half of the record more songs than Carlisle herself. Often, these songs suggest that Caffey and Carlisle were picking up where Talk Show left off, particularly with the infectious Motown bounce of "I Feel the Magic" and the power pop insistence of "Gotta Get to You." These songs, along with the Bangles leftover "I Need a Disguise" (another entry in the wannabe Motown hit parade) and a nicely moody reading of Tim Finn's "Stuff and Nonsense," have aged better than a ham-fisted cover of Freda Payne's "Band of Gold" and the neon synths of "Shot in the Dark," and they're also the reason why Belinda will be the solo Carlisle album that will appeal the most to Go-Go's diehards.