Tough Guys Don't Make Electro Records
The Hood - Cooler Than Thou [TWI 753 BEL 1987 24-Bit FLAC]
Best known for his contribution with the film title track and subsequent Factory Records single, Salvation, John Hood was a New York nightclub doorman turned promoter, who persuaded Les Disques Du Crépuscule and their US distributor, Giant Records to let him put out an album back in 1987.
Best described as electro-industrial dance pop, Cooler Than Thou was accompanied by a 12" single, Tough Guys Don't Dance, both produced by Ivan Ivan, and neither of which set the world alight. That should not prevent this album's interest as a musical artifact from the time when similar acts such as Ministry stopped making pop records, Sigue Sigue Sputnik had hyped themselves into obscurity and Brian Hugh Warner was still at school.
A1 It Takes A Thief
A2 Criminal Kiss
A3 Tricks Are For Kids
A4 Tough Guys Don't Dance
B1 Cooler Than Thou
B2 Book Is The Law
B3 What She Keeps
B4 Stand Apart
A2 Criminal Kiss
A3 Tricks Are For Kids
A4 Tough Guys Don't Dance
B1 Cooler Than Thou
B2 Book Is The Law
B3 What She Keeps
B4 Stand Apart
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ReplyDeleteThank you. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteOh, I'll have to check this out, I'm actually friends with 'Ivan Ivan'. It's still crazy to think he mixed The Perfect Kiss and other stuff like that. I've only known him after those years. Thanks for posting. I only know of The Hood from 'Salvation'.
ReplyDeleteLove that Howard Chaykin album art! Can't wait to give this a listen.
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