Search - Be Bop Deluxe :: Raiding The Divine Archive

Re-Issue of this title originally released in 1990. In the mid-Seventies, when rock music was either bloating-out and noodling around in the name of progression or tarting-up and dumbing down in the name of androgynous glamour, Bill Nelson's Be Bop Deluxe were something of a diamond in the rust. Raiding The Divine Archive collates some of the Wakefield quartet's most precious jewels, the sparkling wonder of 'Maid In Heaven' shines as brightly today as ever and is worthy of the cover price alone. Elsewhere you'll find the reggae-tinged audacious groove of 'Ships In The Night' and the melodic guitar intricacies of 'Life In the Air Age'. Be Bop Deluxe dealt in classic rock complexity allied to Bill Nelson's sci-fi lyricism and virtuoso fretboard wizardry, yet Nelson's compositions were always gloriously tight and utterly untouched by his peers' unfortunate penchant for directionless flights of self-indulgent fancy. This is divinity indeed, and entirely timeless in its unique celestial vision. Harvest. EMI.