Syntonic (album)

Syntonic
Studio album by Kon Kan
Released 1990 (1990)
Recorded Quadrasonic (NYC), Platinum Island (NYC), Battery Studios (NYC), Axis Studios (NYC), Ignited Productions (LA), Amigo Studios (LA) and Sam Therapy (London), 1990
Genre Synthpop, dance
Label Atlantic Records
Producer John Luongo, Barry Harris, Paul Robb, Martyn Phillips
Kon Kan chronology
Move to Move
(1989)
Syntonic
(1990)
Vida!...
(1993)

Syntonic is the second album by Canadian synthpop group Kon Kan, released in 1990 by Atlantic Records. Syntonic was the first Kon Kan album to solely feature Barry Harris; Kevin Wynne had departed the previous year.[1]

Two singles were released from the album: "Liberty!" and "(Could've Said) I Told You So", the latter featuring a recreation of Jimmy Soul's 1963 number one hit, "If You Wanna Be Happy".[2]

"Time" features a recreation of Canadian band Trooper's "We're Here For A Good Time (Not A Long Time)".

Four songs were co-written with Bob Mitchell, who had also co-written Cheap Trick's 1988 number one hit, "The Flame", and songs on Kon Kan's previous album.

Four tracks were produced or co-produced by renowned disco producer John Luongo, who had also worked with Blancmange in the early 1980s.

Two tracks were co-produced by Paul Robb, a member of Minnesota band Information Society.

"Victim" was originally a 1978 Candi Staton single. The Kon Kan version was originally conceived as a duet featuring Tim Curry and Carole Pope.

Track listing

  1. "Liberty!" – 4:59 (Barry Harris, Bob Mitchell)
  2. "(Could've Said) I Told You So" – 4:07 (Barry Harris, Bob Mitchell)
  3. "Victorious" – 4:59 (Barry Harris, Chrissie Lomax, R. Bertola)
  4. "Time" – 5:19 (Barry Harris, Bob Mitchell)
  5. "Heaven Knows (I'm Missing You)" – 4:57 (Barry Harris, Bob Mitchell)
  6. "Victim" – 6:48 (Dave Crawford)
  7. "I'll Find Another Love" – 3:55 (Barry Harris, C. Dixon)
  8. "My Camera (Oh How I Wish)" – 4:42 (Barry Harris, Bob Mitchell)
  9. "Can't Stop The Fire" – 4:40 (Barry Harris, Chrissie Lomax, Scott Humphrey)
  10. "Better Day" – 4:11 (Barry Harris, Bob Mitchell)

Personnel

References

  1. Mayes, Alison (December 16, 1990). "Kon Kan: Former small-town boy blown away by far-flung fame", Calgary Herald, p. F4.
  2. Cooper, William. "Kon Kan: Syntonic", Allmusic. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
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