The Best Of Nudimension
''The Best of Nudimension'' is a greatest hits album by 1980s French Canadian synthpop group Nudimension. It includes the majority of their tracks recorded between 1981 and 1989. Songs are in French and English including the singles " Amour Programmé" and "Rendez-vous" (the anglophone version of original release " Obsession"). Nudimension stopped recording around 1991. ''The Best of'' is a re-master and re-release by Musi-Video Records (Canada) in July 2009, produced by original band member Marc Fontaine. Track listing The track list on the original album: # " Amour Programmé" (Fontaine, Rondeau) – 4:11 # "Another Broken Heart" – 4:04 # "Automatique" – 3:56 # "Big Boy" – 3:40 # "Femme En Amour" – 4:28 # "Hors La Loi" (Louie Louie version) – 4:17 # "Hors La Loi (Anne-Marie Cyr version) – 3:47 # "Hot Pursuit (instrumental" – 2:50 # "Mondo Erotico (instrumental)" – 5:01 # "Model Blues (instrumental" – 4:06 # "Nudimension Theme Song" – 3:11 # "I Need Your Lov ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nudimension
Nudimension were a francophone French Canadian new wave/synthpop band from Montréal, Canada who were active between 1982 and 1989. The band were composed of lead singer/composer Louie Louie (real name Louis Rondeau), non musician Marc Fontaine and - for a period - vocalist Anne Marie Cyr. They are best known for their 1983 single “ Amour Programmé”. The band achieved moderate success in the French-speaking regions of Canada and Europe releasing 5 singles and achieving regular radio play. The band also appeared on a number of North American TV stations during the early 1980s at the genesis of synthpop and music video. Principally recording in their native French language, they achieved crossover success in Anglophone Canada and Europe often recording English versions of their original songs. Although they ceased recording in the early 1990s, an album of greatest hits was released retrospectively in 2009 on the Musi-Video label. History Louis Rondeau (known by his stage n ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Synthpop
Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop; ) is a subgenre of new wave music that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic, art rock, disco, and particularly the Krautrock of bands like Kraftwerk. It arose as a distinct genre in Japan and the United Kingdom in the post-punk era as part of the new wave movement of the late 1970s to the mid-1980s. Electronic musical synthesizers that could be used practically in a recording studio became available in the mid-1960s, and the mid-1970s saw the rise of electronic art musicians. After the breakthrough of Gary Numan in the UK Singles Chart in 1979, large numbers of artists began to enjoy success with a synthesizer-based sound in the early 1980s. In Japan, Yellow Magic Orchestra introduced the TR-808 rhythm machine to popular music, and the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Greatest Hits
A greatest hits album or best-of album is a type of compilation album that collects popular and commercially successful songs by a particular artist or band. While greatest hits albums are typically supported by the artist, they can also be created by record companies without express approval from the original artist as a means to generate sales. They are typically regarded as a good starting point for new fans of an artist, but are sometimes criticized by longtime fans as not inclusive enough or necessary at all. It is also common for greatest hits albums to include new recordings, remixes or unreleased alternate takes of the hit songs, plus other new material as bonus tracks to increase appeal for longtime fans (who might otherwise already own the recordings included). At times, a greatest hits compilation marks the first album appearance of a successful single that was never attached to a previous studio album. History The first greatest hits album was Johnny Mathis's ''J ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Synthpop
Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop; ) is a subgenre of new wave music that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic, art rock, disco, and particularly the Krautrock of bands like Kraftwerk. It arose as a distinct genre in Japan and the United Kingdom in the post-punk era as part of the new wave movement of the late 1970s to the mid-1980s. Electronic musical synthesizers that could be used practically in a recording studio became available in the mid-1960s, and the mid-1970s saw the rise of electronic art musicians. After the breakthrough of Gary Numan in the UK Singles Chart in 1979, large numbers of artists began to enjoy success with a synthesizer-based sound in the early 1980s. In Japan, Yellow Magic Orchestra introduced the TR-808 rhythm machine to popular music, and the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Amour Programmé
"Amour Programmé" is a song by the French Canadian synthpop group Nudimension. The single is in the French language and was recorded at Fountain Studios, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Released by Illusion Records (Canada) in May 1983, it became a breakthrough single for Nudimension and was the first to feature TV presenter Anne-Marie Cyr on vocals. It achieved moderate success in French-speaking regions of Canada, charting in the top 20 francophone charts and in Europe. It was responsible for a number of Nudimension's early TV performances including Quebec TV’s prime-time ''Lautrec Show''. It was also released with a music video created by the band's Marc Fontaine, which was unusual for all but the biggest bands in 1983. The video featured footage shot during one of the band's appearances on Montreal's '' Musi-Video show'' and scenes of Louie Louie and Cyr in the studio with basic chromakey overlay effects. In 2009, two versions of the song were featured on the band's remastered ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Obsession (Nudimension Song)
"Obsession" is a song by the French Canadian synthpop group Nudimension. The single is in the French language (With the exception of a single English refrain from Anne Marie Cyr) and was recorded at Fountain Studios, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot .... Released by Saison Records (Canada) in May 1984, it became the second single for Nudimension and like most singles featured [part-time TV presenter Cyr on vocals. It would achieve moderate success in French speaking regions of Canada, charting in the top 20 francophone Québécoise charts, and in Europe. After the single charted, an English-language version (now renamed "Rendez-Vous") was recorded. The English-language version of the song was not released as a single, however in 2009 it was f ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anne-Marie Cyr
Anne Marie Cyr (born 1963) is a French Canadian singer, TV presenter and occasional model; who was active during the early 1980s. Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Cyr came to prominence in her late teens on Montreal cable television assisting and presenting on shows such as '' Musi-Video'' (a forerunner to Canada's ''MuchMusic''). She fitted in her TV presenting and pop career with studying communications at Montreal's Concordia University. While working at ''Musi-Video'', she was asked to provide female backing vocals for the synthpop band Nudimension who were appearing on the show. Originally selected to appear with Nudimension mainly for her good looks, it would soon become apparent to band founders Louis Rondeau and Marc Fontaine that Cyr was also a very competent, bilingual vocalist, and she was retained to work on the band's two albums (one in French and the other in English). She would go on to become the band's most prominent female vocalist; although she was ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2009 Greatest Hits Albums
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