Amanda Lear: Collection (1978 - 1986) [Vinyl Rip 16/44 & mp3-320] Re-up

Amanda Lear first surfaced in the early '70s as a fetishistically clothed album-cover model for Roxy Music. She was said to be a transsexual but, as she told Interview magazine, that was just a ruse dreamed up by her sponsor, David Bowie, to draw attention. Her importance to disco fans, however, began in 1977, when she recorded I Am a Photograph in Germany with production help from Tony Monn. I Am a Photograph is the first of six sleazy, hard-to-find albums in which she flaunts a voice so heavy with low notes it makes one wonder if she really isn't a man after all. But Lear's slow notes are simply an exaggeration of the whiskey-voiced sultriness created by Marlene Dietrich. That isn't to say, however, that Lear's lyrics – or the music's inverted proportions – don't exploit her mythology as a kinky concoction to the bursting point.

by Michael Freedberg, allmusic

Tracklist VNL01 - Sweet Revenge:


01. A1. Follow Me [03:51]
02. A2. Gold [03:44]
03. A3. Mother, Look What They've Done To Me [04:33]
04. A4. Run Baby Run [03:43]
05. A5. Follow Me (Reprise) [03:52]
06. B1. Comics [03:45]
07. B2. Enigma [05:13]
08. B3. The Stud [04:07]
09. B4. Hollywood Flashback [04:35]



Tracklist VNL02 - I Am A Photograph:
JP LP 1978 Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd, YX-7215-K

01. A1. Blood And Honey [04:54]
02. A2. Alphabet (Prelude In C By J. S. Bach) [04:02]
03. A3. These Boots Are Made For Walkin' [03:11]
04. A4. Tomorrow [04:13]
05. A5. Pretty Boys [02:57]
06. B1. Queen Of China-Town [04:16]
07. B2. Alligator [04:34]
08. B3. The Lady In Black [03:43]
09. B4. I Am A Photograph [04:27]
10. B5. Blue Tango [02:44]



Tracklist VNL03 - Diamonds for Breakfast:
DE LP 1980 Ariola-Eurodisc GmbH, 201 265

01. A1. Rockin' Rollin' (I Hear You Nagging) [03:06]
02. A2. I Need A Man [03:40]
03. A3. It's A Better Life [04:30]
04. A4. Oh Boy [04:30]
05. A5. Insomnia [03:16]
06. B1. Diamonds [04:57]
07. B2. Japan [03:14]
08. B3. Fabulous [05:29]
09. B4. Ho Fatto L'amore Con Me [03:17]
10. B5. When [03:29]



Tracklist VNL04 - Incognito:
DE LP 1981 Ariola-Eurodisc GmbH • 203 450

01. A1. Laziness: 'Hollywood Is Just A Dream When You're Seventeen' [04:51]
02. A2. Indifference: 'Love Amnesia' [03:52]
03. A3. Bureaucracy: 'Red Tape' [03:48]
04. A4. Fear: 'New York' [04:41]
05. B1. Pride: 'Egal' [04:11]
06. B2. Nostalgia: 'Berlin Lady' [03:25]
07. B3. Greed: 'Nymphomania' [03:30]
08. B4. Envy: 'If Was A Boy' [04:12]
09. B5. Anger: 'Made In France' [02:13]



Tracklist VNL05 - Tam-Tam:
DE LP 1983 Ariola-Eurodisc GmbH, 205 895

01. A1. Tam-Tam [03:34]
02. A2. Bewitched [04:31]
03. A3. Wicked lady [04:27]
04. A4. No Regrets [04:26]
05. B1. Magic [04:18]
06. B2. It's All Over [03:39]
07. B3. Gipsy Man [04:27]
08. B4. Music Is [03:32]



Tracklist VNL06 - Secret Passion:
FR LP 1986 Ibach Distribution CARRERE, 66. 408

01. A1. Desire [04:22]
02. A2. Wild Thing [03:39]
03. A3. I Want My Name On A Billboard [04:30]
04. A4. She Wolf [04:19]
05. B1. Mannequin [03:33]
06. B2. I'm A Mistery [04:37]
07. B3. Aphrodisiac [03:50]
08. B4. Times Up [04:57]



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