Broadcast (studio album)
by Cutting Crew

Broadcast by Cutting Crew
Year: 1986
Overall rank: 23,189th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
67/100 (from 33 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1986 (305th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (3,026th)
Award Best albums of all time (23,189th)
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Average Rating: 
67/100 (from 33 votes)
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85/100
From 06/08/2018 21:01
This is a favourite mid eighties synth pop/rock album of mine. Several of the tracks sit in my summer music mix and in my gym workout playlists. 'Died in Your Arms' is a personal favourite. There are no tracks which I don't like, in fact I want to get this on vinyl if I can get hold of a mint copy.

And so on 7/3/19 I happily laid the near mint recently purchased vinyl onto the platter. Definitely worth waiting for, the vinyl is much richer and provides an even better listening experience than the CD and tape versions I have. Enough for me up the rating to 85!
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From 01/16/2012 18:12
This is a paranoid pop/rock album. You'd know it by hits "(i just) died in your arms" and "i've been in love before", or maybe by lesser-charting songs like "it shouldn't take too long" or "one for the mockingbird". They kind of remind me of the poppy side of GTR or Mr. Mister.
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