The reissue label of the West Coast, Oglio Records, is back to treat fans of alternative adult music to another morsel of 1980's hits with Flashback Cafe, Volume 2.
As compared with Oglio's other reissues, which often highlight songs or versions not previously available on CD, nearly everything on Cafe is relatively easy to obtain. However, tracks like the Psychedelic Furs "Love My Way" hit an audience which doesn't necessarily want to purchase All of This and Nothing; it's this more casual hits-fan that the package targets.
Even with this limitation, however, Cafe manages to include a pair of more difficult-to-find songs, that of 'Til Tuesday's "Voices Carry" and The Blow Monkeys "Digging Your Scene". With former 'Til Tuesday lead singer Aimee Mann's solo album delayed until 1996, the Cafe's reissue "Voices Carry" might be the only sound you'll hear of Ms. Mann in the fall.
Fans of the lighter 1980's sounds have found it hard to find a compilation for them. However, with the release of Volume 2 of the series that Oglio claims is "the best blend of 80's mellow new wave", these fans may just have found a cafe that they can call home. TRACK LISTING: David Bowie - Absolute Beginners, Talk Talk - Life's What You Make It, Howard Jones - No One Is To Blame, Yaz - Only You, Joe Jackson - Breaking Us In Two, The English Beat - Can't Get Used To Losing You, Psychedelic Furs - Love My Way, Paul Young - Come Back and Stay, The Rembrandts - Just The Way It Is, Baby, 'Til Tuesday - Voices Carry, The Blow Monkeys - Digging Your Scene, Scarlet & Black - You Don't Know, Icehouse - No Promises, Roxy Music - Avalon
