Wednesday 11 July 2012

Captain Hollywood Project 'More And More'

Chart Peak: 23

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Due for release in Britain on 25th October '93, 'More And More' has already been a hit in America and many more European countries... It is penned by the writers of the No.1 smash 'Mr Vain' and is destined to give the former Twenty 4 Seven man Captain Hollywood his first UK hit. 
He was a real captain you know, an American solider who'd been stationed in Germany. Like many of his colleagues, he gravitated towards the music business, first finding fame as a dancer and choreographer before he became a pop star, guesting with the aforementioned Twenty 4 Seven on a series of major hits in mainland Europe, including the UK smash 'I Can't Stand It'. His first solo hit places his rapping alongside a hook sung by one Nina Gerhard. Like many Eurodance hits, it aims for slightly woolly social commentary, although unlike almost all of them it was a bigger hit in the UK (where it peaked at 17) than in the UK. This pales into significance compared to its success in Germany, where it was one of the biggest sellers of all time.   I'm rather at a loss to understand why - there's nothing I can actually say is wrong with this record, but it seems devoid of distinguishing features and hard to react to in any way.

Available on: Love Is Not Sex

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