Space Cadet Writes

Rip It Up, Issue 216, 1 August 1995, Page 11

Space Cadet Writes

I must assert a couple of points regarding Darren Hawkes’ review of the one and only cloudboy CD (RIU 7/95). Foremost is this ‘album’ tag: it seems Darren was disappointed with the CD’s scope as an ‘album’. As a more marketable term, we here at Space Cadet Academy Productions might be stretched to label the CD as a minialbum (but won’t), where theoretically it ‘is’ a single which showcases the title track three times. First up, track one is ‘cloudboy’, and the last eight minutes on the disc are credited seventh as ‘cloudboy reprise’, which contains an uncredited ID point (PQ 8) separating the two distinct halves. The conjoining five tracks clock in at well under 20 minutes in playing time, and this is duly reflected in the recommended retail price of $19.95 (and if your local store won’t comply, then send the loot to IRM, PO Box 5065, Dunedin, and a copy will be fastposted your way). The debut cloudboy album comes later, ‘cloudboy’ should never contain any upper case characters. Happy? (It’s not an album, its a concept disc.) Hag, Official Spokesperson of the Space Cadet Academy, Dunedin.