Partially recorded in New York, with several tracks produced by Arif Mardin (who had worked on Aretha Franklin’s I Say A Little Prayer, a track Green beautifully commemorates on this record) and partially in the UK, with Green and Gamson directly overseeing the process, Cupid & Psyche 85 is infused shimmering synths and the heat of classic funk. Introduced to pianist and programmer David Gamson while making of the band’s debut album Songs To Remember, Green Gartside realised he had found a creative foil to help him achieve the ambitions he had for Scritti Politti. While everything was scaled up – the ambition, the sound, the audience – the singular artistic vision that drove the group not only remained intact and undiluted in these bigger surroundings, but became more inventive, more adventurous and, ultimately, more beloved.
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From a bedsit in London to New York recording studios… Alternative acclaim to mainstream adulation… Indie label hopefuls to major signings… Despite the series of radical shifts that underpinned its creation, Scritti Politti’s second album Cupid & Psyche 85 achieved the virtually impossible. A Little Knowledge Absolute Alan Murphy Arif Mardin David Frank David Gamson Dont Work That Hard EBN (Ned Liben) Fred Maher Green Gartsid Green Gartside Hypnotize Ira Siegel J.