THE KANE GANG Closest Thing To Heaven [Good Sound]

Vocalists Martin Brammer born in Seaham, County Durham and Paul Woods, plus multi-instrumentalist Dave Brewis formed the trio in 1982, after meeting in small local bands, and signed to a small record label, which led to a deal with London Records in 1984.Their debut album, Bad and Lowdown World of the Kane Gang (released in the United States as Lowdown), was released the next year, and spawned two United Kingdom hit singles. These were "Closest Thing To Heaven" (#12) and a cover of The Staples Singers' "Respect Yourself" (#21). The latter was also a hit in Australia, reaching #19. The album had a decent pedigree, being produced by Pete Wingfield, and having both P. P. Arnold and Sam Brown as backing singers.The band's next album, Miracle, released in 1987, spawned two U.S. hit singles: "Motortown" (#36 U.S. / #45 UK) and another cover - this time of Dennis Edwards' "Don't Look Any Further" [3] (#64 U.S. / #52 UK).[Courtesy of Wikipedia.]--------------------Despite being a one-hit album wonder - The Kane Gang left an indelible memory of a rather strange time I was growing up in the 80s given their unique sound which I am unsure to classify as 'happy' or 'stoic' - perhaps an ambivalent bittersweet is a better word. Incidentally, Brammer is one of the writers for one of the three new songs offered in the anthology compilation album for TINA TURNER 'All The Best', titled OPEN ARMS.This is one of their songs I have on a compilation CD. 'Motortown' is the other cool song I enjoy!Enjoy...

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