Scritti Politti
Cupid & Psyche 85
Label:  Warners Brothers 
Date:  1985
Length:  0:00
Format:  LP
Genre:  Rock; New Wave
  Category:  rock
    Track Listing:
      1.  
      		 Word Girl (Flesh and Blood)    
      2.  
      		 Small Talk    
      3.  
      		 Absolute    
      4.  
      		 Little Knowledge    
      5.  
      		 Don't Work That Hard    
      6.  
      		 Perfect Way    
      7.  
      		 Lover to Fall    
      8.  
      		 Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)    
      9.  
      		 Hypnotize    
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      Around the time of Cupid & Psyche 85's release, Scritti Politti mastermind Green Gartside was fond of citing deconstructionist theory as an influence on his subversion of boy-meets-girl lyrics. He might just as well have named Elvis Costello, given the trenchant nature of bubbly-on-the-surface pop tunes such as the U.S. Top 20 single "Perfect Way" ("You want a margin of error for two") and "The Word Girl" ("The girl was never real / She stands for your abuse"). With veteran Aretha/Dusty/Bee Gees cohort Arif Mardin on board for several cuts, and contributions by pop subversives such as Fred Maher and Robert Quine, Cupid remains a classic of hyperintelligent post-new-wave pop funk. --Rickey Wright