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The album was produced by Ric Ocasek and features musical contributions from Al Jourgensen. "Kid Congo" is a homage to Kid Congo Powers, evolving from a soundcheck abstraction called "Bongo Bongo." The album was reissued on CD in 2004 by Wounded Bird, which also included the Just a Million Dreams album. Track listing
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Alan Vega's 1982 album, Saturn Strip is essentially 80s music sung in the style of doo-wop. Vega is a huge influence on singers like Bruce Springsteen and Arcade Fire's Win Butler. The album was produced by Ric Ocasek and features musical contributions from Al Jourgensen. "Kid Congo" is a homage to Kid Congo Powers.
Richard Theodore Otcasek (March 23, 1944 – September 15, 2019), known as Ric Ocasek (/ oʊ ˈ k æ s ɪ k / oh-CASS-ik), was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He was the primary vocalist, rhythm guitarist, songwriter, and frontman for the American new wave band the Cars .
Genres: New Wave, Synth Punk. Rated #313 in the best albums of 1983. Featured peformers: Alan Vega (vocals), Ric Ocasek (producer, keyboards), Thom Moore (engineer), Stephen Marcussen (mastering engineer).
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The album was produced by Ric Ocasek and features musical contributions from Al Jourgensen. "Kid Congo" is a homage to Kid Congo Powers, evolving from a soundcheck abstraction called "Bongo...
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In 1985, he released the more commercially viable Just a Million Dreams, but was dropped from his record label after its release. The album originally was set to be produced by Ric Ocasek as a follow-up to the critically acclaimed Saturn Strip (1983), but production switched over to Chris Lord-Alge and Vega ran into several difficulties during ...