After Belgian electro-samba wunderkinds Antena split at the end of 1985, singer Isabelle Antena immediately shed her cold wave crown for a sophisticated pop princess tiara. On 1986’s Martin Hayles-produced En Cavale, echos of Madonna and city pop abound, with a lipstick stain of L80s Euro dance and spilled cosmopolitan’s worth of bossa nova stirred in for good measure. This elegant second chapter of a French pop diva has been expanded to include Antena’s shelved Island Records demo, adjacent B-sides and rarities, plus an expansive essay and previously unpublished photographs.

Tracklist:

LP1: Play Back
Easy Street
Seaside Weekend
Ten Minutes
How Can They Tell
Be Pop
Magic Words
Booby Trap
Life Is Too Short LP2: Mummy's Not at Home Tonight
Don't Think About It
Time to Work
Blow the World Away
Behind the Door
Be Pop (12" Mix)
Life Is Too Short (New Dance 12")
Mummy's Not at Home Tonight (1983 Island Demo)
Achilles (1983 Island Demo)
Be Pop (1983 Island Demo)

UPC: 825764119214
Label: Numero
Release Date: 2.24.23
Format: Vinyl

Isabelle Antena - En Cavale (2LP)