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Send Me An Angel '89 Send Me an Angel '89 releases some material from Real Life's prior Australian albums Heartland and Flame which never seem to have been available in the states. Luckily, between this cd and Let's Fall In Love almost all of the material from those two albums are still available. Both of these cds are getting pretty tough to find, though, as is the nature of older new wave. Despite the fact that the "album" is really just a collection of songs, I really like this cd and always have. Real life had a lot of talent. Most of the best songs from period are on this album, leaving poor Let's Fall in Love to make do with only a few really good songs and a lot of filler. The cd starts out with the classic "Send Me An Angel '89" which is, not suprisingly, the 1989 remix of the song. "Angel" is justifiably one of the classic new wave songs of the 80s, although it was never well known until it was already several years old. I've even seen this on a few 80s compilations, as testament to its hit power. Interestingly enough, "Angel" was almost completely a synth song, and most of Real Life's biggest hits are synth songs. However, the next two songs, "Face To Face" and "Catch Me I'm Falling" have quite a bit of guitar mixed in with them. I think these two are as good as "Angel" and "Catch Me" was at least a hit in its own right. "Always" is a happy song, kinda unique for the genre, in a way. Although not as memorable as the first three, it's still a good song, and served as the b-side to "Angel" if I remember correctly. "Babies" is also a good song, although again, not in the calibre of the first few songs. It is a song "blessed" with some very odd lyrics that make for interesting listening. After "Babies" is another "dance" mix of the title track, that merely makes it a little bit longer. After this, the cd goes slightly downhill, with songs that are decent enough but not really remarkable, including "Hammer of Love," "Night After Night," "One Blind Love" and "No Shame." Of the bunch, "One Blind Love" stands out as the only slow song, so at least it's a little different. Overall, this isn't remarkable all the way through, but none of it is bad, and when it's good, it's really good.