Of The Heart, Of The Soul And Of The Cross: The Utopian Experience

Performer: P.M. Dawn
Engineer: John Sherwood; Scott Harding
Producer: P.M. Dawn
Distributor: Alternative Dis. Alliance

Notes: Recording information: Berwick Street Studios, London, England; Gee Street Studios. Photographers: Andy Earl; Frankie Laine. OF THE HEART, OF THE SOUL AND OF THE CROSS is a particularly imaginative, literate take on hip-hop. With lush instrumental backing and a vulnerable lyrical stance, PM Dawn pushes at the genre's perimeters, injecting the form with sentimentality and gentleness. The album produced one huge chart success--the loftily titled "Set Adrift On Memory Bliss" makes generous use of Spandau Ballet's none-too-macho '80s classic "True" as the backbone for a weary tale of love gone wrong. The interweaving lines and philosophical wordplay of "Even After I Die" help to propel OF THE HEART into the realm of pure poetry, and assure its unique place in hip-hop history.

Spin - Ranked #10 in Spin's list of the 20 Best Albums Of 1991. Spin (8/91) - Highly Recommended - "...an eye-popping, jaw-dropping, from- God's-mouth-to-your-ear debut....knockout vocal arrangements..." Entertainment Weekly (11/15/91) - "...Far from abandoning rap, P.M. Dawn help to take it in new directions....Light on percussion and heavy on melodic, visionary lyrics..." - Rating: A Q - One of Q Magazine's 50 best albums of 1991. Q (11/96, p.155) - 4 Stars (out of 5) - "...this strangely serene debut album...widened rap's horizons. Where gangsta-isms were very much the order of the day...[P.M. Dawn] made languid, Daisy Age-inspired pop-rap tunes that had little or nothing to do with the 'hood, but everything to do with Utopia....Out of sync, definitely, but a beautiful record..." Melody Maker (12/91) - Ranked #18 in Melody Maker's list of the top 30 albums of 1991. New York Times (Publisher) (1/1/92) - "While Prince and others groped for a merger of pop melody, rap grit and spiritual aspirations, P.M. Dawn found it, on an album that effortlessly moves between the earthy and the light-headed."

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