My first thought whenever I hear the name “Scritti Politti” is “aren’t they the ones that got nabbed for miming?” but no, that’s Milli Vanilli.
And once I’ve realised that, I remember that they’re the ones behind The Word Girl (“The first time baby that I came to you, for I’d do things that you want me to”), a reggae-based bit of absolute Eighties pop.
And the rest of the tunes on the album, while not all reggae-based, are some above-average complexity synth-pop tunes led by Green Gartside. The blippedy-bloppedy chime tones of the Fairlight CMI synthesiser are all over this album, rendering it very much of a time and place. Which I think is the point of including it. A Little Knowledge is a slower piece, delicately decorated with electric piano twinkles with Gartside delivering breathy vocals that make it sound a little like George Michael (Father Figure in particular). Don’t Work That Hard, meanwhile, is a funky little number with slap bass where Gartside’s fey vocals make it sound more like a Michael Jackson tune – it's a little hidden gem of Eighties funk-pop. Not especially my preferred genre, and so it's one that I can appreciate without feeling much need to return to it.
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