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This album, David's first for Arista, was withheld from the American market upon its original release in 1985. Which, one suspects, may have sparked some second-guessing in the label's corporate suites after it scored a Top Ten hit in the UK with “The Last Kiss,” which featured George Michael on vocals. “She Knows All about Boys” was a European smash as well, while the album itself went to #20 on the British charts. Romance is also notable for being the only ‘80s release from the former Partridge Family teen idol, and for the production and songwriting work of Alan Tarney (a-ha, Squeeze, Leo Sayer, Matthew Sweet). Nevertheless, this reissue marked the first time Romance had been released in any form in the U.S. Mike Ragogna's liner notes place this long-lost recording in context of Cassidy's one-of-a-kind career. 1. Romance (Let Your Heart Go) 2. Touched by Lightning 3. The Last Kiss 4. Thin Ice 5. Someone 6. The Letter 7. Heart of Emotion 8. Tenderly 9. She Knows All About Boys 10. Remember Me
This album has been overlooked for so long, so many times....even TV biographies on David (including his own TV movie!) basically ignore anything he had to do from 1980-1989, acting like he was wandering the streets asking for handouts. HARDLY the case, he was very busy and in the middle of the 80's he teamed up with super producer Alan Tarney for this album. It is a shame it has been out of print for so long, but now those absurd $300+ auctions and bootlegs can end. The original album, as it was. No extra tracks, but there were numerous 12" singles put out and all of them had different versions of songs here. Still, you get what you need right here.The liner notes here graciously acknowledge George Michael and Basia for their contributions, but what isn't mentioned is the fact that production for "The Last Kiss" essentially recycles Tarney's work with Cliff Richard for "Young Love" in 1982. They slowed the song down & applied the new lyrics. Tarney did that alot when producing, his own version of "Mash Up" before there was such a thing...likewise, "Remember Me" on this Cassidy album shows up a couple years later on a Cliff Richard album with a different tempo & lyrics (if you're a fan of Alan Tarney's work, tell me Cliff Richard couldn't have taken a-ha's "Take On Me" to the top!!)...Tarney was amazing and Cassidy is in top form on "Romance".Don't wait and let it slip by out of print again. A strong companion to this is "His Greatest Hits Live" on Starblend from 1986, both the CD and the video. His rocking version of The Beach Boys "Darlin'" is flawless.There are "essential albums of the 80's" and "ESSENTIAL ALBUMS OF THE 80's!"...this is the latter.
