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Wishful Thinking
Remix album by
ReleasedNovember 1985
GenreSynthpop
Length41:22
LabelZTT
ProducerTrevor Horn, Stephen Lipson
Propaganda chronology
A Secret Wish
(1985)		Wishful Thinking
(1985)		1234
(1990)
Propaganda Wishful Thinking Rarest

Wishful Thinking is a 1985 remix album by the synthpop band Propaganda.

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Overview[edit]

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Originally released November 1985, Wishful Thinking was initially put together as a promo for the American club market, composed of remixes of tracks from the album A Secret Wish. It was compiled by Paul Morley and tape operator Bob Kraushaar[1] without input from the group themselves, who objected to its release in Europe.

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'Abuse' (in two parts) are remixes of 'Dr. Mabuse', 'Machined' is a remix of 'P:Machinery', 'Laughed!' is a remix of 'Sorry for Laughing', 'Loving' and 'Loved' are remixes of 'The Murder of Love', 'Jewelled' is a hybrid remix of 'Duel' and 'Jewel', and 'Thought' is a short instrumental remix of the group's unreleased cover of Throbbing Gristle's 'Discipline'.

The painting on the cover was created by the group's singer, Claudia Brücken.[2]

The album's liner notes contain a quote by the German writer and philosopher Goethe: 'Und umzuschaffen das Geschaffene, Dass sich's nicht zum Starren waffne, Wirkt ewiges lebendiges Thun.'[citation needed] Which translates as follows: 'And refashioning the fashioned, lest it stiffen into iron, is work of endless vital activity.'

'Abuse' (in a slightly edited form) was used as the opening titles theme for the 1987 John Hughes film Some Kind of Wonderful. The track is not on the film's soundtrack album.[citation needed]

'Jewelled' was used for many years as the theme music for the BBC's Lombard/RAC Rally coverage.[citation needed] The Seven Network in Australia also used the piece as the theme music for all of their motor sports coverage in the late 1980s.[citation needed]

Releases[edit]

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'Wishful Thinking' was not released on CD in the UK until 1994, when ZTT were reissuing their 80's back-catalogue to celebrate their 10th anniversary as a label. However, the CD originally made a brief, unpromoted appearance at UK retail in limited quantities in the summer of 1988. Distributed by Island Records, they were marked 'For Export Only' and carried the catalogue number ZCIDQ20.[3]

The CD was reissued on the German Repertoire label in 2000 (catalogue number REP 4901), and contained an expanded 6 page booklet featuring an essay by Jerry Ewing on the history of the band.

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A remastered CD of Wishful Thinking was released on 4 June 2012, as part of ZTT/Salvo's Element series. It contains six bonus tracks, five of which appear to be 'previously unreleased'.[4]

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Track listing[edit]

Original track listing[edit]

A - HERE
  1. 'Abuse' – 3:26
  2. 'Machined' – 6:45
  3. 'Laughed!' – 8:42
  4. 'Loving' – 0:47
B - THERE
  1. 'Jewelled' – 7:44
  2. 'Loved' – 6:42
  3. 'Abuse' – 4:17
  4. 'Thought' – 2:39

2012 Reissue[edit]

  1. 'Abuse'
  2. 'Machined'
  3. 'Laughed'
  4. 'Loving'
  5. 'Jewelled'
  6. 'Loved'
  7. 'Abuse'
  8. 'Thought'
  9. 'Strength to Dream (Outtake 04.02.84)'
  10. 'p:Machinery (The Beta Wraparound)'
  11. 'The Murder of Love (Murderous Instrumental)'
  12. 'Dr Mabuse (Outtake 24.04.85)'
  13. 'Frozen Faces (A Secret Sense of Rhythm)'
  14. 'p:Machinery (The Voiceless Beta Wraparound Edit)'

References[edit]

  1. ^Album sleeve notes
  2. ^Album sleeve notes
  3. ^http://www.zttaat.com/detail.php?item=922
  4. ^https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B007VXP2UW
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