Isabella Antena

After Belgian electro-samba wunderkinds Antena split at the end of 1985, singer Isabelle Antena immediately shed her cold wave crown for a sophisticated pop princess tiara. On 1986's Martin Hayles-produced en Cavale, echos of Madonna and city pop abound, with a lipstick stain of L80s Euro dance and spilled cosmopolitan's worth of bossa nova stirred in for good measure. This elegant second chapter of a French pop diva has been expanded to include Antena's shelved Island Records demo, adjacent B-sides and rarities, plus an expansive essay and previously unpublished photographs.

1. Play Back
2. Easy Street
3. Seaside Weekend
4. Ten Minutes
5. How Can They Tell
6. Be Pop
7. Magic Words
8. Booby Trap
9. Life Is Too Short LP2: Mummy's Not at Home Tonight
10. Don't Think About It
11. Time to Work
12. Blow the World Away
13. Behind the Door
14. Be Pop (12" Mix)
15. Life Is Too Short (New Dance 12")
16. Mummy's Not at Home Tonight (1983 Island Demo)
17. Achilles (1983 Island Demo)
18. Be Pop (1983 Island Demo)