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1989

By 1988,Cretu said in a recent interview, he thought he had run out of new ideas. One would not have been able to infer that in the steady stream of collaborations that continued through the '80's and into the '90's.

HUBERT KaH released "Sound of My Heart" in Germany on Intercord Records ( CD Blow Up INT 865.500 ), Europe ( UK, France CD on RCA Records ZD 74138.) RCA was the same label that had released an early and highly collectible 7" of Sandra's "Maria Madgalena" in 1985 ( RCA PB-40315 ), United States ( Curb Records CRBD-10618 ). And later - in 1996 - the album was re-issued by Polydor, the label to which HUBERT KaH is currently signed, in a digitally re-mastered issue ( 533 760-2.) The album yielded a number of Billboard dance-chart hits to follow up on the success of 1986's hit "Limousine". The new hits were "Welcome","Machine Gun" ,"So Many People"; and, to a lesser degree "It's Me, Cathy " ( Follow My Heart ) all released on CD-singles except for the last one that was pressed on CD only in a promotional issue. The album was also issued in Japan like all HUBERT KaH's albums to that date, as the group was a success there.

Versatile and multi-faceted as Michael Cretu's talent manifested itself, his collaborations reflected that versatility. Sandra's sunny and summery sound of "Into a Secret Land" was still resonating with the 1989 release of a re-mixed and extended "We'll Be Together". HUBERT KaH's polished Hi-NRG gems were heard in clubs and some radio-stations with lyrics on technology, world politics and military might. A lesser-known collaboration of the same period was with the famous French diva Sylvie Vartan. Michael Cretu co-wrote - with Didier Barbelivien - and produced the hits "C'est Fatal" and "Ca Va De Soi". The songs appeared on the CD "Confidantes". Later on, a version of "C'est Fatal" sung in Italian, that was never released before, appeared by the title"E Fatale" alongside the French version on a compilation by Sylvie Vartan entitled "La Storia 1989 / 1993 La Chronique des Meilleurs Souvenirs de Sylvie Vartan" ( Phonogram Philips 518688 2.) The inclusion of two versions of that song indicates that Vartan specially liked it. The song is a dramatic and powerful ballad both in tune and lyric. Cretu's explosive drums magically blend with Sylvie Vartan's voice at a memorable moment of touching and tragic sound. The song is a noteworthy work from Michael Cretu.

Michael Cretu ~ "…sometimes I ask Sandra's advice because she is a totally undogmatic listener….she's got this incredible instinct where she can tell me things that have always proved right."

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