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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to include Antena’s shelved Island Records demo, adjacent B-sides and rarities, plus an expansive essay and previously unpublished photographs.

TRACK LISTING

Isabelle Antena - Play Back
Isabelle Antena - Easy Street
Isabelle Antena - Seaside Weekend
Isabelle Antena - Ten Minutes
Isabelle Antena - How Can They Tell
Isabelle Antena - Be Pop
Isabelle Antena - Magic Words
Isabelle Antena - Booby Trap
Isabelle Antena - Life Is Too Short
Isabelle Antena - Mummy’s Not At Home Tonight
Isabelle Antena - Don’t Think About It
Isabelle Antena - Time To Work
Isabelle Antena - Blow The World Away
Isabelle Antena - Behind The Door
Antena - Be Pop (12” Mix)
Antena - Life Is Too Short (New Dance 12”)
Antena - Mummy’s Not At Home Tonight (1983 Island Demo)
Antena - Achilles (1983 Island Demo)
Antena - Be Pop (1983 Island Demo)