Thursday 1 September 2016

Amy Grant - Stepping in Your Shoes (1985)



DON'T OVERLOOK THIS ONE!

This track has everything you want in a dark horse 80s mega hit. Fantastic lead vocals, killer hooks, synth, and of course some FM BAAAAAAAASS! They seem to be layering the FM Bass with a real bass here, which seems like the take away secret move from the 80s. Where you don't just have the FM Bass or the real bass on their own, but you layer them together by carefully slotting the EQ and then sending them to a dedicated compressor buss. I am only using my ears to determine this, but when you have spent an entire summer analyzing whether a bass is FM or not, you kind of get an ear for it. I hear real bass articulation, but I also hear FM bass style sploinks and that warm metallic flavour (wouldn't be 80s otherwise.)

This is a really understated track, but there is nothing at all stopping it from becoming a regular track in your rotation. Do your self a favour and just hit play! Do it! Do it now!

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