Romantic Times

Lewis Baloue: Romantic Times - Digitally re-mastered edition of this 1985 album by the mysterious musician. Released as the follow-up to his 1983 album L'AMOUR, this album was issued under the name Lewis Baloue. The name may be slightly different, but this is absolutely our man: A familiar blond posing on the sleeve, a familiar, tortured voice pouring his heart out over languid synthesizers and synthetic Waltz beats. Engineer Dan Lowe, credited for working on the album at Calgary's Thunder Road Studios, remembered little about the session other than that Lewis seemed to be 'under the influence'. Yet the music is utterly captivating. The album further fleshes out the Lewis myth - we see him pictured in that white suit with his famous white Mercedes and a private jet too; we hear him focusing more intently on matters of the heart, and appearing to unravel in the process.