Captain Sensible

Women and Captains First
$36.49
The good captain's two weird and wondeful chart toppers-the joke rapping "Wot" and "Happy Talk" (from the musical South Pacific) are included alongside other equally ridiculous concepts ranging from country western to cabaret. After buying this on vinyl when it first came out at Wax Trax Records in Chicago, it's great to have a remastered cd with the bonus tracks, most of them are b-sides. Also, one of the best album covers I've ever seen.

The Best of Captain Sensible: Sensible Lifestyles
$15.98
'He said, 'wot?'
We heard this song in Amsterdam played over a channel selection guide on TV and it literally took me years to track it down. Yes, the rest of the album is bizarre, but this song was in my head for so long. I'm thrilled/relieved/deliriously happy to finally have it on disc to play endlessly. And relive Amsterdam.

No. 1 UK Music Magazine 14 April 1984: The Cure, Captain Sensible, Nik Kershaw, Culture Club
$6.00
No. 1 was a UK music weekly. This issue is dated 14 April 1984. Cover story on The Cure; other featured artists include Nik Kershaw, Captain Sensible, Culture Club, Howard Jones, The Alarm, Thompson Twins, and more. Also the music charts for the week.

Collection
$10.98
includes most tunes from women and captains first (the better album of the two covered by this compilation, by far) and slightly fewer from the power of love (also a bonus single cut, more snakes than ladders). the w & c stuff is interestingly reminiscent of pop-ed out syd barrett and piper at the gates of dawn era floyd while the power stuff is decidedly more pop than psychedelic. overall a very worthwhile collection (content and budget-wise) for damned/captain fans but would not replace both albums for the hardcore completist. oh... don't expect punk rock here.