Pleasure Victim

Heavy on synthesizers and sultry lyrics, Berlin burst onto the music scene with this 1982 offering. Terri Nunn’s languid vocals meld effortlessly with the soaring synthesizer riffs on this album creating a mixture of upbeat and brooding songs that glide along until the album is over before you know it. It’s a shame that this California new wave band is best known for the song Take My Breath Away from the movie Top Gun (which is NOT on this album by the way) because it doesn’t do justice to their real sound. Songs of note on this CD are Sex (I’m a…) which was banned by some radio stations due to its graphic lyrics, The Metro and Masquerade, all singles which charted. For me though the best song on this CD is the title cut, Pleasure Victim, which showcases the band’s smooth flowing sound. A great listen, this album never gets old for me.