★★★★★
Although my tastes in porn don't run to designer whips, Terri Nunn's sex-object impersonation on the cunningly entitled "Sex (I'm a . . .)" generates a mild buzz. But that's the only good part--the rest is flimsy synth-pop sans even a flash of pink, unless songs about the Metro make you wet your pants.
- www.robertchristgau.com
2009-07-10
★★★★★
Despite a string of hit singles, including "Sex (I'm a...)" and "Take My Breath Away," in the Eighties, Los Angeles-based synth-pop band Berlin are not an act the world has been clamoring for to reunite. Lucky Berlin. On Voyeur, the revamped band's first studio album in sixteen years, Berlin and the still coquettish-after-all-these-years lead vocalist Terri Nunn, take advantage of the lack of expectations to introduce the updated version of the group...
- www.rollingstone.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
Has any band in the history of music (okay, I realize this sounds like major hyperbole, but stick with me) ever suffered such a significant blow to its credibility as Berlin did when they recorded "Take My Breath Away," for the soundtrack to Top Gun?
Think about it for a minute.
When the band first appeared in 1982 with their infamous single, "Sex (I'm A . . .)," they weren't exactly putting out a shiny, happy, fun-for-the-whole family vibe...
- www.popmatters.com
2008-11-11
★★★★★
Don't know if the world was waiting or even ready for an in-concert Berlin record, but Berlin Live: Sacred and Profane holds more guts than expected considering the vast keyboard capacity of Terri Nunn's vehicle. Berlin's always been about Nunn's visuals and vocalizing, and, give the girl credit -- her presence brought her fame. Here, Nunn shines like the tarnished star she is, scarred but smarter from her heady '80s heyday...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
★★★★★
Has any band in the history of music (okay, I realize this sounds like major hyperbole, but stick with me) ever suffered such a significant blow to its credibility as Berlin did when they recorded "Take My Breath Away," for the soundtrack to Top Gun?
Think about it for a minute.
When the band first appeared in 1982 with their infamous single, "Sex (I'm A . . .)," they weren't exactly putting out a shiny, happy, fun-for-the-whole family vibe...
- www.popmatters.com
2008-08-03
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