JOSIE COTTON – CONVERTIBLE MUSIC

Originally released in 1982, Convertible Music kicked of a storied and perennial career of one of New Wave’s most iconic voices. Famously featured in the seminal 1983 film CD Valley Girl, Josie Cotton performed in the film’s prom scene both of her breakthrough singles, “He Could Be the One” and the controversial (still) “Johnny, Are You Queer?” This reissue represents the album’s first appearance on Compact Disc with the LP’s original artwork, plus the addition of bonus track “(Let’s Do) The Blackout,” which was the B-side of the single when it first appeared via Bomp Records. Lauded upon release, Convertible made a huge mark on the New Wave scene. AllMusicGuide called it “a classic of the whole California girly pop scene of the early ’80s, on a level with the Go Go’s (first and the debut) Bangles EP,” adding “the songs, mostly written by Cotton herself or her producers, Bobby and Laron Paine, are neat ’60s pastiches with elements of surf (the glorious opener, ‘He Could Be the One’), Shangri-Las-style melodrama (the sultry ‘I Need the Night Tonight’), and the Farfisa-driven swoony pop bliss (‘Rockin’ Love,’ ‘So Close’).”