◇ image via WikipediaBetter the Devil You Know
Better the Devil You Know is a Disco act. Their sound grew out of Michael Hutchence. Those roots explain a lot about how Better the Devil You Know arrange songs and choose their tones. Their influence carried into Steps and Leon Jackson, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 3 connections around Better the Devil You Know, reaching back through Michael Hutchence and forward to Steps. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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"Better the Devil You Know" is a song by Australian singer Kylie Minogue, taken from her third studio album Rhythm of Love (1990). The song was written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman and was released as the album's lead single on 30 April 1990 by PWL and Mushroom Records. "Better the Devil You Know" is known as the song that re-invented Minogue with more sex appeal, as her previous albums were presented with her "girl next door" persona. Her music onwards presented a more independent approach.
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Better the Devil You Know grew out of Michael Hutchence, went on to shape Steps and Leon Jackson. 3 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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