Wut? Cheesy cover? yeah I know. I can't help it. For some reason disco records come with some of the kookiest covers ever. To add to the perplexity of this situation, this is a concept disco album. About Romeo and Juliet. Yeah.
Couple of things though, objectively speaking - this was made in 1978. Disco gets a lot of unwarranted hate, for reasons that are quite confusing to me at this point - its popularity in the predominantly gay culture pissed off the homophobes (and still do), and its chart topping section of the genre which was at worst, inoffensive (K.C and the Sunshine Band, for example) and at best, decent, caused people to stereotype the whole genre as dismissive. Now, if you applied these standards to rock music, it would be the equivalent of someone hating rock music because of Nickelback and Creed. Disco artists like Moroder and Chic changed the game and were studio innovators - incorporating soul and funk influences to the then contemporary electronic styles. And then you have Costadinos, who released this in '78; this is probably my favourite of the genre in its original form. Stunning production, mind you.
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