Tomorrow Belongs to Me

Extremely good 70s rock

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band were primarily known as a live sensation, and listening to Tomorrow Belongs to Me, that tracks. You can feel that the album misses some of the vicious punch a live show would have carried, pushing boundaries into the genuinely over the top, but even reined in for the studio it's intense. Theatrical, flamboyant, swinging between self-confidence and self-deprecation, drawing heavily on music hall, cabaret, and French chanson, then layered over with hard rock, blues rock, and a Zappa-esque sense of sprawl.

'Working class glam king' is a genuinely apt description of what's happening here, and it's a shame the band has been somewhat overshadowed by the more celebrated glam acts, Bowie and the Spiders, Roxy Music, T. Rex.

Their influence is undeniable regardless. You can draw a direct line from Harvey through to Nick Cave, Bon Scott of AC/DC, Iggy Pop and even Robert Smith of The Cure, and plenty of others. Hearing where some of my own favourite artists actually came from was worth the listen on its own.

Very out there but cool in a mythical prog album way.

Another case of ramble rant man talking over decent rock music

Favourite songs: Shake That Thing, Soul in Chains, Snake Bite, Give My Compliments to the Chef

Least favourite songs: The Tale of the Giant Stoneater

3 /5

The last Alex Harvey, Next!, was on the OG list- 826/1089 in my own generator journey- and no I do not have any strong feelings pertaining to it, though it seems I enjoyed it from my short review. I never would have expected him or his Sensational band to resurface on this website, though!

-Alright, off to a decent start. Bluesy ("Soul in Chains")

-"The Tale of the Giant Stoneater" is batshit, best song so far

-God I need the full Cabaret soundtrack sung by the Alex Harvey band after that title track

Bold mash of genres, though like Next!, it's an inconsistent album, buoyed by some neat guitar lines and Alex's inimitable brogue.

Don't love it, but I respect it

HL: "The Tale of the Giant Stoneater", "Shark Teeth", title track

March 6, 2026

The theatricality of it is fun. Musically it's a bit too 70s for me but it's not bad. The album cover is rad.

Very odd and a bit all over the place, but that added to the allure. Worth its place on the list.

Hell yeah! Very weird, very Glaswegian, very brilliant. Six stars! (five plus a Scottish bonus point!)