My heart lifted when this popped up.
I mean I bought this at the time and was DISAPPOINTED!! Can you believe it? I must have been mad.
(I'd loved Organisation and didn't like the more polished sound on this album but now that's all in the past).
I love the Brit Synth sound of New Wave.
OMD=*****
Rated 6/10
Papa was a rollin stone is one of the GOAT but the rest is a bit of a generic mixed bag.......
Rated 8/10
I have a soft spot for these guys- they toiled for many years and finally hit the big time.
Very cheesy 80's rock but I love it.
Rated 6/10
A few good hits but the rest is samey.
If you put all their hits in one album it would be great but they spread them across a few so........
Rated 8/10
There are some really good tracks in here- a bit samey in places and understated but a real slow burner.
Some really lovely songs.
Rated 4/10
It's ok but to be honest it's pretty bland.
Sorry.......(not sorry)
Rated 4/10
unbelievably bad.
Rip off West coast wannabes. At least they managed to get this out in the 70s and not the late 80s like many other bands who couldn't play their instruments.
I like the album cover though. Very modern.
Rated 6/10
This is quite pleasant - country rock. It's a bit of a warning where the first track is 32,000,000 listens and by the last track we're down to 200.000. What does that tell you?
I mixed it up by selecting 'random' not that it made any difference.
Rated 4/10
I'm not really a fan of this genre - there's only one song of theirs I like and it's not even on the album!
It's like this is full of songs that kinda sound like them but never quite get that hook into you.
Decidedly average.
Rated 2/10
It's not often I react badly to an album but this is so generic and devoid of originality I'm staggered.
It sounds like a hundred other bands in the same genre.
This won awards too!! Wow! There must have been a real lack of talent that year.
Rated 6/10
Really sad album but not my favourite of his. That was Starsailor.
Rated 4/10
Once again 'it's ok' but nothing special. I quite like it but there were no sounds or themes above a million other artists or albums in this genre.
It's ok but I'm just not able to judge it since it's so different from what I normally listen to.
Rated 4/10
A bit samey to other genre-specific bands.
Yawn, wish they had an original thought between them.......
Rated 6/10
It's ok but nothing special.
Rated 6/10
A bit samey when compared with other Smiths or solo albums.
I think he's missing Mr Marr.......
Rated 6/10
Could never get into these guys.
I bought 'Upside Down' but they never continued down that road and became a pop band.
Shame really.
Rated 4/10
Very much of it's time- before they hit the big time but it's pretty wishy-washy to be honest.
Not BAD bad but if they hadn't gone onto bigger things this wouldn't be here.
A shame Saturday Night Fever isn't allowed.
Rated 4/10
Boy there are some big names attached to this album but it just doesn't seem to hit the spot for me.
Goes to prove that you can't get it right all the time.
Rated 10/10
I'm not really into Bruce but this has all the hallmarks of an iconic classic.
Wrote all his songs and although nowadays some people think him a bit cheesy there are a lot of big songs on this album.
Sort of a poor man's Dylan?
