The Friday Morning Quarterback' /11,11111 Report
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
',le Our 10 ofSenoce-'"th toY ear --;--Broadcast the APRIL 18, 1986 iMusic Industries 4\ THE FRIDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK' /11,11111 REPORT EXECUTIVE MEWS • 1930 EAST MARLTON PIKE. F36 • CHERRY HILL. NEW JERSEY 08003 • (609) 424-9114 Hard Choices JQsURNEYie "ReIS Of\l RADIO",a COLUMBIA teve Perry 's solo album prove the essence „. ou aont neeu a weather- of their appeal could almost be distilled to man to know wvich way the wind blows--and "Your one vital member--and the variety of success- Wildest Dreams" track record alone should be ful styles demonstrated the band's potential more than enough motivation for depth album for even more diversity. Now Journey tightens exposure. It's the play-up dominator with 23 down to the three principals Perry, Schon and (new on 11, now on 124), and home free with a Cain--and their closeknit chemistry proves powerful 15-5 airplay romp. Requests? Try that less can be a lot more, esp. to the third debut #4 with 21 "excellent" mentions and 26 power! You've got that killer radio track with more "good" ones. The people are obviously the title, a multi-format monster with "Suzanne", frothing for more--and from their best of the world class backup material like "Girl Can't decade, you've got to deal with "The Other Side Help It", the out-and-out CHR smash "I'll Be 00f Life" and listen to "Rock And Roll Over You." Alright Without You" and even the urbanesque "Once You Love Somebody". And, of course, tha 38 SPECIAL "LIKE NO OTHER NIGHT", A glels With an enviable growth curve and a million new #1 single, "Be Good To Yourself". Ultimate units in the bag the last time out, it's about synergy? It's bigger than that. time this act had a shot at that really huge record. They maintain their signature intro PLIERWith M BsR4kLe" "Gnase etm Eîrio'ilitkErFsf and and vocal sound--and with help from Adams Family "Shock The Monkey" to his credit, any new member Jim Vallance, the unique one-cut CD is Gabriel that gets you without his patented time the tool for the job for multi-platinum delay quirkamatic hook seems..well..sort of penetration. naked in a department store. This time his trend radar shines--cause we all know that Funkgroove AIEJP 'N l t "STAU,S" MUP!CURY„, is just about where it's at. Love those Winwood- Non meta ans will àeride tne vocal sim- ian vocals, Tony Levin's boss bass and the real ilarities artist to artist--but even possibility of triple format exposure. Eric Clap to n would have to tip his hat to the flame throwing finger gymnastics. This 'QQI.DEILEARRING. "QUIET EyES", 21/6TÇO... break will burn the hair off your tonearm-- Yes, they are quite adept at video rock--out guaranteed. And phones? We're betting that doesn't mean they can't be huge on the radio number one requested after one play. Best again. Don't be duped by "chicken or burgers but metal number of the year--and a close not both" mindset. With the right song and sound, second to "We Are The World" in the pop Golden Earring's special touch can actually broad- charity division, cast pictures over the air! And--if the Doors were still recording today, wouldn't they soLnd just like this? We thought you'd think so. RUBBER RODEO, "SUVERJR",, MEytCURsy ,„Paul thinks it sounds like Bryan Ferry meets Fleetwood Mac. And with ace producer Ken (Bowie, Tubes, upertramp, Missing Persons, Devo) Scott at the helm, there's ample room for comparison. Please--get past any name (Video act? Too modern! Too twangy? Too weird!) hang- ups you have and get into a terrific song from a musically unique and truly talented original rock and pop combo. Reacdon Records a.,_"whEp,-- IRE LIEMT !RULES In !IND", eiFjUic GIUFFRIAJ II I MUST BE II I e They're definitely in charge ot the lost Added this reg and the gang's savvy remake claims another week--and 108 adds looks like the new number to 26 reports--good for this week's longest 71-49 beat for OTB response to a "new" act (not that Primer, with a little help from increases at Howe and Hackett have exactly stepped up from KGB, WCCC, and KRQU. It's now on 55 with 9 "4" Holiday Inn status). The song's in at #18, w-th or better emphasis mentions, including KUPD, average play of just over "3" emphasis...23 Check- WKQQ, WLAV, WLLZ and KOZZ. KUPD reports "ex- listers rated the song a four-star classic, high- cellent" phones, with "good" calls at WRXL, WKQQ, lighted by: Mark Chernoff, WNEW, "What Asia should WEBN, KBER, KISS, KDKB, WOUR and 4 more. have been"...Steve Becker, WKFM, "The next new major act"...Bill Evans, WLUP, "AOR homerun"... JOE JACKSON,, "RIGHT AND 'cl,ROn". W u . Lee Roberts, KICT, "Technorock at its finest"... It s one or our strongest ..hecklisters this week, Dana Brown, WQFM, "What Asia wanted to be when it with 41 building, 20 maintaining, none dropping, grew up"...John Russell,KFOG, "Sounds like another and 10 more considering., ,Joe's 35-23 Song move great collaboration"...RobinMathieu, WBLM, "A ranks #5 in points and positions, and the National guaranteed top 10 track"...Mark Devine, WRKI, "The (21-16) and Metro (23-17) Underlines place #4 GTR does not disappoint. In fact, it's better in points...There's new air on 16, airplay now on 93, with 10 max and 11 increases (WRCN, KILO, than expected". WRDU, WCCC, WOUR). I OU _gEEIJ "NO MONEY _DOW. RCA„ , Lou looks good with 25 fast backers and a #86 debut, and the radio reviews say to expect the interest to build pronto: WMMR's Erin Riley awards four-star status, saying "In Lou we trust".,. "Extremely accessible" said CFNY's Don Berns...WKDF's David Hall agrees, "Has a strong shot" ...From KAZY's Zak Phillips, "Another instant classic"...WPLR's Amanda Tepper sez, "I'm grinning over it"... KZEW's Cindy Bailen adds "Another stride toward mass appeal"..."It's great" came from KGON's Inessa York... "He just keeps getting better" reviewed WBAB's Ralph Tortora..."Unbeatable" according to WLUP s Bill Evans ...And WXRK's Mark DiDia calls it "Perfect fcr us." 01986 FRIDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK ALBUM REPORT INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PRINTED AND FIRST PUBLISHED IN USA. THE OODELS.. "OUT OF MIND. OUT Of ,GEFEEN... As we've said for a couple of weeks now--this ' one s moments from smash status. 'Excellent - phones now include WLUP, WLIR, WPLR, WMGM, WHE8 and KRNA, with "good" calls from WEBN, KBER, WQFM, KSHE, WLAV, KRKE, WPYX and 3 more. 16 more adds bring the Lp on at #40 on the Metro list, and give it our third longest 45-36 National move...Also check the 58-47 Song Primer. Play ups include WBRU, WPLR, KMOD and WHMD...Amanda Tepper, WPLR, sez "The Models are starting to pull some really serious phones. I smell a hit here",. ,From The Roz at WLLZ, "Podell and I both think 'Out Of Mind, Out Of Sight' is an incredibly indicative, roll-down-the-convertible-top -summertime type of tune"., And WKQQ's Rob Ellis calls it "A cut that will give your current playlist a different dimension. Straight ahead rock 'n' roll with a sort of quirk to it." ICF OUSE, nén pRomEsii.,CHMALIdS... Though it's early, the phones are starting to perk up: KBER, irRB, W1FM, KUL. WHMU,d_ WLI R an 5 more list "good" to "excellent" calls...14 more adds give "Promises" 41 to date, powering up the second strongest 83-62 Song Primer...KROQ's Rick Carroll predicts, "This is an absolute smash. A #1 song. And there's no question CHR will beat AOR to the punch on this one". .Will we turn our backs on a major hit to be? Have too many album radio programmers lost confidence in their hit radar? Watch this space and find out!!! JOHN "JUNGLE CQuitIBIÎG „ They sure know about this guy in the Northeast corridor-- K's mark Dium caught t he act pien y in Philly, "The record of the week and best new artist of the year so far. After just a couple of plays this weekend, it's showed up on the Top 10 at 10 ever since".. .Erin Riley, WMMR, Sez, "Good backbeat--great song!"...WLIR's Larry Dunn raves, "Yowsa ! Dance, jump, and turn it up"...From WAAF's Russ Mottla, "Great song, great big production"..."Real catchy" said KRKE's Jessie Brice..."Good initial effort' was the word from WLUP's Bill Evans...And KWHL's Kevin Vargas reviews, Irnlia solid track".. ,New on 13, debut #99. Buzzbands BOB JUNGKLI3S, "b0Y,STOWil".., MANHATTAN. The stellar early st ats don't lie—this song has the goods. IU adds anC z9 stations o date bring it on at #82, with the following Checklist highlights: Joe "Real catchy" Blood, KEZO ...Rob "this guy can write" Ellis, WKQQ...Robin "on the money sound" Matthieu, WBLM... Lee "fine young energyn- Tandall, WLVQ...Russ "strong rock 'ria —r-UIT song" Mottla, WAAF...Bob "derivative &if excellent" Bailey, WKLS...Linda "Bruce, watch out!!" Land, WLNZ...Ciii7,7-"Tisteners are calling when they hear it" Bailen, KZEW...MTUF7é1 "hot hook" Davis, KFMG...Mark "terrific record" Chernoff, WNEW... And Garrett "g-éTun7,5- great test results" Hart, WGLU...Will be Fi-(57 KROje //pu 1MiKiING THE, ,NIGFIT,"„.