MUSIC WEEK NOVEMBER 24 1984 Album reviow ratings outside Top 20 and Top 50:- '"good. "fair, 'poor sales predicted in own specialist market. Star rating under General heading indicates sales potential in general pop-rock market, with " * 'rating indicating entry into the lower holt of chart only. do what they have always done: ALPHAVILLE; Forever Young. development of rock — the so long that it's more than a little lake standards —• Tutti Frutti, WEA 240 536-1. Producers: Colin accompanying information stale, but their popularity never Top 20 What's New Pussycat, Purple Pearson and Wolfgang Loos, certainly does. Various singles, Haze, Sex Machine, etc — and Unlike fellow German B-sides and album tracks are seems to wane. Includes single deliver them in a flat English synlhesisls, Kraftwerk, Alphaville featured, including Rosalyn, I'm Just A Dog. Indie Top Ten. THE MOODY BLUES: Voices In monotone over sparse electronic seem to be in a tradition Don't Bring Me Down, I Can The Sky (The Best Of The Moody backing. No-one who buys this stretching back to Sailor and Never Say, Oh Baby Doll and I Blues). Threshold/Decca SKL LP will be disappointed because Sparks, with passing nods to Want Your Love. Good value. BLOWFLY: Electronic Banana. 5341. Red Lightnin'. RL 0054. everyone knows exactly what to early OMD and even Buggies, Distribution: Red Lightnin'. Very LIMAHL: Don't Suppose. EMI expect. The music is fairly standard elec- out of character release for Red PLML 1. tronic fare with only the single Big JACKIE WILSON: The Soul Years. Lightnin' (or just about any other IMAGINATION: Gold. R&B In Japan deserving repeated Kent, KENT 027. VARIOUS: Soul label for that matter). Electronic Records RBLP 1006 (distribution EARL KLUGH: Nightsongs. attention. Forever Young will dis- Agents, Kent, KENT 025. GENE Banana is a highly dubious, PRT). Greatest hits compilation. Capitol. EJ 24 0228 1. Producer: appoint those who buy because CHANDLER: Chess Records. highly sexist record, with Blowfly BUCKS FIZZ; I Hear Talk. RCA PL Artist. Subtitled More Late Night of the single. CXMB 7201. Jackie Wilson's LP is making all sorts of ridiculous 70397. Guitar, Klugh's new LP is rather made up of material from the claims about his sexual prowess DURAN DURAN: Arena. more adult orientated/MOR than most successful period of a 25 and preferences over a Soul Parlophone EX 26 0308 1. usual. Songs include cover THE LORDS OF THE NEW year career, — his soul days of Sonic Force-style electro backing. VARIOUS: The Hits Album. CBS/ versions of Look Of Love, Nature CHURCH; The Method To Our the late sixties/early seventies. Its over-the-top lyrics have a WEA Hits 1. Distribution WEA. Boy, Shadow Of Your Smile and Madness. IRS Records IRSA 7049. Included are Soul Galore and 1 novelty value that lasts for a track TV-advertised singles various themes, all of which are Distribution A&M, Producer; Get The Sweetest Feeling. or so, before becoming as compilation. exceptionally laid back. One for Chris Tsangarides. More 'outlaw' Another track, I Don't Want To hackneyed and predictable as CLIFF RICHARD: The Rock the maturer end of the jazz-funk rock which is far more American Lose You, also crops up on the cinema porn. Could become a Connection. EMI CLIF2. market. in its style than one might expect. Soul Agents compilation, as does cult, but exert caution over CHAS & DAVE: Greatest Hits. Stiv Bator snarls convincingly as a version of Sweetest Feeling by playing in-store. Rockney Records ROC 913. Brian James provides the Aretha's younger sister, Erma NIK KERSHAW: The Riddle. MCA ALICIA MYERS: I Appreciate. massed fuzz chords. Madness, Franklin. Interspersed among Records MCF 3245. MCA MCF 3235. Producer: Kevin blood, murder and death appear tracks from artists unknown even TWINKLE BROTHERS: Rasta STATUS QUO: 12 Golden Bars McCord. Alicia Myers' fourth regularly and that's only in the at the time are songs by the Chi- PonTop. Vista Sounds. VSLP Volume Two (and One). Vertigo MCA LP is a pleasant collection of track listing. This LP has a Lites and Gene Chandler. 4043. CLINT EASTWOOD: The QUOTV 2. TV-advertised twofor- ballads, sung with a strong genuinely epic feel about it, but Chandler's own LP is part of thepriceofone package. emotional voice. In the style of Chess' Budget Masters series and Best Of... Culture Press. VSLP Aretha Franklin and Gladys this has yet to show chartwise. includes live and studio material 5001. DILLINGER: Blackboard Knight, Myers still has her own ranging from doo-wop to soul, Jungle. Culture Press. VSLP for the mainpart produced by 5002. MICHAEL PALMER: identity and its greatly to her SYLVESTER; M1015. Cool Angella. Vista Sounds. VSLP od 50 credit that she frequently carries Tempo/Chrysalis. CHR 1492. Curtis Mayfield. 4064. Vista Sounds continues its the dull backing music. Following his excellent Rock The (each) exploration of the back- NEIL: neil's Heavy Concept Box single, M1015 sees Sylvester THE YARDBIRDS: Shapes Of catalogues of some of today's Album. WEA 240 524-1. THE ROOM: In Evil Hour. Red back with electro vengeance. An Things. Charly box 104. A seven- reggae names. The Twinkle Producer: Dave Stewart. The Flame/10 Records. RFA 42. album of quality but little album box-set which also Brothers' LP is upful and fairly 'joke' as such wears pretty thin Producers: John Porter and Tom surprise, it should please his includes an informative and well- light-weight, sounding like it about half-way through the first Verlaine. Upful and urgent many cult followers particularly illustrated album-size booklet. probably dates from the middle/ track, the single Hole In My Shoe. guitars are the hallmark of The in the high energy field. With a The music covers the period late Seventies. Clint Eastwood's Various other "psychedelic" Room's second full-length LP, UK promotional tour. Tube TV 1963-65 with a smattering of '66 album predates his work with cover versions are included, My which is probably something to appearance and the backing of a cuts. As well as previously General Saint and is much more White Bicycle, Hurdy Gurdy Man do with the choice of producers. new record company Sylvester released recordings, the set also in the regular DJ-style which and Caravans Golf Girl, almost At their best — New Dreams For has his best chance yet of includes various out-takes and made his name, though Best note for note renditions, linked by Old — The Room soar, taking the breaking into sales territory. alternative versions, some of Of... may be a slightly mis- typical neil-type narratives. listener with them, sounding which have not been released leading title. Michael Palmer's LP . Although the whole idea is well something like a more positive before. The individual albums wins the prize for the worst observed, anyone familiar with version of Felt. are: The First Recordings, Sonny sleeve out of four pretty poor the early Seventies could make Boy Williamson With The attempts, but the music is better similar observations based on Golden Yardbirds, For Your Love, Having if fairly par for the course. people they knew ; . of even SCANDAL FEATURING PATTY A Rave Up With The Yardbirds Backing band on the LP are the themselves. An LP for the SMYTH: Warrior. CBS 25860. and discs six and seven which are ubiquitous Roots Radics. Christmas market. Producer: Mike Chapman. An newly compiled albums of odd Dillinger's album is heavier than extremely dull rework of every Oldies singles and B-sides that weren't the others, wiith the veteran GARY NUMAN: Berserker. Numa toaster sounding like a less soft-HM, pop-rock album of the on albums and the afore- dynamic James Brown over 1001. Producer; artist. last 10 years. Firmly in the Pat /iTHE SHANGRI-LAS: Greatest mentioned out-takes. With a Distribution: PRT. This finds Benatar school of bellowing, dealer price of £15, this ambitious standard slightly dubbed up Numan, who is currently touring 'Hits. Topline TOP 100. LITTLE backing. Patty Smyth's voice is far from RICHARD: He's Got It. Topline project should achieve ** (each) the UK, in similar territory as bad, its just the material is so TOP 101. THE YARDBIRDS: For reasonable sales among previous issues. As such, fans of familiar and routine. The US collectors and enthusiasts. his flat vocals and droning music Your Love. TOP 103. BOB » # * VARIOUS: Swing's The Thing. charts positively feed on this sort MARLEY & THE WAILERS: JSP Records 1078; JOHNNY will not be disappointed, but of thing, fortunately the UK's Mellow Mood. TOP 104. JERRY BILL HALEY: Hillbilly Haley. SHINES/Blind Will Dukes: others will find nothing of value don't. LEE LEWIS: The Killer Strikes. Roller Coaster Records. ROLL Country Blues. JSP 1079; here. Both tour and album are to TOP 105. ELVIS SCOTTY & BILL: 2007. Distribution: Roller LOUISIANA PLAYBOYS: be supported by a flyposting In The Beginning . .. TOP 106. Coaster. 21 tracks — eighT^pfe- Saturday Night Special. JSP campaign and a special cut-out CHAMPAIGN: Woman In Flames. CARL PERKINS; Boppin' The viously unreleased — of Haley's 1080. Three new releases from picture disc version of Berserker CBS 26018. Producers: Artist. In- Blues. TOP 107. THE BEATLES work as a country crooner/ the specialist blues label which is also available. offensive soul-disco, Champaign featuring Tony Sheridan: guitarist. Most date from 1948-51, has built up an impressive album are best when they concentrate Hamburg 1961. TOP 108. THE but six are post-Rock Around The catalogue during the last couple SAXON: Strong Arm Metal. on the harmonies over steady BEACH BOYS: Surfer Girl.