Just awesome. Still holds up over 45 years later. Many of the non-hit songs have been stuck in my head pretty much all those years. I didn't understand how good Tina's bass work was, esp when she was a latecomer to the instrument. Not many life regrets but not seeing these guys live is near the top of that list.
Bloody Well Right -- ok it's a classic Asylum -- sounds like it wants to be in a musical. Bleh Dreamer - don't hate it but I wouldn't add it to a playlist Rudy - technically good but boring Crime of the Century - another one out of a musical Didn't finish. I never loved the group that much. Now it seems over-produced and looking to be a rock opera but without the passion and story of something like Tommy
I'd given up on albums before this came out. Familiar with so many of the songs but never paid attention until now and fired up the first track. Wow. Glad to find this gem and will put it into regular rotation
Technically good but it's a monotonous bore for me.
Is "Running" the quintessential mid 80s anthem? That synth riff still gets me 40 years later. There's a lot of 80s music that didn't age well. At all. This is mostly the exception. I was never a huge fan but the arrangements, vocals, riffs, they all stand up pretty well. There is actual artistry here. The Cloudbusting video is fantastic. I don't think I ever saw it when it was fresh.