Human Racing

Quintessential 80's vibe. I personally prefer The Riddle, but Wouldn't It Be Good and I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me alone make it worthwhile to listen to the album.

if you look up 'the 80's' on Wikipedia, I think it might redirect you to Nik Kershaw's page. I think this ticks all the boxes on what the 80's sounded like musically. Quite a good vocalist, some catchy hit singles I remember from back then, and also a little bit of an edge here and there. Not all that bad actually.

When people say they don't like 80s music this is what they think it all sounds like.

It's alright, seems like pretty standard mid-80s fare to me. 3 stars.

I thought this was actually pretty wierd for what was apparently a successful pop album. New wave adjacent but kind of its own thing. I liked it OK, it was a good workout jam, but a little too far on the soft side for me and certainly dated.

Doesn't have much going for it

Typical 80s sound. And this album has 2 songs I knew, but would never been able to name the artist

We could’ve left this in 1984 where it was

Downside is more new wave bullshit Upside on a few tracks is that it *nearly* touches Oingo Boingo in new wave fun. Needs more horns! The lyrics are *very* "I'm 14 and this is deep"

The best thing about this album is that it made me remember the Riddle. 2 The fucking chipmunks in gone to pieces lmao

The truth is that it's an album that bored me, I couldn't get any emotion out of it. At the beginning I had expectations, but track by track they faded away. I felt like one of those artists from the eighties who arrived one day and faded away in the face of the consolidated successes of the time.

A rare New Wave LP that took me by surprise - was never really sure where this one was going, and the constantly-evolving rhythms and off-kilter instrumentation felt surprisingly distinct for an album in this genre. Some slower, standard takes of the time towards the back half drag a little, but overall this was a solid and pretty entertaining listen.

Rating: 8/10 Best songs: Wouldn’t it be good, Shame on you, Faces, I won’t let the sun go down on me

Good hit singles, but not such a good overall LP. A bit too experimental with those achingly 1980s synth sounds, perhaps.