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Tantalized is the electrifying stunner here, followed by the driving Columbus. Tristesse had gorgeous, sticky melodies, but its the more atmospheric tracks like Myrrh that pointed toward their future as a key influence on dream pop
New Wave | Pop Rock | Big Music | Alt | Post-Punk | RYM #382 XTC Skylarking (Geffen) | UK Hsker D Candy Apple Grey (WB) | USA The Call Reconciled (Eletkra) | USA Peter Gabriel So (Geffen) | UK | Bandcamp Paul Simon Graceland (WB) | USA Elvis Costello & The Attractions Blood & Chocolate (Rykodisc) | UK Game Theory Big Shot Chronicles (Enigma) | USA | Buy Translator Evening Of The Harvest (Columbia) | USA Iggy Pop Blah Blah Blah (A&M) | USA The Smithereens Especially For You (Enigma) | USA Van Morrison No Guru, No Method, No Teacher (Mercury) | Ireland a-ha Scoundrel Days (WB) | Norway Elvis Costello (The Costello Show) King Of America (Rykodisc) | UK AOR, Soft Rock It was a pleasant surprise to learn these UK AOR pop rockers have more in the tank besides their fab single (I Just Died) In Your Arms. Their debut is well crafted with the studio competence of Toto , but the artfulness of The Fixx, Tears For Fears, even Talk Talk
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Its a defiant declaration of independence from the pressures to conform to industry standards, and instead, embracing a pure, unadulterated form of self-expression: rock
