Stiff Records had great commercial hopes for this Manchester quartet, led by balding, bespectacled singer/guitarist/pianist
Clive Gregson, whose songs — mostly about the unhappy side of love — have always shown real talent. It unfortunately took the group a long time to escape their basic facelessness and locate a sound, a slow start that may be why
Any Trouble ended without ever receiving the acclaim they deserved.
Any Trouble, by a half-new lineup, is the band's first great album (this being their third studio outing), a wonderful new blend of soul and pop strengthened by Gregson's sharpening melodic sense and lightening lyrical outlook. "Please Don't Stop," "Man of the Moment," "Northern Soul" and other tracks resemble a non-obnoxious Hall and Oates crossed with Costello and recorded in Motown; production by David Kershenbaum provides the sonic variety and sophistication previously lacking. Gregson's development into a powerful, sensitive singer is merely the icing on the cake. (
Trouser Press)
Any Trouble - Any Trouble (1983)
- I'll Be Your Man
- Please Don't Stop
- Touch and Go
- Foundations
- Party in the Streets
- Northern Soul
- Man of the Moment
- Time Does Not Heal
- You'd Better Not Go Home
- Falling in Love With You
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