Record Mirror singles review May 9, 1987

Another batch of various singles up for evaluation. Andy Strickland himself went on to be involved with The Caretaker Race.

Here are the ones I've found so far.

Hindsight - Heaven's Just A Breath Away
The Fall - There's A Ghost In My House
Gary Moore - Friday On My Mind
The Flatmates - Happy All The Time
Slade - That's What Friends Are For
The Rosehips - Room In Your Heart
Poison - Talk Dirty To Me
Belouis Some - Let It Be With You
The Bambi Slam - Don't It Make You Feel
Tottenham FA Cup Squad - Hot Shot Tottenham
Frankie Knuckles - You Can't Hide From Yourself
The Wallflowers - Thank You (obviously, this is not the later American band)
Anne Clark - Hope Road
Debbie Harry - In Love With Love
The Brilliant Corners - Brian Rix

I think you'll agree, quite a varied collection. I'm just missing the last two singles.

Record Mirror Singles Review October 18, 1986

Big Audio Dynamite - C'Mon Every Beatbox
The Men They Couldn't Hang - Shirt of Blue
The The - Infected
China Crisis - Arizona Sky
The Primitives - We've Found A Way To The Sun
Martin Stephenson & The Daintees - Boat To Bolivia
Lone Justice - Shelter
Colenso Parade - Fontana Eyes
The Mekons - Slightly South of the Border
Swing Out Sister - Breakout
Sci-Fi Sex Stars - Rockit Miss USA

Smash Hits Singles Review July 9, 1981

It's been a while since I did one of these. Here are (most of) the singles mentioned. Regular readers will know 1981 is a little before my time, music-wise, which is why many of these are fairly unfamiliar to me.

The Passions - Skin Deep
Visage - Visage
Original Mirrors - 20,000 Dreamers
Virgin Prunes - Moments and Mine
Jimmy Pursey - Animals Have More Fun
Bette Bright - When You Were Mine
Any Trouble - The Trouble With Love
Troy Tate - Thomas
The Freshies - I Can't Get "Bouncing Babies" By The Teardrop Explodes
The Associates - Q Quarters
Split Enz - One Step Ahead
Icehouse - We Can Get Together

And here's a bonus B-Side that got a mention:
The Freshies - Tell Her I'm Ill

Have a good weekend, everybody!!

NO1 Singles Review September 6, 1986

Yes, unbelievably there was a time when people were actually paid to listen to this stuff.

Pete Wylie - Diamond Girl

Owen Paul - Pleased To Meet You

Hipsway - Long White Car

Al Jarreau - L Is For Lover

Van Morrison - Got To Go Back

Stephen Duffy - Wednesday Jones

Samantha Fox - Hold On Tight

Five Star - Rain Or Shine

Gladys Knight and Bill Medley - Loving On Borrowed Time

The only ones that set the charts alight were "Walk Like An Egyptian" and "Rain Or Shine", which were both Top 5 hits. Even Samantha Fox fell a little, uh, Flat.

No1 Singles Review February 16, 1985

Here are the singles I've been able to track down:

National Pastime - It's All A Game
Roger Hodgson - In Jeopardy
The Alarm - Absolute Reality
Robin George - Spy
Two People - Rescue Me
Vicious Pink - Fetish
Andy Scott - Invisible
Redd and the Boys - Movin' and Groovin'

No1 Singles Review March 23, 1985

Remember these?



For a bit of fun, I thought I'd see how many of these I could track down.

Meat Loaf - Piece Of The Action
Eddie Murphy - Boogie In Your Butt
Jimmy Jimmy - Silence
The Untouchables - Free Yourself
The Wolfgang Press - Fire Eater
Smiley Culture - Cockney Translation
Clannad - Scarlet Inside

Bit tired, now. Anyone have that single by Linear? Never heard of them.

Tied To The 90's - Part 1

In the first of an occasional series, here are ten great (but relatively unknown) singles from the early 90's.

The Fat Lady Sings - Drunkard Logic
from the album John Son (1993)
http://www.thefatladysings.net




Milltown Brothers - Which Way Should I Jump?
from the album Slinky (1991)
http://www.milltownbrothers.co.uk




Dubh Chapter - Touch And Go
from the album Silence, Cunning & Exile (1990)





The Beloved - You've Got Me Thinking
from the album Conscience (1993)
http://www.thebeloved.com




Robert Plant - 29 Palms
from the album Fate Of Nations (1993)
http://www.robertplant.com




Deacon Blue - Your Town
from the album Whatever You Say, Say Nothing (1993)
http://www.rickyross.com




Into Paradise - Angel
from the album Churchtown (1991)





Eg And Alice - Indian
from the album 24 Years Of Hunger (1991)





J.J. - Slide Away
from the album Intro (1991)
http://www.janjohnston.com




Marillion - Cover My Eyes (Pain And Heaven)
from the album Holidays In Eden (1991)
http://www.marillion.com