Geoff Posted September 19, 2018 Report Share Posted September 19, 2018 What's the general thought on this one? Seems to me you could almost pinpoint this album as the point where he "blew it," commercially. I'm not quite old enough to know exactly how he went in the 80's, but after such a massive hit with 'Missin' You' he had a pretty great platform to re-insert himself into the limelight, but there's barely a useable single on this. I read that the opener, 'Every step of the way' and the limp 'Welcome to paradise' were singles, but neither did too well. I think the two balladic numbers in 'Just Like Lovers' and 'The Choice' are both okay but the entire album is just completely devoid of any commercial appeal. Which is not to say that's a bad thing, or even something he considered. Maybe he purposely went this way as he didn't want another big smash hit... but I find it a really odd, bland album. What do people think of it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen Posted September 19, 2018 Report Share Posted September 19, 2018 never been a fan....apart from Bad English Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted September 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2018 17 minutes ago, Glen said: never been a fan....apart from Bad English All those other early solo albums are pretty cool. Not perfect, at all, but good stuff on them. This one, not so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jez Posted September 20, 2018 Report Share Posted September 20, 2018 Good album, although 'Ignition' 'and the mighty 'No Btrakes' are the better. of the first three. All of his solo albums are worth digging out though, as there are treasures to be found on them all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gener8tr Posted September 20, 2018 Report Share Posted September 20, 2018 On 9/19/2018 at 4:40 AM, Glen said: never been a fan....apart from Bad English The Baby's were AWESOME! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melodicrock Posted September 21, 2018 Report Share Posted September 21, 2018 There's a few classics on here, but it was a huge step backwards after Ignition and No Brakes. Thankfully Rovers Return delivered bigtime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterS Posted September 21, 2018 Report Share Posted September 21, 2018 Huge John Waite fan. Good album but not as good as No Brakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invisible_man Posted September 23, 2018 Report Share Posted September 23, 2018 his name is misspelled in the subject... Don't Lose Any Sleep, These Times are hard for Lovers..... one could count of Diane Warren and Desmond Child for some catchy tunes. There is also Change by Holly Knight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazysam Posted September 23, 2018 Report Share Posted September 23, 2018 1 hour ago, Invisible_man said: Don't Lose Any Sleep, These Times are hard for Lovers..... one could count of Diane Warren and Desmond Child for some catchy tunes. There is also Change by Holly Knight All nice tunes, but none of them are on this album Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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