Everyone knows this album. It's arguably the Violent Femmes at their mightiest.
I've come to love this 'record' more over time, but in 1985 when the guys at school used to have it on high rotation in the prefect study I wasn't really such a fan.
Pretending to love 'Blister In The Sun' more than life itself, I was secretly a much bigger fan of Phil Collins, Duran Duran, Madonna, Spandau Ballet, Sting, Cyndi Lauper, Falco, Howard Jones and Simple Minds.
But it wasn't cool to say you liked that 'pop' stuff.
So I lapped up the Femmes, The The, Talk Talk and the Hoodoo Gurus (and all the indie stuff that the cool guys rocked).
Glad the 'peer pressure' tuned me in, though, 'cos these artists have given me so much joy in the years since.
That said, is there a better track than Simple Minds' 'Alive & Kicking'?
"Who is gonna come and turn the tide? What's it gonna take to make a dream survive?"
Pee
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