Monday, January 14, 2019

The 1983 Listening Post - Divinyls - Desperate

Divinyls - Desperate

January 1983
Divinyls
Divinyls
3.5 out of 5
Highlights:
Boys in Town
Siren (Let You Go)
I’ll Make You Happy
Perfectly acceptable 80s pop rock. Continuing that Blondie/Go-Gos/Knack/Joe Jackson angle pop with an eye to bigger venues. Totally listenable and yet a perfect representation of the era.
The second half, which is a healthy dose darker and more experimental, is also a letdown after the scintillating Side A. Only redeemed by the excellent Easybeats cover “I’ll Make You Happy”, which Rick Springfield would also breath life into about 20 years later.

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