Monday, January 14, 2019

The 1983 Listening Post - Tom Tom Club - Close to the Bone

Tom Tom Club - Close to the Bone

Oh god, make this stop.
#123
July 1983
Tom Tom Club
Close to the Bone
0.5 out of 5
Ugh. All of the worst inclinations that I was afraid of for Tom Tom Club have taken center stage.
The opener wants to be as cheeky as “Genius of Love” but it isn’t, it’s derivative and bored.
Even though “Never Took a penny” isn’t awful, the rest of the album is so terrible it gets no points for it.
This is music for people who want other people to think they are getting high but they are just smoking clove cigarettes.

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