#73
February 1984
Missing Persons
Rhyme & Reason
2.75 out of 5
This Missing Persons album, which was the follow up to their smash debut, hit #43 on the charts and yet isn’t available for streaming on the major services.
Maybe because it’s uglier than their previous entry. It’s condensed and crowded sounding. The single, “Give” shows the band tipping hard to cocaine fueled disco that it’s impossible to dance to and could cause epileptic fits.
It’s not that the album is “bad”, it’s that it’s boring. Dale’s hiccup-y vocals aren’t cute and she sounds like she’s playing catchup to Madonna who has already written the script for this.
When they momentarily hew back to their New Wave roots (“Clandestine People”) they are almost winning but the charm has worn off, sadly. And why Dale is posing like a chanteuse on a piano when the only keys on this record seem to be digital, is a mystery.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRlwxGvuLaU&list=PLm9smEh4bd5jtitY4zIpEM7fBarKvxFnO&index=8
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