#81
March 23 1985
Howard Jones
Dream Into Action
Genre: Synth-Pop
4 out of 5
Highlights:
Things Can Only Get Better
Life in One Day
No One is to Blame
At this point, does Howard have this space all by himself?
I remember how revelatory the discovery of Jones was on 84’s Human’s Lib and this one picks right up with that super catchy megahit, “Things Can Only Get Better”.
From there it just gets brighter, somehow. I love that, for the second time, Dean Christgau marked this record as a “Must to Avoid” and I don’t know what the fuck he’s smoking.
It gets a little bloated toward the back half and I kind of wish it was 2-3 songs shorter but that’s nit picking on what is, ultimately, a fine synth-pop record.
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