Saturday, December 7, 2019

The 1986 Listening Post - .38 Special - Strength in Numbers

.38 Special - Strength in Numbers



#151/1316
April 1986
.38 Special
Strength in Numbers
Genre: Power Pop
3.25 out of 5


Highlights: 
Somebody Like You
Like No Other Night

That first single is not “Southern Rock”. It’s aimed-at-the-middle-of-the-dial Power Pop. I welcome that because nobody’s really doing it anymore. I mean, listen to “Like No Other Night” and tell me that that’s not, say, The Rubinoos. Or a crunchier Raspberries. 
I actually appreciate that someone is making music like this, cuz I enjoy this stuff. Like Shoes or 20/20 or the dozens of others over the years. 
This isn’t anything to every put on again but I didn’t hate it. 


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