#216/1361
June 2 1986
Belinda Carlisle
Belinda
Genre: Pop Rock
3.5 out of 5
Highlights:
Mad About You
Where ex-Go Go’s Jane Wiedlin’s solo debut was a bunch of tracks she wrote or co-wrote, the same can not be said about this record and Belinda is better off for hiring the right people.
Billy Steinberg
Tom Kelly
Susannah Hoffs
Charlotte Coffey
Lindsey Buckingham
Tim Finn
others
These people provided the water and the well for Belinda. It took three writers I have never heard of to write what sounds like a mid-80s Bruce Springsteen track, the opener super catchy “Mad About You”.
Trouble is, for me at least, after the first few tracks the pop joy seems to just evaporate. Any sense of adventure or fun give over to mid tempo commercialism (And the requisite cover is turgid).
There’s some girl group stuff and synthetic steel drums but Belinda is no Madonna and, without her punk-turned-GoGo bounce she’s hollow.
Still, it’s more accessible than Jane’s.
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