#222/1367 LISTENING POST ADMIN DISCOVERY
June 11 1986
Glass Tiger
The Thin Red Line
Genre: Big 80s
4.5 out of 5 (a rating guaranteed to lose credibility)
Highlights:
The Thin Red Line
Don’t Forget Me When I’m Gone
Ancient Evenings
I Will Be There
You know that big 80s sound. The Alarm. U2. Big Country. It’s epic, kind of celtic, you wanna tap your foot to it or head off into the frozen tundra to do battle with frost giants.
That’s where this album lives. Or wants to, because the big hit from it sounds more like what happens when Culture Club abandons it’s New Wave cuteness and goes for the bigger stadium sound.
Maybe it’s that elusive Canadian component but this is lush and bright and catchy as hell and I think it’s a very worthy inclusion into the pantheon of “80s Rock” that should pop up on a Sirius radio station or Pandora mix and make the listener very happy.
Most interesting aspect of this record is that the singles, “Don’t Forget Me” and “Someday” sound less like anything else on the record. And not as good.
That said, I really liked this. Maybe it’s the meds….
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