Justin Hayward - Night Flight
#252
June 13 1980
Justin Hayward
Night Flight
Genre: Soft Rock
2.25 out of 5
Cloying and self-serving soft rock is a challenge for me from jump. Unless it’s got a great hook, ala Kenny Nolan or Alan O’Day, I’m generally a hard sell.
Without the Moodies, Hayward gives in to his most gauze lensed, fireside warbler instincts. It starts off terribly, with a title track that feels like an audition song for a James Bond rip off flick and then we get to hear the REAL Hayward on “Maybe It’s Just Love”, where he struggles to perform a vibrato that is not in his wheelhouse. I recognize that sound because I’ve tried it many times. I’m not trained but that doesn’t stop me from attempting a vibrato that I can hold until I push it jussssst a bit too long and it falls apart. Fortunately for me, I never tried to record myself doing that. Someone should have stopped Justin.
And, regarding the faux funk of “I’m Sorry”…no. Just…no.
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