Monday, August 9, 2021

The 1980 Listening Post - The Crooks - Just Released

 The Crooks - Just Released



March 1980

The Crooks

Just Released

Genre: Skinny Tie Mod Revival

3.25 out of 5



Highlights:

All the Time in the World

You Don’t Have to Tell Me



It’s 1980 so the Power Pop is strong but, not all of it is great. Parts of this album crackle with post-glam delicious hooks and energy. When it hits, it’s Jacksonlicious. When it doesn’t, which is often, it makes you wonder why they had such a long caree—


Oh. 


It’s just this one?


Ok. 

They wanna be The Jam, just listen to “Sound of Today” but, even the Jam stopped wanting to be The Jam in a couple years and The Vapors had that avenue covered. 


Also, the production is terrible. Muddy. Made doubly so now that Apple Music introduced “Lossless” and “Spatial Audio”. It’s a chore to listen to at times. 




Tracks 1-12:

https://music.apple.com/us/album/just-released-the-anthology/1148643046

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