The 1986 Listening Post - Til Tuesday - Welcome Home

Til Tuesday - Welcome Home

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Til Tuesday

Welcome Home

Genre: Power Pop (yeah, that’s what this is...)

3.5 out of 5

Highlights:

Coming Up Close

David Denies

I’m not a big Aimee Mann fan. Her eyes give me the heebees. I mean look at her. It’s like a combination judgment and shock. And admonition. 

That aside, I don’t know why I didn’t give her the time of day. I loved the movie Magnolia and her music in that, especially. 

I thought Voices Carry was perfectly fine. Nothing special. 

They’ve ditched whatever New Waviness from that record in favor of more conventional and approachable rock and roll. And that’s all for the better. 

We’re almost never think of Z power Pop when we listen to female voices in rock but, that’s what this is. Melodic Rock. (I wonder if I’ll feel the same way when we get to Liz Phair...) Can’t you hear Jellyfish playing “On Sunday”? I can. 

https://music.apple.com/us/album/welcome-home/185991558

The 1985 Listening Post - 'Til Tuesday - Voices Carry

'Til Tuesday - Voices Carry

#123

April 15 1985

’Til Tuesday

Voices Carry

3 out of 5

Highlights:

Love in a Vacuum

Has there ever been a more New Wave named band than ’Til Tuesday? I think not. And, I admit, I’ve never heard anything more than that first single. I’ll rectify that now. 

And it is very New Wave. But with the angular edges softened. They’re still there, but it’s not harsh or jagged, the way the Cars often seem to be. In fact, I’m reminded of how Neil Finn took those edges off Split Enz and came up with Crowded House, which this reminds me of, for some reason.

However, at it’s best it’s fine New Wave (“Voices Carry”) or subdued Go-Go’s (“Maybe Monday”) or a fairly on-target Bangles impression (“Sleep”) and at it’s worse it’s bad Madonna (“Winning the War”) or pale attempts at Kate Bush doing a Cyndi Lauper song (“You Know the Rest”).

It’s really just a meh record at best. And the only reason anyone remembers “Voices Carry” is because of that video. Otherwise…meh. 

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/voices-carry-expanded-edition/1282208222