#377/2057
September 8 1986
FM (UK)
Indiscreet
Genre: AORock
3.5 out of 5
Highlights:
American Girl
Face to Face
Heart of the Matter
This is not THAT FM. The band I saw in concert open for Rush in 81? Nope. This is a British version.
Imagine being a start up rock band in 1986 and thinking, yeah, let’s model ourselves after Foreigner. Cuz that’s what this sounds like. Harmless. Toothless. Softened by synthesizers.
Is that snotty? Maybe. But after hearing so much of the bubbling undercurrent of Chameleons, REM and the like, and then soooooo much “hard” rock, this feels programmed and calculated. Almost like it was crafted to appeal to the very middle of everywhere.
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