Robin Lane and the Chartbusters - Robin Lane and the Chartbusters
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1980 Housekeeping
Robin Lane and the Chartbusters
Robin Lane and the Chartbusters
Genre: Power Pop/Rock
2.25 out of 5
I’d heard the name “Robin Lane and the Chartbusters” for decades. But, honestly, hand to Sky Daddy, I thought Robin was a guy’s name. Like Robin Gibb. Robin and Batman. I had no idea it was a female fronted project. Who sounds a bit like Christine McVie & Exene Cervenka.
I don’t know why on earth someone made the decision to open this thing with that mid-tempo non ballad that belongs in the middle of the record.
Okay, whatever, it’ll pick up. Right?
Ugh, this really doesn’t. Not until “I Don’t Wanna Know” does it show a sign of life, but that’s all the way at the END of Side One! Why not open the record with your barn burner? Even if it’s a pedestrian piece of programming. Sheesh.
Side Two opens with at least more energy but, let’s be honest, Robin is busting any charts. Not only had the industry moved on from this sound but she’s not good at it, the songs are dull and she is as uninviting a singer as I’ve heard.
Meh.
The album is the first 11 terrible tracks here:
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