Reviewed by Robert Sliger
Released: October 3 1980 Sad Café Sad Café Genre: AOR Pop Rock With An Identity Crisis Rating: 2 out of 5 Highlights: Digital Daydream Blues (the intro and its variation, mainly) What Am I Gonna Do (Steely Dan embraces its soft pop side) I’m In Love Again (if you’re gonna pander New Orleans swamp rock tropes, do it like this) The best thing about this justly obscure album is its competence. It’s a bit too earnest and derivative for my taste, but is a perfectly “OK” late-70s blues-rock-pop album for the AOR-in-the-background-while-running-a-vacuum crowd. You know who you are. These are competently written uptempo tunes with some perky hooks, competently played by committed, professional musicians and competently recorded and mixed (though the Amazon Music stream I evaluated had some phasing issues, which I’m not assuming is on tape). It’s competently pleasant while listening to it and instantly forgettable when done. Just like this review. I know who I am.
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