Conference marvin::uk_music

    
    Mine might not carry quite the weight that some others' opinions
    would with you but .... my vote goes to FYC.  I've had it a week
    now and have played little else.  Roland Gift's voice is great,
    so versatile and the album's got ballad's as well as pop-'ish'
    stuff, so he really gets to use it to its fullest.
          
    The only thing I know from Bonnie Raitt's new one is the single
    "Are You Ready for a Thing Called Love?'.  The video gets shown
    quite a lot on MTV and VH-1 and is just her and Randy (or is it
    Dennis?) Quaide making goo-goo eyes at each other.  You sort of
    get the feeling they can't wait for the song to end so they can
    go for a roll in the hay.
    
    Sue
    

   Appetite For Destruction. 

    
    
   re -1 Thanks but no thanks DHAINING, think I'll give Guns & Roses
    a body swerve.
    
    
    
    Michael
    

    Check out the new Cure lp, or the new one from Pere Ubu - cloudland.
    Mike
    PS  Listen records in Reading now have headphones, so you can listen
    to a variety of albums first.
    

Well, I would suggest the Bonnie Raitt album, but I will admit a couple 
biases. First, I don't really like the other bands on your list, so I
couldn't give an objectice opinion about them. And also, I am a *big* fan
of Bonnie Raitt's. 

But all that aside, Bonnie's album is her best if years, and is just GREAT!
If you like her previous stuff, I would highly recommend the new one!

Alan S.

    I'd suggest you get Elvis' SP�KE. I have it and it's very good.
    It has got a variety of musical styles on it and you aresure to 
    find some really good tracks that you like.
    
    I've also read some very good reviews of Kirsty McColl's new album
    called KITE. I plan to buy this one myself shortly...so maybe you
    should go for this one...and let me know just how good it really
    is :-)
    
    - Dave K.

    
    
    re .6
    
    I've never heard a Bonny Raitt album as such Alan, but I'm familiar
    with her as a backing vocalist on most Jackson Browne albums.
    
    I've always thought she has a wonderful voice, and then DLT (Radio
    1) played a track from the new album at the week-end and I thought
    ..mmm, that sounds nice.
    
    
    
    BTW, FYC are leading by a short head at the moment!
    
    
    Michael
    

    SpIke certainly is a very good album with many differeing musical
    styles. If you like good lyric writing, Elvis can't be beaten.
    
    Have you considered the latest XTC release (do you like them), Oranges
    and Lemons? It's their best for a while, IMHO
    
    Bob

    Deacon blue for me, In a word BRILLIANT.
    
    
    Kirk..

    
    
    re .9  
    
    Never heard an XTC album Bob, but I did like most of the singles
    - thought SENSES WORKING OVERTIME was brilliant.
    
    Andy Partridge always strikes me as very innovative.
    
    
    
    Michael
    

    That's right, Michael, Partridge is innovative without being
    pretentious; you can usually detect the roots of his music (quite
    'sixties' at the moment, without in any way jumping on any nostalgia
    bandwagon).
    
    He's similar, in that respect, to Elvis Costello, even though their
    styles are somewhat different.
    
    Bob

    i hear Barry Mantilow has a new album out. Can't get any hipper
    than that. 

    
    
    actually, the FYC has been getting excellent reviews. i'd give that
    a shot.
    

    There's something about ol' Rolands voice, y'know.... it's very
    good, but he always sounds to me like he's holding back a bit, as
    if he needs to clear his throat and really belt it out. As a
    consequence, FYC records make me feel uncomfortable, like if I cleared
    my throat it would help him somehow.
    
    Does this make any sense?
    
    Jay, that new Barely Manenuff, although excellent, will never match
    the towering majesty of his earlier works. I'd pass on that one.
    
    Bob

	I usually use Record Tokens to buy OLD albums.

	You know, the sort of albums that you've always loved to listen 
	to but would never spend your own money on because you wanted
	to get the new releases.

	If you're going to buy a 'latest-release' scrap your list
	and go straight for Joe Jackson's new album. I don't have
	it but I heard some tracks on the radio and it sounds excellent.

	Tony.

      .15 - Agreed.
    
      Worth every credit card.

    
    
    Funny you should say that about Joe Jackson, Tony.
    
    I was a *big* JJ fan for years - got LOOK SHARP, I'M THE MAN, BEAT
    CRAZY, NIGHT & DAY (best of all) and then I bought the follow up
    which I can't remember the name of right now, and was disappointed.
    
    Think I'll like the new one?
    
    
    BTW, this month's Q Mag gave the new China Crisis album a great
    review.  It says they team up once again with that ex-Steely Dan
    Walter Becker, and they even sound like the Dan on some tracks.
    
    Sounds too good to be true.  Anyone heard it?
    
    
    Michael
    

    
    Personally big man I'd tell ya to give the lot a skip!
    
    
    Ya wanna hear shit hot records?  Check out these recordings;
    
    	SIMPLE MINDS          - Empire And Dance
        SIMPLE MINDS          - Sons And Fascination/Sister Feelings Call
    	SIMPLE MINDS          - New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)
    	DEPECHE MODE          - Construction Time Again
        DEPECHE MODE          - Some Great Reward
        DEPECHE MODE          - Music For The Masses
        DEPECHE MODE          - The Singles 81 - 85
        DEPECHE MODE          - 101
    	PROPAGANDA            - A Secret Wish
    	THIS MORTAL COIL      - It'll Turn To Tears
    	THE SISTERS OF MERCY  - Floodland
    	GUNS N'ROSES	      - Appetite For Destruction
    	THE ROSE OF AVALANCHE - Always There
    	NEW ORDER 	      - Substance 1987
        
    
    Now they are what you call GOOD records!
    
    Stuart B...
    
    

    
    
    Sorry, Stewart, most of your suggestions are fine (if not a trifle
    older), but I happen to believe strongly that Depeche Mode are the
    worst band in the history of the human race.
    
    
    Michael.
    
    
    p.s. - I've got the Propoganda album, but I don't think it's that
    good.
    
    

    
	Re. -17

	Michael,

	Sounds like we feel the same about Joe Jackson.
	Look sharp was my favourite album for a long time 
	(I even loved the cover !). Night and day was a new departure for 
	him, kinda like his coming of age. It was a more refined type 
	of music/lyrics than his previous works.
	
	His new album (from what I heard of it) is a cross between these
	two. It has the beat and raw energy of Look Sharp and the class
	and sophistication of Night and Day.

	It's one for my collection.

	Tony.

	(c/o JJ Promotions Ltd.)

    
    Tony
    
    Give 'Big World' a spin.
    
    - Prob the best.
    
    Mark 
    
    Prob. JJ's love child

    Mick,
    
    I have the Elvis Costello and the new Bonnie Raitt which are both
    excellent albums.
    
    But I also have the new Joe Jackson 'Blaze of Glory'.
    I have five of his previous albums and I have found that exah new
    album is better than the last.
    
    But the new one is absolutely brill !
    I will have to purchase a new copy soon as it is almost played out.
    
    Iain
    

	Well Michael, after 22 replies/suggestions what's it going to be.

	Is that record token going to rot away in your back pocket or
	are you going down to the record shop at lunchtime.

	Time to make a decision boy.

    
    
    I've lost it!  I was looking for it at the week-end and couldn't
    find it.  Think my daughter's eaten it.
    
    As to the choice, I wish I hadn't bothered.  So many great suggestions
    have made me even more indecisive than before.
    
    However the front runners are now:-
    
    
    		Joe Jackson   Blaze of glory
                FYC           The raw and the cooked
    		China Crisis  Diary of a rocking horse
    
    
    It will be one of those three.  If/when I find the token or my
    daughter, I'll let you know.
    
    
    Thanks to all contributors,
    
    Michael
    		

    Forget all the otthers...run out and buy the new Tom Petty album
    (Full Moon Fever).....he's assembled a great studio band without
    the Heartbreakers...apparently including George Harrison and Jeff
    Lynne...not a bad cut on the album...especially "Running Down A
    Dream".........
    
    FYC is also excellent..
    

    
    
    
    ...a 'dark horse' late entry.  All advice went out the window I'm
    afraid whenever I found out Jackson Browne's new album WORLD IN MOTION
    had been released.  So I cashed in my token on Sat and bought it.

    I haven't even had a chance to play it yet - too busy basking in
    the 25�+ heat-wave here in Ayr.
    
    
    Michael
    
    

    You must have formed an opinion of World In Motion by now.  What's
    the verdict?