Sunday, June 5, 2022

Bitter taste (Billy Idol) (EP 843)

Billy Idol  The Roadside EP (Vinyl, Dark Horse Records, 2021) *** 

GenreDark Horse Records, pop/rock 

Places I remember: Real Groovy Records

Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Bitter Taste

Gear costume: Rita Hayworth

Active compensatory factors: Strictly speaking this doesn't belong in this countdown of my album collection but it came out recently and it lives in my Dark Horse Records section. Plus - I make the rules!

I'm not a particular fan of Mr Idol, but it's well done and pleasant and it's on Dark Horse, so it had to happen.

All four tracks are catchy pop songs. Bitter Taste is a standout. He winds up the vocals nicely on that one. The other three are okay and Rita Hayworth would have been a contender for the 2021 slot on the Names playlist on Spotify that the three amigos made recently.

Steve Stevens appears on all four tracks, so the sound is recognisably Billy Idol.

Weirdly, all four tracks are on one side of the vinyl (and repeated on the second side). 

Where do they all belong? Unless Dhani Harrison decides to act as patron for Billy again - that's it for him in the collection.

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