Joe Molland This Way Up (CD, IA Records, 2001) ****
Genre: British pop/rock
Places I remember: Vinyl Countdown (New Plymouth)
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Three Minute Warning
Places I remember: Vinyl Countdown (New Plymouth)
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Three Minute Warning
Gear costume: This Must Be Love (this sounds so much like a track on a Ringo Starr album that I had to check - nope. But it sounds perfect for Ringo!)
Active compensatory factors: The terrible cover likely turned off a lot of potential buyers. If they could find it that is, as it was independently released.
That's a shame, as it's really pretty good - I can definitely justify the four star rating. Not Badfinger clearly - he's much older and experienced now, but at times it's close.
Whatever, it's great to hear those distinctive Molland vocals over classy pop material. I can warmly recommend this one.
Where do they all belong? For some reason, maybe he felt he'd outlived the youthful Joey moniker, he adopted Joe for this one.
A worthwhile addition to the Badfinger group of albums.
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