Heavenly (Lighthouse Family) (LP 3006 -3008)

Lighthouse Family  Ocean Drive (CD, Wildcard Records, 1995) ****  

Lighthouse Family  Postcards From Heaven (CD, Wildcard Records, 1997) *****  

Lighthouse Family  Whatever Gets You Through The Day (CD, Wildcard Records, 2001) *****  

Genre: Pop 

Places I remember: The Warehouse

Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Raincloud

Gear costume: Lifted

They loom large in his legend (The Album Collection playlists): Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5

Active compensatory factors: I have a real soft spot for Tunde and Paul Tucker's 'band' - in reality a talented duo. Tunde is the vocalist, Paul is the songwriter of Lighthouse Family.

They only made three albums*, but each one is brilliant and chock full of hits, hooks, melodies and Tunde's amazingly soulful voice. I've written about them on my Destination Records blog as Greg nominated their Greatest Hits album one week.

Ocean Drive was their debut and with Lifted as track one side one, it kickstarted the album and their career.

Album number 2 - Postcards From Heaven continued the upward trajectory

with singles Raincloud, Lost in Space and High. Plus, Question of Faith and the title track. They were on a roll!

Whatever Gets You Through The Day made it three great albums in a row. Hits/ singles from this one were I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be) Free / One, Run and Happy.

I still get a joyful buzz (Lifted, if you will) from listening to Lighthouse Family.

Where do they all belong? *Blue Sky in Your Head is a reunion album from 2019 - must have a listen to it on Spotty.