Thursday, February 13, 2025

Down under (Men At Work) (LP 3207)

Men At Work  Business As Usual (Vinyl, CBS Records, 1981) ***  

GenrePop 

Places I remember: Margie's brother

Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Who Can It Be Now?

Gear costume: Down Under

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

Active compensatory factors: This isn't an album I'd buy. I mean I enjoyed the fun mega sellers - Down Under, Be Good Johnny and Who Can It Be Now? and I liked their cheeky chappie routines (Be Good Johnny - ho ho ho) but it's all a bit fakey/ quirky new-wave-ish and lacking substance for my money.

The album is a bit light on toons like those fun mega sellers. That's a polite way of saying there is a lot of filler. Colin Hay does have an arresting voice (a bit like Sting at times) and he carries the songs for the most part.

Where do they all belong? Not an album that is destined for any extended turntable time at Wozza's place.

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