Showing posts with label Joe Molland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Joe Molland. Show all posts

Monday, October 5, 2020

Happy (Joe Molland) (LP 465)

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

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.