1983 - Flying Lotus

Advantages: Full of 80's excess
Disadvantages: Only eight tracks

...Musclebound / Glow Apr 1981 Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) Jul 1981 Paint Me Down Nov 1981 Instinction Apr 1982 Lifeline Oct 1982 Communication Feb 1983 True Apr 1983 Gold Aug 1983 Only When You Leave Jun 1984 I'll Fly For You Aug 1984 Highly Strung Oct 1984 Round And Round Dec 1984 Fight For Ourselves Jul 1986 Through The Barricades Nov 1986 How Many Lies Feb 1987 ALBUMS: Journey To Glory Mar 1981 Diamond Mar 1982 True Mar 1983 Parade Jul 1984 The Singles Collection Nov 1985 Through The Barricades Nov 1986 Heart Like A Sky Sep 1989 Gold - The Best Of Sep 2000 Look at that: four albums in three years. That's a sight you don't often see! OVERALL -------------- Well, it was shit or bust for this album and I think it speaks volumes that they only achieved one more top... Read review

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Advantages: lovely celtic music
Disadvantages: he rarely playes live down south

...I am listening to Dougie MacLean singing on the CD CraigieDhu. Dougie MacLean is a Scottish Folksinger songwriter. He began playing in the seventies with the Tannahill Weavers and Silly Wizard. In 1983 he concentrated on his solo work. His first solo record was Cragie Dhu He wrote many of the songs in this collection himself. Playing with Dougie on this album are vocals, guitar, fiddle. Roy Ashby: drums (track 9). Martin Hadden: guitar (track 5). Patsy Seddon: clarsach (track 3). Jimmy Anderson: electric guitar (Track 9). Dougie Maclean plays guitar, fiddle and sings the vocals. The track list is as below 1.Gin I were a Barons Heir. Traditional This tune and song is a gentle one asking a lassie if he were a rich man would she love him. In the last verse he admits he has nothing to offer her but he loves her 2.Ready for the Storm... Read review

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Advantages: Few
Disadvantages: Poor songs

...After the acerbic state of the nation address of Pills And Soap (credited to The Imposter), the masterpiece single from 1983, Punch The Clock, the Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley produced album which followed in July, was another major disappointment for Elvis Costello. Every Day I Write The Book, a Top Thirty single, was one of Costello’s most cultured songs but was the only genuine highlight on a very dim collection. In the usual ironic way fo things, the same public that had overlooked Trust flocked to the stores for Punch The Clock - perhaps because of the massive publicity that the new album was afforded. With Punch The Clock, it seemed that Costello had stopped fighting for the moment; by the end of 1983, it appeared that Elvis Costello’s aim was truce.... Read review

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