ALBUM: Private Revolution (1986)
MVC Rating: 4.0/$$$$
OK, so one second he’s sounding like Mick Jagger then the next he’s singing like Bob Dylan. With a slight dance hook you know he’s reaching for Prince.
Of course he’s not those guys.
He does do a Dylan cover just in case you’re not paying attention. It’s ‘All I Really Want to Do.’ I think Sonny and Cher’s version was better but what do I know.
His songwriting is riddled with too many cliche’s.
We are the revolution baby, coming to take you home, after the revolution baby, there is nothing you can’t be.
But I like the guy. He has a keen sense for melody. And his lyrics aren’t that bad. World Pary is Karl Wallinger who left the Waterboys, I think, to get more playing time.
This I think is his first under the name ‘World Party.’ The 1980s synth infection is in full epidemic stage here. He plays keyboards and just about every song is keyboards. To push through the reaction I get when I hear all the synths is to turn up the volume. And yep it worked. Loud=Better.