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various topnotch vocalists.

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is very accessible and every- . .3 one should find something to l‘ ..:::33,. his or her liking. . o a. - t A m: ’ (****) GHQ-BO XI - CHICA (COLUMBIA) w FUNK - MECO (mm

Chicago has played it safe 0’1 Side onefl’eeo Simply re" with their eleventh effort. It works the theme song into sounds ahmst identical to 14 minutes of average disco. their greatest album , Ch Side‘m there might as as any of the tunes found here well be dead Silence. . 'Iake could easily became hit my word for it and restrain singles. Chicago, and the Yourself from buying the MeeO first single "Baby What A Big 45, ’ Surprise" Show little musical (**) PETER NCCANN (20m progression, but at least CENIIURy) . they realize the restrictions "DO‘You Wanna Make Love" and placed upon a "Ibp 40 band "Right Time of the Night" have such as they and wisely do not already establist NbCann as a 'Ibp 40 performer and writer. ionso Chicago hit on a The rest of his debut album succesful format seven years Contains the same type of age and have faithfuufY Stilek material, with an occasional to it. Once again, Chicago , decent hook line or chorus. fans should be pleased None of the, songs have any . Chicago's latest effort. real substance and the listener tends to grow tired of them after only a few ‘ listens.

(*)S'I'ARWAIS & (mm GALACTIC

(*****) I ROBOT - 'lI-lE ALAN PARSCNS PROJECT (ARISTA)

Alan Parsons is an engineer who handled the controls for (**) MW _ ART GARFUNKEL the Beatles, Ambrosia and Pink (comm)

Floyd's Dark Side of the Nbon. mere-S Paul siren just when. Recognized as one of the last you need him;

in his field, last year he released an album that converted the works of Edgar Allan Poe to music. I Robot is another concept album in which Parsons chronicles the decline of man paralleled to put Whas‘is on strong

the rise Of maChineS- 7 harmonies and melodies. lyrically the album holds its Ibuches of the Beatles can own, but its real Strength even be heard on this recOrd, lies in the M1510 Plus the something not often detected in the rock 'n roll of today.

(****) IN COIDR - CHEAP TRICK (EPIC) ' \ Cheap Trick is one of the very few American straight

' ahead rock 'n roll bands that

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'STRAPPS HElR to DEEP PURPLE

* that Parsons recruits to sing A11 songs on In Color are

' than Bruce Springsteen.

‘ deliver, BOxer hits the mat

'FOR zEPPELINi

with the decision being in- propelled by a 50m significant. ' coupled with lyrics oftai - bordering 0n the hilarious. Cheap Trick were one of) my favorite finds last January with Deep maple pemanently with their debut album and $2 sidelined, and Rainbow reluct- Color is a welcane follow-up. aht to claim purple's position the music industry is open

for a heavy metal band to complement led Zeppelin. ~ Strapps is an obvious heir to "'Ihe Things We Do For IOVe". this position as their first are the only Standout cuts - album is on a par with and on De tive Bends. 'Jhe rest superior to many of Purple's is, in a word, mediocre, and works. Ross Stagg could . not at all UP to Ten (LC-'5 easily become the next‘Ritchie past standard of highly en- Blackmore, as Stagg plays gaging material catbin’ed ' I lead guitar brilliantly, with a quality production jd).wrj_tes all the songs, and DeceptiVe Bends tOOk the wrongeven handles the lead vocals. ~ turn somewhere down the road. The final output is extremely ****_*) JUST A S'IORY FRDM carpetent heavy metal, in—

CA — ELLIOTI‘ MURPHY fluenced by Deep Purple,

(COLUMBIA) Black Sabbath, and even

I can't really do justice Sparks, . ~

to this record in a short review. Elliott Murphy is (Mingus-1m 110 THE BUDDHA — OZO (DJM RECORLB) ' '

the best new singer/song-

writer since Bob Dylan, and I 020 would have to be termed realize that means he'sbetterthe Abba of reggae as they transform reggae into viable Top 40 material. By just the right combination of pulsating beat and catchy lyrics, 020 has made reggae listenable v for me for the first Pick it up for a'pleasant change of pace.

(*****) SECRET DAMNE - STRAPPS (mm)

(*_**) DECEPTIVE amps - m1 C.C.' (W) "Good Nbrning Judge" and

Murphy combines contemporary poetry with unforgettable melody lines, deliversleach song withprecision while sounding matural, and can simpity overwhelm the un- suspecting listener. Just A Storv From America is an instant classic and you'll hear. of Murphy before very long, guaranteed.

(***) TWILIGHT ASYLUM - OSCAR (DOM RECORDS)

Oscar is a five member band from Britain led' byBrian NbGladdery. The album begins with the title cut which lifts Uriah Heep's "Sweet Iorraine" synthesizer track note for note, but it's still the best cut of the record. Also note—

~ worthy are "Three Cheers For 'Ihe Working Man" and "Kevin's Magic'Aeroplane". libst of the album is mellow material that leaves a favorable impression, including the outstanding lyrics.

(*) ABSOLUTELY — BOXER (EPIC) What a clinker! A five . piece heavy metal band that promises much more than they,

on the first song and is counted out by the eighth.

(***) INDIAN SIMMER - POCO (ABC) - ,

If country rock is your favorite music, then you probably already know about- Poco. None of this album is ‘ all that thrilling, although Next week: B'I'O, 'Ihin Lizzy, "'lhe Dance" is great. It's a Horslips, Andrew Gold, Fludd, "take it or leave it" album, and others. "

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