Tracklist (Vinyl)
| A1 | | And We Danced | | 3:48 | | A2 | | Day By Day | | 3:24 | | A3 | | All You Zombies | | 5:58 | | A4 | | Don't Take My Car Out Tonight | | 3:55 | | B1 | | Hanging On A Heartbeat | | 4:20 | | B2 | | Where Do The Children Go | | 5:29 | | B3 | | South Ferry Road | | 3:43 |
See more tracks| B4 | | She Comes In Colors | | 4:12 | | B5 | | Blood From A Stone | | 4:13 |
* Items below may differ depending on the release.
|
|
Review
For young Philadelphians The Hooters there is more to life than Cyndi Lauper. Singer-guitarist Eric Bazilian and singer-keyboardist Rob Hyman did the lion's share of the backup work on She's So Unusual, and Hyman cowrote "Time after Time." But at home the Hooters rule the club circuit and have sold nearly 100,000 copies of their own independent release, 1984's Amore, a record that captured the group's expert grasp of Top Forty song design and the peppy Jamaican bounce of their tight, English Beat-style sound.Nervous Night,… Read More the Hooters' majorlabel debut, is a confident entry into the mainstream. They pump more Tom Petty than Bob Marley into the stacked guitars and exultant vocal chorus of "Day by Day." There is also a punky shot of Cars in the sleek desperation of "Don't Take My Car Out Tonight." The band's high-tech makeover of Love's 1967 acid-pop delicacy "She Comes in Colors," with its urgent kick, chunky guitars and radiant keyboards, is a smart mix of AOR crunch and modern dance fever that puts a bright shine on the song's original baroque quirks. What's left of the Hooters' early roots reggae approach is no less dynamic. Drummer David Uosikkinen's harsh reggae gait in "All You Zombies" boldly underscores the song's apocalyptic chill, a righteous anchor for Bazilian's heavy-metal guitar sizzle and Hyman's spacey synths. No one will ever mistake the Hooters for White Uhuru. Yet the abundant class and flash in evidence here shows that now they're in the big leagues, they have nothing to be nervous about. (RS 449) DAVID FRICKE |
