Aztec Camera [1987C] Love

[01] Deep And Wide And Tall
[02] How Men Are
[03] Everybody Is A Number One
[04] More Than A Law
[05] Somewhere In My Heart
[06] Working In A Goldmine
[07] One And One
[08] Paradise
[09] Killermont Street



amg: Roddy Frame dispensed with the previous members of Aztec Camera and turned to a group of American session musicians and high-powered producers (Russ Titelman, Tommy LiPuma) for his third full-length album, on which he also abandoned his singer/songwriter, folk-rock approach in favor of an American R&B style. It's a distinct step down from the ingenuity of his first couple of records, and was met with indifference in the U.S., which seemed to be its intended target. In the U.K., the album belatedly took off after its second single, "Somewhere In My Heart," went to #3, and became Aztec Camera's only Top Ten LP. (Other U.K. chart singles were "How Men Are" [#25] and "Working In A Goldmine" [#31].)
(amg 5/10)