Band members:
Glenn Hughes: vocals
Geoff Downes: Synclavier
Tracks:
1. Bed of Roses (3:58)
2. Don't Walk Away (4:23)
3. Love for Sale (3:55)
4. Push (4:25)
5. Funk Music (5:10)
6. Double Life (4:56)
7. How Was I to Know? (4:03)
8. Walking on a Thin Line (4:37)
9. Dance with Me (5:01)
10. Feel the Magic (4:03)
Notes (*): A release of demos from Jun 1991, which had long been available
on bootlegs. No songwriting credits are given, but the liner notes imply
everything is by Hughes/Downes. Hughes and Downes had been introduced by
Pat Thrall and these sessions were intended as the basis for a solo album
and new direction by Hughes. Downes himself describes the music as "aimed
at ["a Michael Bolton-type vein"], but with more of a Stevie Wonder/Marvin
Gaye-style soul influence." It's pretty appalling stuff. There's a smattering
of OK material here, if you like AOR with soul and hard rock influences.
The vocals are rough (sometimes very rough) and this is an album that shows
there's only so much you can do with a Synclavier... (HP, 13 Mar 04; revised
23 Oct 04)