This band was formed in 1984 by Genesis-member Mike Rutherford. They played a typical kind of 80's pop with good songs and elements of rock and they had two very strong vocalists. Paul Carrack has had a long solocarrier with several hit songs, Paul Young has played with Sad Café and died in 2000, Adrian Lee has played with Cliff Richard, Toyah, Chris De Burgh and 10 CC, Peter Van Hooke has played with Cliff Richard and Van Morrison.

1)Nobodys perfect (7,5) Very nice intro that builds up to the refrain. Good, clear singing and a catchy hit-refrain and typical sounds of the 80's.

2)The living years (8,0) A teardripping song about a father that passes away. A big choir-chorus and kind of a ballad. Very good song and a huge hit for the band.

3)Seeing is believing (6,5) A rocking pop-song. Guitarrriff and synthcomp.

4)Nobody knows (7,0) Nice ballad with an up-tempo refrain. Nice sensetive singing.

5)Poor boy down (7,0) Up-tempo pop-rocker. Very 80's style.

6)Blame (6,5) Dancefloorfiller with a heavy synthbeat and strong vocals. A bit repetitive.

7)Don't (5,5) Just a synthbeat and strong vocals. Different.

8)Black and blue (6,0) As always good singing but a pretty boring song.

9)Beautiful day (5,0) Just a song, nothing special and nothing happens.

10)Why me? (8,0) A song with different phases and a bombastic refrain and Pink Floyd-like guitarplaying. This song would have suited Pink Floyd or old Marillion perfect, a really good song.

Score: 6,70

Paul Carrack-vocals (b.1951)

Paul Young-vocals (b.1947-d.2000)

Mike Rutherford-guitar and bass (b.1950)

Adrian Lee-keybaords (b.1957)

Peter Van Hooke-drums (b.1950)

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