(Pop/NewWave/Synthpop) Nik Kershaw - Radio Musicola - 1986 [Japanese Release], APE (image+.cue), Lossless

Amazon Review #1: Frequently quoted in 'Best Album' lists, this disk has a
vitality and presence that makes it stand out in any collection. The sound
quality (even after 20 years of so-called 'development') is still viewed as
demonstration standard, with a depth and clarity that ensures its place in any
'classic' line-up. An absolute 'must have' and an outstanding contribution to
80's pop.

Amazon Review #2: It saddens and angers me that Nik Kershaw has never received
the credit he so deserves. Radio Musicola was released in 1986 at what
should have been the height of his career, after his incredible performance at
Live Aid a year earlier and the mainstream success of both Human Racing
and The Riddle, Nik was on a roll musically. Radio Musicola saw
Nik growing up as an artist, with the first single "Nobody Knows" having just
tickled the top 40 and the album selling well at first but then fading it was
clear Nik had outgrown himself, outgrown the teen idol that had ensured major
success in 1984 and 1985, I guess the music buying public just didn't get it!!
Without doubt this album is an absolute must for any aspiring songwriter,
guitarist and music lovers in general, there is not a dull moment on Radio
Musicola from the heart-rending "Life Goes On" to the guitar virtuosity on
"What The Papers Say" to the absolute sublime by the way of "L.A.B.A.T.Y.D". One
day this man will be recognised as an icon for musicality and will be propelled
to where he belongs. Buy this album, play it, love it and be proud that you know
something the world has yet to wake up to.

Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 3 from 28. July 2007

EAC extraction logfile from 26. August 2007, 18:53

Nik Kershaw / Radio Musicola

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