Re: Sniff 'n' the Tears - Fickle Heart (1978)

by Nightjar Mon Jun 22, 2020 7:34 pm

Fleetwood Mac now.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Jun 22, 2020 7:34 pm

Hints of Steely Dan.

by Nightjar Mon Jun 22, 2020 7:34 pm

I can see Stevie Nicks swaying about with a tambourine...

by Nightjar Mon Jun 22, 2020 7:35 pm

Nightjar wrote:I can see Stevie Nicks swaying about with a tambourine...

In place of the Boney-M guy in the flying jacket from the video.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Jun 22, 2020 7:36 pm

Electric piano solo.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Jun 22, 2020 7:37 pm

2nd electric piano solo.

by Nightjar Mon Jun 22, 2020 7:37 pm

Tasteful, yet dull.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Jun 22, 2020 7:37 pm

A bit Riders on the Storm.

by Nightjar Mon Jun 22, 2020 7:38 pm

Prescient lyrics.

Viva la Revolucion!

by Nightjar Mon Jun 22, 2020 7:38 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:A bit Riders on the Storm.

No, it's something else.

What is it? gaah

by Nightjar Mon Jun 22, 2020 7:39 pm

by Nightjar Mon Jun 22, 2020 7:39 pm

Climax Blues Blues Band.

by Nightjar Mon Jun 22, 2020 7:41 pm

I'll tell what's hard in Morocco.

The mattresses. sad yes

by Nightjar Mon Jun 22, 2020 7:44 pm

Mink DeVille again.

by Nightjar Mon Jun 22, 2020 7:45 pm

Oh, I've been listening to extra tracks. shifty

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Jun 22, 2020 7:45 pm

It is over.

I think it was obvious what that album's strengths and weakness were.

I picked it for inclusion here because, quickly sampling the tracks the other day, it reminded me greatly of the first Dire Straits album, in being a group of great musicians with a not overly-gifted singer and one standout track among a competent set of other songs. Both albums also came out around the same time as each other and I was struck by the twists and turns of fate that, while the Straits went on to global superstardom, Sniff 'n' the Tears vanished quickly into oblivion.

Now to look back at the thread and see what everybody else made of it. Excited

by Nightjar Mon Jun 22, 2020 7:45 pm

They weren't any better or worse than the tracks included on the original release to be honest.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Jun 22, 2020 7:46 pm

I shall give it 2 stars, even though Driver's Seat deserves 6.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Jun 22, 2020 7:49 pm

Here's the singer being interviewed. He seems like a nice man and shows off his paintings. He is definitely a better painter than he is a singer.

by Nightjar Mon Jun 22, 2020 7:55 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:I shall give it 2 stars, even though Driver's Seat deserves 6.

Well, you're nothing if not consistent in your withering harshness.

I think the band deserve three stars alone.

Personally, I'd give it 4 stars, but that would obviously be abzurd.

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