Cunningly re-released ‘Best Of’ to capitalise on the band’s new studio
album. As an introduction to the delights of the Outfield you can’t really
go wrong, especially as it opens with the harmony overload of ‘Voices Of
Babylon’, which for me is the best track they’ve recorded to date.
Imagine the Police singing with the Beatles and you’d be close.
The US hit singles are here as – ‘Say It Isn’t So’, ‘Since You’ve Been Gone’ and the
sports anthem ‘Winning It All’. There are two new tracks along with a couple
of unreleased/acoustic versions of existing tracks to make it appealing to
existing fans.
If you like harmony driven AOR/melodic rock then you seriously need to
check out this band who were criminally overlooked in their UK homeland but
luckily the US understood their musical potential!
***** Out of this world | **** Pretty
damn fine |
*** OK, approach with caution unless you are a fan |
** Instant bargain bin fodder | * Ugly. Just ugly
