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When the Roachford single "Cuddly Toy" entered the Top 10 during the late 1980s, the song's arrival was greeted with glee by legions of music lovers. At that time the charts were glued up by the mass-produced, teeny icons churned out from the Stock, Aitken and Waterman hit factory. Roachford's authentic, homegrown black rock music appeared to be the antithesis of this plastic pop, and it was hoped the group's arrival would spark a revival in credible British pop. However, what this eponymous album highlighted is that Roachford's music was just as formulaic as the output from the SAW factory--which in many ways is no bad thing. The Roachford formula combines Andrew Roachford's soul-boy voice with electric guitars and pop beats. As well as containing the single "Cuddly Toy", other similar sounding pop-rock tracks are featured, including "Kathleen" and "Family Man". --John Galilee
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
i bought this album a few weeks ago and it immediately went into the cd pack in the car. it really is a great album to drive along to with the sun shining and roachfords blend of smooth vocals and rock/type guitars. the road goes quickly as you enjoy the good music and tremendous lyrics put together on this fine album.
you might say i like it!
you might say i like it!
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I've had this album since 1989 when it came out, and, yes, it is magnificent!
The first 9 songs are pretty much faultless, with great tunes, rhythm and meaningful lyrics. Most are about dumping, being dumped and the life of single man, but in no way are they somber. Beautiful Morning is pure exuberance; Since is a devastating jaw-dropper.
I sort of gave up on Roachford after their next album and haven't looked them up since. I know Andrew Roachford is still performing, and I'm sure he hasn't lost that tremendous voice.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
A Wonderful Album Highly Uncharacteristic For It's Era
10 Nov 2010
Format:Audio CD
It's very seldom that I come across an album that just doesn't ring a bell to me at all. Having absolutely no name recognition with multi instrumentalist singer/songwriter Andrew Roachford I didn't have any idea what to expect from this at all. When this album dropped in 1988 it was a time when most R&B artists were based in some variation synth funk or new jack swing/hip-hop based styles and it seemed that only people such as Anita Baker or Englands Fine Young Cannibals and Terence Trent D'Arby were offering much in the way of an alternative. What Roachford offered here,the name refering to a trio headed by the man himself was as an active participant in this musical reaction against the R&B sounds of it's era. And one of the things he got right about this album was the most important thing:the production. While this album is based very squarely in traditional R&B song structures featuring some slippery guitar/bass riffing and blues harp solos he also borrows freely from production elements of the period such as echo and reverb. In particular on this front is the song "Kathleen" with it's stop/start midtempo rhythm and jazzy chord changes. Same goes for the more uptempo closer "Nobody But You" but one might also be surprised at something else about this album. As bands such as Living Color and Mother's Finest continued to mine the whole "black rock" ethic it's interesting to find no funk/metal hybrids on this album but instead vibrant rave ups such as "Give It Up","Family Man",No Way" and "Shotgun (Crazy World We Live In)",all songs that feature a rolling shuffling beat and plenty of guitar riffing but are actually mainstream late 80's pop/rock aside from the bluster implied. Perhaps no one in the black community since Ike Turner had fully explored the idea of slickly produced pop/rock and Roachford were one of a small number of bands during this time actually looking to do that and considering the relative early arrival of this album may in fact have been pioneers to a degree. The 70's and 80's were filled with many largely unexplored directions throughout all angles of the R&B,soul,rock,funk and jazz spectrums and even though many of those artists exploring those directions had huge popular successs late in the 1980's Roachford could be said to be one that just may have gotton away from us.
Roachford still sounds good
29 July 2008
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I bought this album on tape when it first came out and I eventually wore it out. I was really happy to find it on CD. I forgot how good the songs were. The man knows how to write a song. It's an upbeat album and you'll like it.
Yea Roachford
23 Dec 2007
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Andrew Roachford is very talented. I first purchased this record on cassette back in the 90's and had lost it somewhere along the way. I can't express my excitement enough to find that it was available on CD. If you like rockin' soul, this is a perfect CD for you.
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