The great thing about Cargo is that I felt there was no sort of pretensions or expectations with the album's sound. It was a continuation, and fine-tuning of Business As Usual. It could be that I may have been young at the time when it came out, but listening to it as an adult, I can't hear anything but pitch-perfect pop hooks that flowed naturally....
After I purchased Business As Usual, I got the Overkill single for my Dad for his birthday (I was only 11.) He liked it. Then, we said, "Hey! Why don't we play side 2!" Well, the side 2 of my Overkill was Until the Money Runs Out. That song lasted one playing before my Dad said no more. I mean, I guess you could call it an instrumental, with a chorus, but when they only repeat that one line two dozen times in a row, it grated on my father's already short nerves.
But, hey. I liked it!
My version is only slightly different than the re-release. I hate when they include live tracks on studio albums. So, I pulled those off. I tweaked the track listing a bit and made that killer cover...
Have fun...
OK, I've been offline for AGES, just discovered this blog, doing this in New posts first, then older, rather than random selections.
ReplyDeleteMan, have I mentioned this before? You have TASTE. And class.
Funny thing is for me, Down Under was the song that got me (and I would imagine countless others) into MAW, but now it just sounds like a novelty record.
Who Can It Be Now is frankly a minimal masterpiece, Overkill is a progression on the 1st album, the track that always does it for me is It's A Mistake.
Anyway, what more is in store? Hall & Oates? The Cars? Here's hoping...