Alan Hull's third solo album, and his last before Lindisfarne reconvened in 1979, follows firmly in the footsteps of its two predecessors, while advancing their musical outlook towards entire new pastures. Indeed, a crack band and lush production could lure you into mistaking the opening "I Wish You Well" for any number of contemporary MOR troubadours, although the self-deprecating "Anywhere Is Everywhere" quickly brings your ears back to basics, a rock & rolling singalong that finds Hull sounding as sharp and sassy as he ever did in the past… and ever would in the future. Brilliant stuff.
by Dave Thompson
Tracks
1. I Wish You Well - 3:31
2. Anywhere Is Everywhere - 3:51
3. Make Me Want To Stay - 4:17
4. Dancing (On The Judgement Day) - 3:56
5. A Walk In The Sea - 3:11
6. Corporation Rock - 5:48
7. Madmen And Loonies - 3:11
8. Somewhere Out There - 4:17
9. Love Is The Alibi - 2:24
10.Love Is The Answer - 3:37
11.Isn't It Strange - 3:42
12.Spittin' In The Wind (Ken Craddock, Colin Gibson) - 3:29
13.Lay Back And Dream (Pete Kirtley) - 4:26
14.Something Got The Better Of You (Ken Craddock, Colin Gibson) - 4:52
15.Somewhere Out There - 4:19
16.Raw Bacon - 4:00
17.A Walk In The Sea - 3:15
18.Evening - 4:17
19.Dancing (On The Judgement Day) - 3:55
All songs by Alan Hull except where noted
Bonus tracks 11-19
Tracks 11-14 From Radiator's "Isn't It Strange" 1977 LP
Tracks 15-19 Previously Unreleased 1975 Demos
Musicians
*Alan Hull - Bass, Guitars, Keyboards, Percussion, Vocals
*Bob Barton - Guitars, Vocals
*Bud Beadle - Horn
*Ken Craddock - Guitars, Keyboards, Percussion, Vocals
*Lesley Duncan - Vocals
*Keith Fisher - Drums, Percussion
*Colin Gibson - Bass, Percussion
*Steve Gregory - Horn, Vocals
*Pete Kirtley - Guitar
*Ray Laidlaw - Drums
*Joanna Newman - Vocals
*Rab Noakes - Vocals
*Terry Popple - Drums
*Liza Strike - Horn, Vocals
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