Review:

on 2011-08-07 CharlesMartel Said:

Given my unstinting praise for the album from which this was drawn, "Red Skies Over Paradise", you would normally be expected to think this would be the best single of all time in the same way as "Marliese" is rated by me as the best song of all time. However, on a single the track is taken out of the context of the album, which is what makes it such perfection in the first place. "Marliese" is at its true brilliance because it is part of a bigger whole. This single was number one across Europe - Germany; Holland; Belgium; Portugal; Austria - and remained at the top of the Dutch charts for a then record eight weeks. Guess what happened to it in its home country?

I need not say any more about that track as anyone who knows me will know my predeliction for it. "Right Hand Men" is a good B-Side though, even if it is a little on the brief side. Jerky and sharp, John Watts' voice it at its most cutting on this denouncement of the lackeys of the establishment who do as they are told and bleat following orders when asked to justify their actions. I havent played the A-side in a long time now as shortly after I got the single, I got the album. I played that until it virtually wore out and now I have the CD.
Rating: 9/10