Sweet Dreams/Psychomodo/Mr Soft/Singular Band/Ritz/Cavaliers/Bed In The Corner/Sling It/Tumbling Down
The Psychomodo was the follow up album from the glam rock band Cockney Rebel. They were a vehicle for the songwriting talents of front man Steve Harley. Features the UK top ten hit Mr Soft. (UK:8)
“Mr Soft and the swirling psychedelic Ritz are excellent, but the rest are dull Ziggy/Aladdin-esque fodder.”
“Very bland songs neither well crafted or produced that totally fail to register. Harley voice lacks real drama to give any credibility to what he is trying to sing, which is rather pretentious when you go deep inside the lyrics.”
“I don't know much about glam-rock, but this album impressed me from the very first listen. I'm not used to symphonic arrangements either, but I find them very classy and sober here. Or maybe it's just the eclecticism of this pop-rock kaleidoscope, with its grandiose melodies and creative rhythm emphasis.”
“With a voice pitched halfway between Bowie and Ray Davies, a sleazy outlook on things and a trusty violin riding alongside to keep it distinct, Steve Harley is the face of the most inventive side of glam rock. Wild pop songs fraught with madness and beauty.”
“It picked up where The Human Menagerie left off, veering to the left, before descending, taking us on a dark journey to some surreal reality, Steve spouting, often serrated, intriguing poetry, whilst squeezing and dripping every last drop of dark brooding imagery into the grooves of this sickly sweet disc.”
“Psychomodo goes through a smorgasbord of musical styles reggae, rock, theatre, and chamber. His lyrics beat Bowie and Ferry by shear audacity and wit.”
“From the opening orchestral strains of Psychomodo/Sweet Dreams to the remarkable grandeur of Tumbling Down, Harley takes you on a tour into his beautiful but often twisted psyche.”
“Go on admit it if you were a glitterbug in 1974, you probably bought this and now admit it again, you still love it.”
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