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     Paul Bradle ' ' 
     
     'Yassau- 
     
     Dangerous Acquaintances— 
     
     Marianne Faithfull 
     
     , This is quite simply 
     
     one of the best rock 
     
     albuns of the year. 
     
     Faithfull has thrown off 
     
     the shroud that inspired 
     
     the' anger and despair 
     
     of Broken English. In 
     
     fact, on the opening cut 
     
     she repeats, "I'm 
     
     changing my'role in life." 
     
     This tune, entitled 
     
     "Sweetheart" sets the 
     
     tone for the rest.of the 
     
     l.p. The song has a 
     
     distinct reggae feel — 
     
     not what you might 
     
     expect from Ms. Faithfull. 
     
     "Intrigue" ,’ the 
     
     l.p. '5 second track, 
     
    
   
   
    
     - also has a pleasant 
     
    
   
   
    
     surprise awaiting —- a 
     
     horn section. Again, 
     
     this; is not something 
     
     we would expect, judging 
     
     from Faithfull's past , 
     
     material, yet it comple-. 
     
     ments the mood of the 
     
     song beautifully. . 
     
     Most of the ranainin 
     
     tunes on Dangerous Acq- 
     
     aintances are set to—a— 
     
     mid-tempo, heavy. rock 
     
     beat, similar to Broken 
     
     English. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     the feeling that if the 
     
     band Would just loosen 
     
     up a little, they would 
     
     regain their earlier 
     
     form. As it stands, 
     
    

    
     The Police have abandoned 
     
     the brash white-kid 
     
     reggae that made them 
     
    

    
     so unique. Too bad. 
     
    
   
   
    
     5 Bad For Good — Jim 
     
    

    
     Steinhan 
     
    

    
     Meatloaf's lyricist 
     
     has tried a solo venture. 
     
     This is it and it's 
     
     terrible. Todd Rundgren 
     
     (over—) produced Bat 
     
     gut of Hell and now—has 
     
     produced the shit out 
     
     of Bad For Good. He 
     
     should have brains 
     
     enough to stay away 
     
     from these exercises in 
     
     arrogance. As bad as 
     
     Bat Out of Hell was (and 
     
     it was pretty silly when 
     
     you things about it), it 
     
     had its moments. 
     
    

    
     However, Bad For 
     
     Good is a totama—cle 
     
     One cut, "Love and Death 
     
     and an American Guitar" 
     
     is gross beyond belief. 
     
     This album should have 
     
     been called Good For 
     
     Nothing. 
     
    
   
   
    
     and one in America. As 
     
     you can imagine, it's 
     
     hard to write good 
     
     material and perfect 1 
     
     your craft when you are 
     
     constantly on, the road 
     
     (on the talk show circuit 
     
     as it were). This was 
     
     painfully evident in 
     
     Zenyatta Monodalta, a 
     
     decent l.p. but sun—par 
     
     for this band. 
     
     An initial observ— 
     
     ation is that this is ’ 
     
     .t he first Police Album 
     
     whose title is actually 
     
     pronouncable. Below the 
     
     surface, the material 
     
     travels in'extremes. 
     
     There are four very 
     
     good cuts: "Spirits In 
     
     the Material World", 
     
     "ENer Little Thing She 
     
     Does to Magic", "Invisible 
     
     Sun", and "Darkness". 
     
     However, the Police's 
     
     songwriting continues to 
     
     flounder. Some of the 
     
     tunes on Ghost In The 
     
     Machine are just ‘a 
     
     series of sound effects, 
     
     interupted by flat, 
     
     lifeless riffing. The 
     
     ‘Police are capable of 
     
     more than this. '.  
     
     ' Somehow you get 
     
    
   
   
    
     Faithfull still has 
     
     a measure of gloom to 
     
     - project. 4 But, wisely,- 
     
     she isolates it so that 
     
     when we do come across 
     
     "So Sad" and "Truth 
     
     Bitter Truth" we know 
     
     she is sincere. 
     
    

    
     This is not a 
     
     perfect album and it 
     
     may take a couple of 
     
     listens for you to 
     
     adjust to Faithfull's 
     
     ‘gravelly voice. But 
     
     .when the songs hit home, 
     
     they stay. All cuts 
     
     are recommended, 
     
     especially "Intrigue", 
     
     "Eye Communication", 
     
    

    
     "So Sad", "Strange One", 
     
     and "Easy in The City". 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Ghost In the Machine - 
     
     ' ~ The Police  
     
     The age old conflict 
     
     of commercial success 
     
     versus artistic integrity 
     
     has never been more than 
     
     _ in the Police. Outlandos 
     
     ,d'anor and Regatta de 
     
     / Blanc had critics raving. 
     
     iThen, all of a’ sudden the 
     
     band had three hit _ 
     
     singles in England ’(two 
     
     of which were number 1) 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
             
     
    
   
   
    
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