Originally Posted by
Danno
I was lucky enough to see them in my home town in 85. I never thought I'd catch them live and it was a brilliant evening. Part way through, they introduced their new single "Frankie". Inoffensive enough but not going to get them back into the charts. A few weeks later, what I still consider their worst ever single was number 1 in the UK and remained there 4 weeks later. When the album came out, it didn't really get much better. Played it a few times, but the vinyl pretty much remained on the shelf.
When the box set came out last year, I still shelled out despite having most of the material. I'd totally forgotten that Nile had worked on the final Atlantic release. Time has moved on and I was a bit more forgiving on listening for the first time in some 35 years. I have to agree with you though, it didn't cut it back then and still feels like collection of b sides. Still my favourite girl group though.
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