DAVE EDMUNDS...Information (1983)
Information was released 30 years ago in 1983 and it reached number 51 on the U.S. Billboard album charts. I'll give it a 2 out of 5 stars. When I saw that the album was produced by Jeff Lynne of Electric Light Orchestra I thought "Oh, this might be pretty cool." I was a little disappointed. It's not horrible or anything like that, but it's not an album I'm going to listen to again any time soon. I had picked it for the AOTD because of the song "Slipping Away" (written by Lynne) as it's a good track. The rest of the album is cool (with the exception of the horrendous cover "The Shape I'm In") but lacks any punch and also has a bit too much synthesizer goin' on (I know, it was the 80's). You won't hate it but you won't love it, either.
(CD, vinyl, Allmusic review)
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