1983 and 1984 have been good years for music, with U2 in particular coming through. Some of us have discovered Europeans' first album 'Vocabulary', and the rare pearls of modern rock that the album contains. However we have been disappointed by the media, which greeted it with silence rather than acclaim. Europeans have been able to shrug off this injustice, and now release 'Recurring Dreams', produced by the Master, David Lord (XTC, Peter Gabriel, Echo & the Bunnymen). On their first album, one found many strong passages - some very powerful songs which could be danced to and which really grabbed the listener, but they were also somewhat abstract. On the new album, one discovers a music with more depth, rich in subtlety sensitivity and finesse. Some tracks take love as a theme (a topic not touched on in the first album), and on the whole these are of a moderate or slow tempo, which gives the limelight to Steve Hogarth (Who sings five of the eight tracks; Fergus Harper was seriously ill in hospital at the commencement of the recording of the album). Steve displays much powerful emotion in singing songs such as 'Don't Give Your Heart to Anybody', 'I'm Burning Inside You' and 'I Don't Want You in My Life', three sufficiently strong reasons for buying this haunting album. Fergus Harper expresses himself more strongly on the up-tempo numbers such as '1001 Arguments' which reminds us of the best moments of the first album. There is definitely a strong direction and style present in Europeans, and now is the time for good things to happen to the band! Review by "Georges Daublon" (BEST Magazine). (www.theeuropeans.co.uk)
RATING: 6.75 / 10
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