Howard Jones

Best Of Howard Jones

Enjoyable album

Review Score:

(8/10)
Howard Jones's greatest hits album dates from 1993, and he hasn't been heard from since, but in the ten years represented here (1983-93) he has some really good pop songs. I like his 1985-86 period the best (he was very successful in Australia at this time), and Things Can Only Get Better (1985) is still a great song featuring the excellent use of a brass section and catchy choruses. The Phil Collins-produced No One Is To Blame was his most-played radio hit here, and is a nice ballad that also scored a big US success, while he also produced fun pop tunes with keyboard synthesizers (his speciality) like What Is Love, Like To Get To Know You Well, and Life In One Day. Another nice early hit from the middle of the synth-pop era was 1983's New Song, which I also like.

Later on , he had good songs too, so proving he was not just a fleeting fashion victim. Lift Me Up (1992) is another really good one, while he closes this collection with the grand power ballad City Song (1993).

I've had this disc playing in my car stereo this week, and I can recommend it to people who fondly remember the chart scene of the mid-80's. 4 stars

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