All the way back in the late 1970s/early 1980s as well as listening to as much New Wave of British Heavy Metal as my ears could handle – Diamond Head, Tygers of Pan Tang, White Spirit, Witchfynde, Angel Witch, Tytan, Vardis etc. I had a bit of a soft spot for a little of American “radio friendly” stuff. Still do to some extent.
One of the bands from “over there” which I bought their stuff was Quarterflash. Fronted by the captivating and enchanting Rindy Ross – whose vocals were so good and she played a mean saxophone. Her husband Marv played guitar and wrote most of the songs.
Quarterflash were not short of success initially. A platinum selling debut album, big hit singles etc. Now their second album from 1983 – Take Another Picture – has been re-released via Music on CD.
After losing my old vinyl copy sometime over the last four decades I couldn’t resist the opportunity to order and relive my youth a little.
Take Another Picture wasn’t as successful as the debut, though did provide Quaterflash a big single with the lead off track Take Me to Heart. An impossibly catchy and hook-laden few minutes of classy AOR/melodic rock with Rindy’s hauntingly powerful vocal.
The title track is a faster paced spiky number with an unusual beat which is quite infectious. Shane has a bit of a funky feel to it. It Don’t Move Me thumps along nicely before Shakin the Jinx comes in as a quirky, offbeat yet quite compelling up tempo affair and a fine saxophone piece from Rindy. Watch them performing it live in 1984:
Make it Shine a straightforward, catchy melodic rocker as is One More Round to Go which has some pace to it. For me the only let down is the closing track of It All Becomes Clear. A weak ballad which goes nowhere.
That aside, Take Another Picture is in my opinion is a fine album of classy early 1980s AOR/melodic rock with some quirkiness to it with the USP of Rindy Ross having such a fine voice and belting out that saxophone to bring something different to proceedings. All still sounds good to me listening to it for the first time after a few decades since my original vinyl copy was lost.
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