Label: MCA Records (Japan), UICY-9087
Style: Rock, Soft Rock, Ballads
Country: Torquay, Devon, England
Time: 42:39
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 276 Mb
Front Page News has never been one of my favourite Mark 2 albums - I tend to prefer the rockier There's The Rub, New England and No Smoke. But I played it a couple of days ago, and maybe I was in the right mood for something mellow, but it is a very good album. We all appreciate the title track, "Come In From The Rain" and "Diamond Jack", but songs like "Midnight Dancer", "Surface To Air" and "714" are very well-constructed too. I can't really get into "Right Or Wrong" though, and I'm not sure about "Heartbeat".
I think the beauty of Wishbone Ash is that they can follow up a rocker like New England with something completely different. Maybe that's a weakness too, 'cos sometimes it hasn't worked - Argus/Wishbone Four, for instance, or There's The Rub/Locked In.
(wishboneash.co.uk/albumfrontpage) Review by Alan Bloor
Here is my take on Front Page News. The Cd is good. Yes i know it's not that heavy rocker we are all used too. But you can't go wrong with any Mk 1 or Mk2. My take on this is the lads were just to busy trying to save ass with the record deals to get that one song on the top 10 list which to me sounds very hookie because these guys had and still have very much talent when it come to singing. But in a sense that was not a bad idea because it had them go in a different direction and the end result was they actully had some very mellow and great ballads. OK here we go, "Diamond Jack" hot, "Right or Wrong", good rocking boogie, hot, very hot, "Heartbeat" very spacey, mellow, pull my heart stings, close my eyes and dream. Do I need to say any more. I've been an Ash fan sense blind eye.
(wishboneash.co.uk/albumfrontpage) Review by David Hernandez
This album is a bit of a grower. I didn't take a lot of notice to this album on first hearing as it seemed laid back and not as "in yer face" as others. However, it has definitely grown on me the more I play it. That said there are a couple of numbers that I don't care for much but I do like "Front Page News", "Come In From The Rain" (my fave on the album), "Right Or Wrong", which I think is an underated rocker, "Diamond Jack", and I think "Surface To Air" is very underated and it's only recently that I took much notice of this track. Those solos in it are fantastic in my view and it's one I wish MTWA would bring into the set on odd occasion. "714" is an OK track but I still don't care for the rest much. Overall it's not a bad album but not as good as other MK 2 albums (apart from Locked In).
(wishboneash.co.uk/albumfrontpage) Review by Tony Clark
01. Front Page News (05:11)
02. Midnight Dancer (04:31)
03. Goodbye Baby Hello Friend (03:51)
04. Surface To Air (04:53)
05. 714 (03:22)
06. Come In From The Rain (04:45)
07. Right Or Wrong (02:53)
08. Heart Beat (04:21)
09. The Day I Found Your Love (04:30)
10. Diamond Jack (04:17)
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