The album's title largely gives what you are in store for. This is the UK in 1974, although the Glam Rock is enhanced at times with Guitar Rock and Synth Runs. It takes me back to the teenage me and the singles that I adored. All this here and the music that surrounds me started with Glam, both sartorially and listening wise.
Glam Rock should always be fun and this is from start to finish. She's A Star certainly wears its Platform Boots proud and tall with its Glitter Band drums and from then on the glitter never stops. Sequins And Leather adopts all the riffs. There is a cover of Bowie's Suffragette City, a great song covered faithfully, but I'm not sure that you can add much to the original.
Sugar Beat is call and response and Pogo Tonight heads more towards Pop Rock with a Synth Riff that is all Sweet's Fox On The Run, It is the period Synth parts that take the songs into different directions such as Space Rock and even light Prog.
Glitterati is the stand out here. With a vocal starts all Ozzy Osbourne and transcends into ELO. The Synth line sounds like something from a 1970s Kids TV Space series. There may be a good deal of pastiche here, but the set works because of its wholehearted musical joy.
You can listen to and buy the album here.
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