A music-obsessed, retired San Francisco lawyer, and author of the rock & roll memoir Jittery White Guy Music (available on Amazon)... picking a random album or song in his collection every day or so and sharing a few thoughts.
Britain's Any Trouble kicked around on and off for decades, releasing consistently solid records (largely overlooked here in the states) ranging from first-wave skinny-tie power pop to pub rock to blue-eyed soul. It's a bit of a cop-out to compare their 1980 debut, Where Are All The Nice Girls?, with the earlier debuts of Elvis Costello and Joe Jackson (no doubt abetted by singer Clive Gregson both looking & sounding like a mash-up of the two), but being a little late to the party with a readily-identifiable sound doesn't make the record any less great.
Lead-off track "Second Choice" is a fun introduction to the band, ska-tinged new wave with a charming chorus. How this song wasn't a monster hit is just nuts, right?
Better sound than on the video:Live on tv:Gregson solo acoustic, 2016:Marti Jones & Don Dixon live cover, 1989 (about 4 minutes into the clip):See the entire Top 2000 to date in a sortable database!
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