Monday, January 18, 2016

LOIS LANE - QUALIFIED

What do I know about Lois Lane?  Virtually nothing.  So why do I own this disc?  Well, that's more predictable.  I do know that Lois Lane is a Dutch group and I know when they released their album "Precious" in the US they changed the name of the band to Lois L. because of copyright infringement.  Other than that, I don't know much about them before "Precious" or after.  

For some reason, Prince connected with this group and worked with them on their album.  He contributed two songs; (one of which is a cover of a song he released himself), and produced a number of tracks they'd written.  He even played on some of them.

Initially, I had little desire to buy this record when I heard it in the record store.  You could listen to CDs before you buy them over in Europe, but I needed this one track because you can't find it anywhere else.  So I picked up the single.  I later ran across the US version of the album in a used record store for a super low price and decided to invest in the additional material, but this was all I wanted and planned on wanting way back in the early 90's.

This is a 3 track single.  The first track is 'Qualified' and it's the one Prince composition I needed for my collection.  It's a bouncy number with horn blats for emphasis.  Even by Prince standards it's normal fair.  I still like it and I believe it's better than most of the music on the album and on this single.

The other two tracks are 'Need A Little Space' and 'So Long'; neither of which are chart topping blockbuster hits.  Still, they're not bad either.  I hear many qualities I like in this music and although it doesn't reach out and grab me, it's not generic filler material.  There's a lot happening in this group's sound for such a straightforward pop outfit.  Maybe they need to pair it down a bit and concentrate on developing one clear voice or vision.  My final words:  NICE SINGLE FOR THE COMPLETE-IST IN YOU, BUT OTHERWISE UTTERLY SKIP-ABLE.

LOIS LANE - QUALIFIED
01. Qualified
02. Need A Little Space
03. So Long

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