The Genesis
guitarist/bassist goes from acting very strange to acting very slick,
giving his regular band a run for its money in terms of both quality
and commercial success.
The first thing he does
right is stick to his four- and six-strings and keyboards and
relegate the singing to Paul Carrack and Paul Young.
Also, his songwriting is
markedly improved, with searching lyrics and lush arrangements and
sounds that combine Genesis, The Police, and other pop-synth sounds
of the 1980s, resulting in a timeless new age rock sheen.
The obvious hit here is “All
I Need Is a Miracle,” which was all over radio and MTV. However,
the real standouts are the cinematic tour-de-forces “Silent
Running,” “You Are the One,” "A Call to Arms," and “Taken In,” the latter two of
which presage Mike + The Mechanics’ 1988 hit title track, “The
Living Years.”
This was the beginning of a
long and successful second musical life for Rutherford, who continues
to perform with The Mechanics.
--Raj Manoharan
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