I felt that The Game had little going for it aside from the singles and Hot Space was massively ill conceived. They improved after that but their 1980s albums were very hit and miss as they were trying to reinvent themselves with new technology.
However, I thought the Innuendo album was superb. It would will sit easily against any of their 1970s albums.
I admit that I did not pay great attention to them after the early eighties because by the I was under the spell of my “holy trinity” of Clash/Damned/Dead Kennedys…But still then and until today I loved their albums up to that point of time.
I read in the news that the bassist Herbie Flowers has died. He was a founder member of the prog rock group Sky, but he is probably best known as a session musician. One of those names that pops up in the credits of album sleeve notes.
Anyway, this is a very prominent example of his work:
A few years ago, I picked up a “Best Of Ska” double CD in a charity shop for about 50p. It has that on it amongst other things. It’s a mix of 1960s Ska and the later 2Tone stuff. I don’t think there is a bad track on it. I always stick it on in the car when I need cheering up.
I’m watching the Beat-Club new year’s eve show from 1968. Holstein Kiel vs Bayern later. May go for some troll based Finnish folk-death-metal to go with it.