SINGLES BAR

Rip It Up, Issue 75, 1 October 1983, Page 30

SINGLES BAR

Depeche Mode Everything Counts (Mute) 12" This has been out for a while now so what's your excuse for not owning it? Not as immediately intoxicating as 'Get the Balance Right' but still a first-class piece of keyboard organisation. Serious lyrics ("Grabbing hands grab all they can") suggest Depeche Mode have Inland Revenue problems. Give it a few airings and by the fourth or fifth listen.you'll be totally hooked. Elvis Costello

Everyday I Write the Book (F-Beat) What can you say about this man? He just continues to mature in the best possible way. Culled from his successful Punch the Clock LP, this is a song of immense perfection. Sweet soul melody, heartfelt delivery and

some ; marvellous backing vocals from Afrodiziak. File under huge hit. The Lotus Eaters The First Picture of You (Arista) More English geezers aiming for the part of the road with the white line on it. Two boys from Liverpool with nice haircuts and smiles and an obvious desire to fall into the hole that swallowed the Pale Fountains. I like it, but most of you will loathe it. Cabaret Voltaire Just Fascination (Some Bizarre) The Cabs come in from the cold. A stark departure from earlier material, 'Just Fascination' is a stab at commercial acceptability. Not unlike Empires and Dance period Simple Minds, this is a gutsy dance song that should go a long way towards winning them new fans. \, Herbie Hancock Rockit (CBS) 12" The name of this modern jazz heavyweight isn't synonymous with the art; of dance and this record is a new direction for him. One of the. best scratch records around.' Break dancing will never be the same. Keep an eye out for the video, you won't see a better one this year. Kissing the Pink Love Lasts Forever (Magnet) 12" I'm not much of a fan of these art-schoolers from the - northern regions but this is probably the best cut from their rather patchy debut album. Some .nice bits, bright synths, tasty sax break, it could prove quite popular. Altered Images Bring Me Closer (Epic) . Here's a band with a problem. They write some quite OK songs but their limited barbie doll-voice vocalist always sounds the same. Produced by Toni Visconti (T. Rex, David Bowie), it has a full, almost flashy sound. Could well repeat the success of 'Don't Talk to Me'.

Previous hot picks that are now out and worth investing your dole money on: Jimmy the Hoover Tantalise', a. melting pot of summer fun, sort of Afro-Calypso. Joßoxers 'Just Got Lucky',; their second and by far the best single, accomplished swing pop. Leisure Process 'Anxiety', unfortunately not released in its full 12" form but still a great track. Mark Phillips V