Robert Christgau: Dean of American Rock Critics

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Lifeboat

  • Lifeboat [Dolphin EP, 1985] A-

Consumer Guide Reviews:

Lifeboat [Dolphin EP, 1985]
Though one can't help wishing this Boston quartet's popcraft were a little less earnest, its straightforward mechanics have their appeal in a genre pervaded by ingratiating wooziness and glossy manipulation. And so does the thought behind the mechanics--always a pleasure to encounter the term "ruling class" in a song traveling at less than 150 miles per hour. Time: 19:29. A-

Further Notes:

New Wave [1980s]