THE REVILLOS
Jungle Of Eyes (Captain Oi!)
Reviewed by Alan Wright

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This is a new CD of what was supposed to be the third Revillos LP, which they recorded after releasing two LPs, "Rev Up!" and "Attack!" I'm not sure why it didn't get released, but hearing it now I can kinda see why, because it's not that great. Compared to their previous two releases, it's pretty poor, suffering from terrible '80s production, a horrific "gated" drum sound, really out of place horns on a couple of tracks and cheesy '80s synths galore. It simply doesn't have the wacky, care-free retro sound of their earlier work, and sounds rather dated at that. Maybe it was because it was going to be on a big label, but they rerecorded a couple of my favorite tracks from Attack, "Man Attack" and "Bitten By A Love Bug," in unbelievably inferior fashion. Other songs like "Call Me The Cat," The Vampire Strikes" and "The Last One To Know" fared much better in rougher versions found on the "From The Freezer" demos and live collection. Overall, this is really a release for Revillos completists only, but even those may have a hard time finding much to write home about on this CD.

© 2003 - Alan Wright