SHAZAM

With a more lively and harder edge, Shazam jolts the listener into realizing this is a new Move sound than all the radio-friendly singles represented on their debut. Roy Wood had begun growing his hair even longer and dressing in entertaining ways and Carl Wayne the lead vocalist and sometime-songwriter was none too happy (even looks a bit like this on the cover, no?). The tension adds to the music. This album mixes cover songs and originals. The covers are given a good do-over, with the re-interpretations sounding fresh. Among the originals, the excellent but eerie "Beautiful Daughter" and their remake of their great hit "Cherry Blosom Clinic" (but here the harder, "revisited" version) stand out. On this album they are playing better and more like they mean it. But it is not quite at the 4-star level. I give this album 7.5 out of 10 on my 10-point scale, which translates to higher 3 PA stars. Get the version with the bonus tracks - there are a number of them of varied quality, but they give a good idea of the music the band were recording at the time.

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