VIGILANTE

Vigilante is in general more pop-rock oriented and made for FM radio playlists to schedule alongside Starship or Mr Mister. Smack bang in its time and preening the band for success.

Produced within an inch of its dated '80s life by Queen drummer Roger Taylor, this is a peculiar follow-up to the fan favourite 'On A Storyteller's Night'. Addressing the unicorn in the room, the cover packaging is hideous and looks like it was designed for a Mattell toy promotion. Rodney Mathews was sadly not on hand for this one and the kowtowing to record company demands has clearly undermined the band's music and visual image. Next item on the agenda: The songs. Some of them are very good ('Midnight You Won't Be Sleeping' and 'Lonely Night' in particular.)

Others are drenched in the syrupy production and at best come off like '80s TV show themes by Mike Post ('Sometime Love') while rockers like 'Holy Rider' and 'Red On The Highway' fair slightly better and at least offer some guilty pleasure for the listener. Magnum would improve on this approach for their next album (the Top 5 breakthrough 'Wings Of Heaven') but this was probably the necessary step to get them up the stairwell.

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