This is the debut album from the UK band Dare, and also in my opinion their best effort. It's very melodic, the song writing is strong and the production is good considering this album isn't that fresh anymore (released in 1988). Keyboards play a strong role here, and they are the elements that make this album sound very atmospheric. Singer Darren Wharton has a hauntingly brilliant voice perfectly suited for the material. The rest of the band doesn't shine too much, but they all make excellent contributions as a team to the whole package. Vinny Burns (later in the band Ten) is the lead guitarist here, and his solos fit the tracks quite well. I remember trying to get hold of the singles for this album, as the B-sides contained excellent tracks not included on the LP/CD (for example songs called "Valentino" and "Love is the price"). When this CD was re-released not long ago, I took it for granted that these B-sides would appear on it. But, no. Almost criminal not to include them and I really can't understand why! It's hard to pick some favourite tracks off this album, as I think they are all good. By the way, Brian Cox (the keyboard player, who was with the band until the split in 1992) is nowadays
Dr Brian and currently works at the CERN laboratory in Geneva. He has received many awards for his work in publishing science. Quite a change of direction, eh?
