★★★★★
When your musical career falters, the trendy thing is to make a disc of cover tunes adapted to your personal style, revealing the influences behind your brush with fame. You might remember Pete Byrne from his synth-pop days in the '80s and his MTV hits "Always Something There To Remind Me" and "Promises, Promises." These are still '80s oldies favorites, and not what you'll find on this recent release...
- www.ink19.com
2009-07-20
★★★★★
A new Naked Eyes album, eh? As a casual fan of the 1980s synth pop duo, I thought this would be a fun CD to take for a spin. This, I believe, is the frame of mind in which most people will be approaching this first new Naked Eyes album in over 20 years. I also believe that you'll be a bit disappointed with what you hear. First of all, there are no synths on this record. Now, when breaking down the components of a synth pop duo, one very key ingredient is the presence of a synthesizer...
- www.popmatters.com
2009-03-21
★★★★★
A new Naked Eyes album, eh? As a casual fan of the 1980s synth pop duo, I thought this would be a fun CD to take for a spin. This, I believe, is the frame of mind in which most people will be approaching this first new Naked Eyes album in over 20 years. I also believe that you'll be a bit disappointed with what you hear. First of all, there are no synths on this record. Now, when breaking down the components of a synth pop duo, one very key ingredient is the presence of a synthesizer...
- www.popmatters.com
2008-11-11
★★★★★
Naked Eyes were in peak form for their debut, showing a highly likable, warmer side to the often cold and detached synth-duo form. The songs they're best known for, "Always Something There to Remind Me," "Promises, Promises" and "When the Lights Go Down," are all included here, though the album can also be found in its entirety (save for one track) on the more readily available Promises, Promises: The Very Best of Naked Eyes...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
By late 1984, most synth-pop acts attempted to redefine themselves rather than be trapped by the genre's limited scope. Naked Eyes, however, didn't give up the fight, instead opting to recreate the formula of their debut. The results were predictably less interesting the first outing, but Fuel for Fire did manage to recapture the magic at least once with "(What) In the Name of Love." All but two tracks were compiled on Promises, Promises: The Very Best of Naked Eyes.
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
Fumbling with the Covers is the first Naked Eyes album since 1984, arriving a whopping 23 years after Fuel for the Fire. A lot happened in that near-quarter century, including the passing of keyboardist Rob Fisher in 1999, leaving Naked Eyes as singer Pete Byrne, who, as the voice of the group, does imbibe this with their personality although this doesn't quite sound like classic Naked Eyes, due to the absence of Fisher and, along with it, heavy synthesizers...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
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