★★★★★
Australian pop-rocker Rick Springfield was never a huge star in the UK but, in an era where 80s-influenced acts such as Gotye dominate radio playlists, maybe it's not too late. Despite his Antipodean origins, Springfield's sound is very Americanised, radio-friendly synth-pop-rock...
- recordcollectormag.com
2013-04-01
★★★★★
Australian Rick Springfield is over 40 years in the business and has just come up with his 17th studio album, boldly titled "Songs For The End Of The World". With Matt Bissonette he has found himself an excellent songwriting partner and together they wrote an album full of excellent songs. When I first listened to this album, I didn't expect much, but what a comeback album this is. No slow stuff here, but powerful rock songs from a reborn 'old' star...
- www.rockreport.be
2012-12-03
★★★★★
Rick Springfield took the '80s by storm, with his heartthrob good-lookscausing panties to fly on-stage continually from over-exuberant young women (an act still repeated to this day). He shot to stardom at the beginning of thedecade in the dual role of musician and actor. All of his U.S...
- www.the-trades.com
2010-12-07
★★★★★
Would you believe second-generation Emitt Rhodes? Well, this is an exemplary singles album--gimmicky, banal, full of filler, and filled out with a few more catchy little numbers to go with "Speak to the Sky." Recommended follow-ups: "Hooky Jo" to keep on rock-rock-rocking, "If I Didn't Mean to Love You" for a future in Vegas balladeering.
- www.robertchristgau.com
2009-07-10
★★★★★
Like Fabian in the first generation of sexy teen idols, all Rick Springfield has to do is growl and, wow, legions of ponytails are at his feet. For them, this record, replete with dreamy photos, probably has it all: a lot of autobiographical details make their way into Springfield's writing, and that's the fodder?set to rocklike music?that feeds those teenage crushes. We learn of an actress he fell for in "Alyson," a buddy he went to concerts with (they were "gonna be McCartney clones") in "Me....
- www.rollingstone.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
First of all, let's be fair. Before he played Dr. Noah Drake on General Hospital and became a high-profile love thang for teenyboppers and housewives alike, Rick Springfield was already making pop music. And the fact is that over the years he's come up with some delectable ear candy, such as "Jessie's Girl" and "Don't Talk to Strangers," and he even showed the stirrings of a sense of humor with "Bruce...
- www.rollingstone.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
They say that there is a time and place for everything. Well, if that's the case, then Rick Springfield's time came and went back in the '80s. After struggling in the '70s as a mediocre "rocker", Springfield finally came to prominence with both his album Working Class Dog and as doctor Noah Drake on the insipid soap opera General Hospital in 1981...
- www.popmatters.com
2008-11-11
★★★★★
It seems that any veteran recording artist eventually winds up recording their own holiday album, so it makes perfect sense that Rick Springfield finally got around to releasing his own in 2007 with Christmas with You. Apart from the original title song, Springfield relies on standards here, with traditional carols far outweighing relatively recent secular holiday tunes; in fact, only "I'll Be Home for Christmas" can qualify in the latter category...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
★★★★★
While there is nothing that really jumps off Wait for Night that makes it stick in your mind, it is still quite a nice record. Of course, the addition of Elton John's rhythm section and Jimmy Haskell's string work contributes to the album's overall quality.
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
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