★★★★★
You've heard the joke. You know, the one where someone asks incredulously, "You mean Paul McCartney was in a band before Wings?" A more current iteration might go something like this: "You mean John McEnroe's wife used to be in a band?" Why, not only that, but Patty Smyth even had a successful solo career sandwiched in between marrying the rambunctious tennis star and lighting up the '80s scene with visual, sonic, and stylistic flair at the forefront of the band Scandal...
- www.the-trades.com
2010-12-07
★★★★★
The ryffs keep the treadmyll moving with nary a twytch, not once does a lyric offer a detail of behavior or decor, or even a real metaphor--the sexist twaddle of Nyck Gylder's "stereo jungle child" in the title chartbuster, now transmogrified into lyberated twaddle because a woman is singing, is as hot as it gets.
- www.robertchristgau.com
2009-07-10
★★★★★
Scandal released the Warrior album in 1984, and when singer Patty Smyth left the group soon thereafter they broke up for good. So, there are two albums to track down to complete your Scandal, assuming you do not already have them both. Warrior is the best place to start because of its Top Ten hit title track. "Shooting down the walls of heartache. Bang! Bang!" is 1980s pop genius, and that song does sound fresh...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27