Well,my personal take on this is that most Adult Contemorary music from the 1980's is synthetic,plastic,unemotional tripe. I mean it. The saving grace of East Of Midnight is Gordon himself. His voice gives at least a touch of human emtion to these songs,that,if any other artist did them,they would amount to even less than what happened with him singing. "Morning Glory" is awsome. I like the light jazzy feel of,"A Lesson In Love". "A Passing Ship & The title tack are good too. "Let It Ride" sounds like an '80's arrangement of "Cold On The Shoulder",still good. "Stay Loose"? A bit on the dull side and I can't believe it was on Complete Greatest Hits."Anything For Love"- again,if it wasn't GL,it would not have seen even AC radio. I've heard the rest and I can only say they range from Okay to fair. Again,it's not Gord's fault. That's just the '80's for you. The anti-'70's decade,when it really was not hip to be square. :P
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