Originally Posted by duga

Shoes - Black Vinyl Shoes

James sent me this one. With the first song, I was a bit worried since the vocals annoyed me a bit. Luckily, that only happened for the first song. I even ended up liking the first song, so I guess I'm trying to say the vocals don't really bug me after all. Anyways, this album is peppered with amazingly catchy power pop songs mixed in with some forgettable ones. A lot of Bowie influence and an obvious precursor to a lot of the new wave 80's stuff that happened, this album does sound a bit ahead of its time (when you think about how it was released in the 70's and sounds like it came straight out of the 80's). They also seem to have some 60's psych influence, which is always a plus with me. I don't think I will be hungrily devouring all of their material, though...even though the songs are catchy and well worth the listen, these songs have been done hundreds of times since. Shoes may have been the innovators here, but sadly it makes their songs sound more tired than they should. An all around solid album, I would recommend this one to people interested in power pop for sure. I may even have an urge to pop this on again as well. I give it a 7.5/10. Thanks, James.

And I just want to point out no one has done reviews for my albums. Thanks, guys.