The Chameleons - In Shreds / Nostalgia (Statik)

Indie heroes from Manchester make a renewed attempt at chart status with the help of a Steve Lillywhite produced hard hitting rocker - all sounds a bit dated to me. "Nostalgia" is definitely the better of the two A-sides. (Diane Cross, Record Mirror, February 9, 1985)

Listeners to the John Peel Show just lurve The Chameleons - but then they would, wouldn't they? For the group sound sort of like an aggressive Cure and sing about holes in their heads. This is/was the first ever Chameleons single, re-released by "popular demand". And four years on, "In Shreds" sounds exactly like it did in the first place: sort of like an aggressive Cure . . . I just love it to death. But then I would, wouldn't I? (Tom Hibbert, Smash Hits, February 14, 1985)

This was presumably named after the state you're in once you've sat through it. Starting off like The Sex Pistols "Pretty Vacant", it tumbles headlong into a crazed cross between U2 and The Psychedelic Furs. The singer yelps frantically about "machinery" while the rest of the band race each other to the end of the song. I wouldn't like to get stuck in a lift with these boys. (Stuart Husband, No 1, March 2, 1985)