Big Country - Chance (Mercury)

Stuart Adamson owes more than a little to New Joisey's own Bruce Springsteen, but this time he borrows voice, harmonies and tune. But where Springsteen would muck it all up with a surfeit of sax frenzy and over-enthusiastic vocals, Stuart and friends, with their clanking guitars, remain persuasively restrained, saving a power chord-driven chorus for a final treat. Single Of The Fortnight. (Tom Hibbert, Smash Hits, September 1, 1983)

See You In Vegas - Work (Red Rhino)

Deceptively pleasant little pop ditty, this. See You In Vegas are a band with a 'radical' message delivered with humour and a lot of style. The music's not bad either. (Eleanor Levy, Record Mirror, August 20, 1983)

Howard Jones - New Song (WEA)

Candifloss synthi-pop. Producer Colin Thurston, man at the controls of Duran Duran and Kajagoogoo, spins out lots of sweetness and light. About as substantial as the fluffy pink stuff on a stick. (Lynn Hanna, No 1, August 20, 1983)

Another in the long line of pretty-boy popsters, Howard is apparently rather big in High Wycombe. This first offering is produced by the same man as Duran Duran and Kajagoogoo and will probably be MASSIVE. It's squeaky clean disco pop with lots of whoops and woos in the background. You can't fault it. (Eleanor Levy, Record Mirror, August 20, 1983)

Missed A Sitter: Smash Hits failed to review 'New Song' which reached number 3 in the pop charts.