Feargal Sharkey - Loving You (Virgin)

A pretty orchestral opening sequence leads slowly into a song that never quite gets off the ground. The single is slow and laboured, and obviously intended as a vehicle for the Sharkey voice, but the effect is ruined by a puzzling three minutes spent waiting in vain for something to happen. It sounds unfinished and is certainly an odd choice for a single. (Maureen Rice, Smash Hits, June 5, 1985)

The facts are that Feargie wrote this with ex-Human League person Jo Callis and that it is produced by Queen's Roger Taylor. His collaborations with unlikely partners continue (Madness, Vince Clarke). "Loving You" is a romantic weepy whose restraint is its main appeal. Feargal threatens to let rip and do his celebrated Mario Lanza impression but holds back. Too much, I think for this to pick up where the immaculate "Listen to Your Father" left off. Hope I'm wrong. The modern ballad is in safe hands nevertheless. (Max Bell, No 1, June 22, 1985)

On the surface this sounds like the overwrought idiot offspring of 'Chariots Of Fire' and 'Amazing Grace' - it's got more synthesisers than the entire back catalogue of Human League and Depeche Mode put together - and it takes ages to get going. But for all that, it has a strangely endearing quality to it. (Mike Gardner, Record Mirror, June 22, 1985)