Paul Young seems to have carved his own unorthodox niche in pop where quality for once equals commerciality - a simple, striving, soulful vocal set against a huge, echoing, empty production with lots of interesting odd corners. This is in the "Everything Must Change" mould, a rather spiritual song about closing your eyes and your troubles being healed. Sounds curiously like Big Country in places and at five minutes it does go on a bit, though it's good enough not to seem like it. (Ian Cranna, Smash Hits, September 10, 1986)
Back after a long break, part of which was spent recording his new album in Italy, Paul Young follows a Tomb of Memories with a Wonderful full of Eastern promise... a tune complete with sleepy bass, eastern twangy guitar and a dreamy, chanting chorus of 'let me take you back to wonderland.' It doesn't have the instant appeal of some of his earlier hits but its mystical charm has a certain, er, hypnotic effect. 3/5 (Andrew Panos, No 1, September 27, 1986)
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