She's back. Back! Annabella Lwin, the girl with the striking hair and the tingling squeak who rocketed to fame for two seconds with
Bow Wow Wow - back! And her voice - husky and controlled - is sounding quite marvellous. Unfortunately for her, though, some studio personage who shall remain nameless (i.e. producer Jimmy Lea of
Slade) has gone very wonky: in an attempt to soup up the sound of this much-recorded cracker of the '50s, he's stuffed in everything he can lay his hands on - ZTT/
Propaganda electric shocks,
Van Halen squiggling guitars,
Sade-type "sophisticated" flutings, Slade-type unsophisticated clonking - and he's ended up with a nasty mess all over the place. Boo. (
Tom Hibbert, Smash Hits, April 23, 1986)
Former
Bow Wow Wow star Annabella's second solo single (I think), and she's improving all the time. Though nothing to get excited about, "Fever" (produced by
Slade bassist Jimmy Lea) is a million miles from the ineptitude that was "C30 C60 C90 Go". At least she's singing these days, and although she'll never be another
Sade, that's a step in the right direction. Come back in twelve months time. Next!
3/5 (
Dave Ling, No 1, April 26, 1986)
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