Floy Joy - Until You Come Back To Me (Virgin)

The pastiche Matisse cover of a reclining nude and the Don Was production might make you believe Floy Joy are content to make an art of the inevitable. But appearances are deceptive. The Ward brothers search for soul has hit jackpot with singer Carrol Thompson. Her charming romanticism and the ingenious instrumental backdrop should give Floy Joy the hit they so blatantly deserve. (Max Bell, No 1, October 20, 1984)

Naming yourself after a well-known song undoubtedly puts an act one step ahead in the Awareness Factor Stakes, and that - coupled with the fact that Smash Hits told me they were trendy - encouraged me to play it to three friends. Here's a section of what they thought - Sheena Easton/Diana Ross/A young Lulu. Expect a remake of Spandau Ballet's "I'll Floy For You" any day. (DJ Mike Read, Smash Hits, October 11, 1984)

These sweet and sultry chatterbox hazy rhythms should place the Floy Joys on the chart-mart in next to no time. Don't listen to all those dour journalists revelling in the dark and dowdy exploits of some of pop's more trite-minded merchants . . . throw off those autumn anxieties and loop the loop to this most wunnerful 12 inch release. As a bonus to the torch-like ballad on Side A - we are also blessed with the "Theme From The Age Of Reason" and their debut LPs title cut "Into The Hot". Was Not Wasness at its most animated and uncluttered. One hundred per cent! (Dylan Jones, Record Mirror, October 20, 1984)