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Thursday, March 12, 2020

Yachts - S.O.S.

Name: Yachts
Album; S.O.S.
Year: 1979
Style: New Wave
Similar Bands: Devo, Majik, 3-D, Romantics, XTC, Squeeze, the A's
One-Word Review: Spinning-Top-Bouncy-Anxious-Pop
Based Out Of: Liverpool, UK
Label: Polydor
 Cover & Record
Back & Record
S.O.S. (1979)
  1. Yachting Type 2:49
  2. Semaphore Love 2:40
  3. Love You, Love You 3:07
  4. Tantamount to Bribery 2:16
  5. Mantovani's Hits 3:05
  6. Box 202 3:28 /
  7. Look Back in Love 2:20
  8. Then and Now 3:50
  9. I Can't Stay Long 3:52
  10. In a Second 3:19
  11. Heads Will Turn 3:15
  12. Suffice To Say (live) 4:17
Album Rating (1-10): 10

Members & Other Bands:
  • Martin Watson - Gutair, Vox (Albert Dock, Alber & The Cod Warriors, Chuddy Nuddies)
  • Henry Priestman - Keys, Vox (Albert Dock, Alber & The Cod Warriors, Bette Bright & The Illuminations, Its Immaterial, Wah!, The Christians, Chuddy Nuddies)
  • Martin Dempsey - Bass, Vox (Albert Dock, Alber & The Cod Warriors, Pink Military, Chuddy Nuddies, Mel-O-Tones)
  • Bob Bell - Drums, Vox (Albert Dock, Alber & The Cod Warriors, Chuddy Nuddies)
  • Richard Gottehrer - Producer
  • Lawrence Diana - Mixing
  • Nick Walker - Asst Mixing
  • Richard Boote - Fire Extinguisher
  • Malcome (Able Images) - Sleeve
  • Clive Langer - Producer (look back in love)
  • Tom Sheehan - Front Cover
  • Bob Gruen - Pics
Unknow-ness: Never heard of them. Like the collage of images and thematic Yachting artwork. Looks like there is a lot of fun, goofy energy in this band, so i am hoping that translates to neurotic new wave.

Album Review: And the music does not disappoint. It's albums like this that keep me buying dollar records to see what lost gems there are out there. The anxious, jittery keyboards remind me of the A's and Elvis Costello's exciting stuff at times, and the harmonizing and fast tempo would have made them a fun band live I imagine. Interesting to see Clive Langer as a producer on a track, which fits their style, along side acts like Dexy's Midnight Runners and Madness. Apparently an early incarnation of this band opened for Sex Pistols in '76 or so, and their first gig as Yachts was supporting Elvis Costello. This SOS album is the US release, and was self titled in the UK.

Stand Out Track: Heads Will Turn [*]

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