This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
They swiped their look from The Police. They swiped their sound from Duran Duran (and other popsters). And for a short time in Canada in the mid-’80s, they had a few hits. Or did I miss something?
Going by the gushing, reverent tone of this best-of retrospective, you’d think Mark, Sergio, Chris and Sascha (I bet even they can’t remember their last names) were the Canadian equivalent of John, Paul, George and Ringo. Sure, some of their tunes — Cryin’ Over You, Standing In The Dark, Situation Critical — are encoded in the DNA of anyone who habitually watched MuchMusic in the ’80s. But another of their hits sums up their career: It Doesn’t Really Matter. (Oddly enough, despite the title, all these songs were released between 1984 and 1987. Hmm. Guess Seven Year Itch sounds better than Four Year Flash In The Pan.)
