Music That You Can Dance To

The third and mercifully last of ' mid-'80s albums, the frankly disappointing delivered just two standouts: a remake of 's European 45 and the epic 1985 single (replaced on British pressings by ). Indeed, isn't merely the album's most provocative number; it ranks among the duo's finest performances of all time, a shifting soundscape of sonics and moods through which 's ruminations on the meaning of life are alternately cripplingly funny or soberingly thought-provoking. Time has mellowed a handful of other songs -- offers another of 's intriguing observations on left-field and later turned up a phenomenal 12" mix, while at least offers a suitably rinky-dink tune to match its theme. But ears that recoiled from into 1986 are unlikely to return to it, and newcomers have at least 20 other albums to visit before they get around to this one. ~ Dave Thompson