Probably the most popular album by this
power pop
group,
On
contained
Off Broadway U.S.A.
's most well-known songs. In fact, if you listened to
rock
radio when this disc was new, it was not uncommon to hear any of those songs (
"Stay in Time,"
"Bad Indication,"
"Hang On for Love"
or
"Full Moon Turn My Head Around"
) played frequently. The group had a sound a bit like their more popular fellow Midwesterners
Cheap Trick
, but with a little more quirky, almost
new wave
sort of bent to it. This album really did a great job of both showing off that sound and entertaining listeners at the same time. ~ Gary Hill