Release Date: 1/01/1983
Recording Date: 1/1983
Tracks: 11
Label: Polydor
Type: LP
- Genre/Styles
- Instrumental Rock
Album Tracks (11)
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What the Critics Say
Twenty-five years of the Shadows had raced by in a blur of hits. Both in their own right, and as the backing band behind so many of Cliff Richard's greatest recordings, the Shadows had left such an indelible mark on the British rock landscape that kids who weren't even born for "Apache" couldn't help but wish them well on their birthday. And how did the band repay that gratitude? With what could easily be described as the most calculatingly grim album of their career. It's not only because it opens with a soul-destroying cover of that most ghastly of ballads, Toto's hateful "Africa". Nor that their versions of instrumental classics "Diamonds" and "Time Is Tight" were so swathed in Eighties production that it was hard to believe they didn't share a similar heritage. XXV failed because the band just didn't seem to care. Celebrating his own anniversary with the Silver/Rock'n'Roll Silver album, Cliff Richard went out of his way to prove that he held past and present equally holy, with one disc of generally enjoyable new songs, and one of genuinely cracking old rockers. The Shadows, though, just made exactly the same album they could have recorded at any time; it had no sense of purpose, no sense of occasion and, ultimately, it gave you no reason to play it again. A wasted opportunity. ~ Dave Thompson, All Music Guide
