No more convincing

"Without Bass and without hair with City through the '80s." Under this slogan launched City to the fundamental reshuffles the years 1981/1982 with a changed new sound through. Significantly synth-heavy than on the previous albums has in 1983 published "Under the Skin" songs about the time typical topics such as nuclear armament ("Contra" and the successful Pete Seeger Cover "Tell me where the flowers are"), nostalgic flashbacks ("Our headmaster "" How sweet "), ironic (" only rock and roll ") or critical everyday observations (" What carries me ").

Where light as well as shade. Because on the one Toni Krahls would truly getting used to voice whose twang acts locally right annoying. Furthermore, the arrangements sound today just yet hopelessly outdated, very bad here (also of the composition): "Sisyphus" - pork skirt at its worst!

By far the strongest song decides the plate. "Glass Dreams" can convince me fully after 25 years - a great goose bumps atmosphere, albeit still with audible bass use.