Jet – Even More Light Than Shade (RPM)
Before Jet, Martin Gordon had been bass player in Sparks, but for obvious reasons his songwriting skills were not encouraged. In Jet he became the main songwriter and 1975’s Even More Light Than Shade, produced by Roy Thomas Baker (Queen, Cheap Trick, Stranglers, Bowie, etc.), is a larger-than-life rock ‘n’ roll record, founded on Gordon’s clever lyricism.

There’s a definite Sparks influence at play here. “Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend” bears all the hallmarks of classic Mael songwriting and “Cover Girl”, I’m reliably informed, carries an authentic Sparks’ heritage, insofar as the band almost recorded it. Packaged with a second disc of outtakes, demos and live malarkeys, this reissue may have been a long time coming, but both longtime fans and mealy-mouthed newcomers can rejoice; it won’t get better than this.
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Rob F.

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