The 1980s hitmakers pop in again. А name taken from а Scritti Politti song; revelations about Marti Pe11ow's former heroin addiction: their chart-busting statistics might add up but there's something about Wet Wet Wet that doesn't. After two decades of grinning balladry and pop schmaltz, it's hard not to hope that the Scottish quartet are going to use their reunion album to make the outrageous art-rock record of their dreams. sadly, Timeless isn't going to cause Lou Reed to gnash his teeth in - envy, but neither is it quite as grimly anodyne as it could have been. Admittedly, there is а grimly anodyne element - а desire for orchestral grandeur sinks into syrup on Thru' The Night and What Do You Know-but Run and the lachrymose Roy Orbison swell of 1п Every Heart (А Fire Burns) suggests Take That have toothy competition on the comeback trail.
Victoria Segal
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