Too-Rye-Ay (studio album) by Kevin Rowland & Dexys Midnight Runners

Only ten years after British Beat had ruled the international Rock waves, there was again a lot of very good British Rock Music around in the 1980s and 90s. In this context, Kevin Rowland and Dexys Midnight Runners might be viewed as very commercially successsful also-rans, but the quantity of great songs they left us, suggests otherwise.
This is one of their finest album releases.

The first 4 songs are incredibly fun and then it goes a little bit downhill until brilliant Come On Eileen comes on, overall good album. They sound like hybrid between Queen and Bruce Springsteen.

an ambitious attempt at something with the 1 blockbuster success single. pop

Favorite Tracks:The Celtic Soul Brothers, Plan B, Until I Believe In My Soul

From Sandrof1969 02/17/2018 15:03

"Too-Rye-Aye" è un buon disco fatto di tanti ingredienti apparentemente diversi: una fisicità rock, strumenti più legati al folk, un certo nervosismo new wave, una voce che lontanamente ricorda il Robert Smith più pop, Van Morrison, di cui riprendono ottimamente "Jackie Wilson said". Fresco e con almeno una grande canzone: "Come on Eileen".

From flamingyesdept 08/22/2016 09:30

Brilliant album, stupidly underrated

You just can't go wrong with this album. A brilliant record full of great songs. It flows amazingly well considering it was a sort of compilation album, because it certainly feels like it's all part of a plan. Lovely songs in, old, liars A-E, and, until I believe in my soul. The obvious highlight though is the wonderful, come on Eileen, simply one of the best singles of the eighties. Good stuff.

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From timtooky 03/31/2014 18:21

the soul rebels is imo one of the best records of the year 1980. it still sounds fresh and ebulliant to me. its succesor is also a good record. it has conserved some of the energy and the zest for life and music of sftysr - but it seems a bit more mellowed and intendedly. kevin tries best, but he just doesn't reach the same unconcern and youthfulness of the predecessor.

Simply one of the greatest pop records of the decade. I prefer "Don't Stand Me Down" by a very small margin, but as a "pop" album, this is Rowland's magnum opus.