It's Better To Travel
by Swing Out Sister

It's Better To Travel by Swing Out Sister
Year: 1987
Overall rank: 8,231st   Overall chart history
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73/100 (from 27 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1987 (104th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,174th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,231st)

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Overall rank: 8,231st | 1980s rank: 1,174th | 1987 rank: 104th

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From 09/16/2017 06:29 | #198070
Swing out Sister's music is happy and uplifting imo. There are some great tracks here, Breakout, Surrender and Fooled by a Smile are particular favourites. Most tracks are underpinned by really simple yet effective electric bass lines. As fresh today as when it was released in the eighties.
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