Lightning Flash
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Lightning Flash is the 12th album by British pop group Brotherhood of Man. Released on EMI Records in 19831, it remains their final commercially released studio album.
Lightning Flash is the 12th album by British pop group Brotherhood of Man. Released on EMI Records in 1983, it remains their final commercially released studio album.
Reception
Despite being highly regarded by fans, the album failed to chart and met with negative critical response from the music press. Record Mirror writer Sunie said of the "Lightning Flash" single that it was an "absurdly obvious ABBA imitation", but "in the chart absence of the Swede supremos it could do quite well". Writing for Smash Hits, Neil Tennant said of the "Lightning Flash" song that despite its synthesized sound, "the group have failed to capture the freshness that new pop demands". In reviewing the album, Record Mirrors Jim Reid commented on the low budget sound of the music claiming that it was "mortgaged to the hilt" and amounted to "bland mediocrity".
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