Product Code: 6302 183
Artist: Dr. Hook ‎
Origin: Australia
Label: Mercury (1982)
Format: LP
Availability: Enquire Now
Condition:
Cover: VG+
Record: NM (M-)
Genre: Rock , Soft Rock U

Players In The Dark

Very smart clean package both vinyl and cover.

Released in 1982, Players in the Dark is a better affair than 1980's Rising, largely due to its riotously sleazy opener "Baby Makes Her Blue Jeans Talk," an ode to a swaying denim-clad lass that is in joyous bad taste. Dr. Hook swims to similar depths elsewhere here, most notably on the nonsensical "The Turn On" (where Dennis Locorriere is made to sing "tacos turn me on"), but for the most part this showcases Locorriere the seducer, singing ballads draped in satin. Some of these songs aren't so bad -- "Loveline" was a minor hit and should've been -- and the emphasis on slow ones gives Players in the Dark a consistency Rising didn't quite have, but it's also clear that Dr. Hook had reached the end of the road. They're just lucky that they concluded on a vague note of triumph thanks to "Baby Makes Her Blue Jeans Talk."