Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

There is perhaps nothing more noble than the artist who understands that life in their chosen field is not all wine and roses, no storming of crowds ready to chant their name on mass at the back stage door, no sense of emotional discordance when a song flies to no.1 in the charts and then replaced three weeks later by a novelty act with a suspect accent and repetitive strains of chorus that are more catching than chicken pox, and just as likely to leave a lasting itch.