Day 5: Alone In The Wind

THE WINDBREAKERS - A DIFFERENT SORT...(1987)

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BOBBY SUTLIFF - ONLY GHOSTS REMAIN (1987)

After the Windbreakers' Run (1986), Bobby Sutliff went solo with the wryly titled five-song "Another Jangly Mess" in the UK and the full-length "Only Ghosts Remain" in the States. Magically produced at the Drive-In by Easter, who also plays drums and some guitar, on the record, Sutliff deploys his pretty voice, piercing guitar solos, understated keyboards and Beatlesque pure-pop sensibility to make a state-of-the-art exposition on the power pop genre. "Only Ghosts Remain" repeats the EP's five songs in slightly different arrangements and adds six more (including a spiffy cover of Richard Thompson's "Small Town Romance") of equal quality, four of which employ Howard Wuelfing as bassist. Trouser Press

Bobby Sutliff (257 mb)

Songs
Same Way Tomorrow / Elam Bridge / Stupid Idea / Always Love You / Second Choice / You Could've Told Me / Small Town Romance / Couldn't Help Myself / Didn't Mean To / Won't Be Feeling Blue / Different World

THE WINDBREAKERS - A DIFFERENT SORT...(1987)

After the excellent "Run" album (1986), Lee and Sutliff parted ways. While Bobby Sutliff released the wonderful "Only Ghosts Remain", Lee kept the Windbreakers name for the equally worthy "A Different Sort...", which he co-produced with Everett. The album offers another striking set of unsettling lyrics, powerful, inventive playing and production, and emotional singing. From the bells on "Knowing Me" through the affecting piano on "We Never Understand" to the pained roughness of "Forget Again," Lee demonstrates his multifarious talents and abundant creativity. Lee and Sutliff got back together in 1989 for the confident-sounding, smoothly crafted "At Home With Bobby and Tim". (Trouser Press)

ZS (216 mb)

Songs
Knowing Me / Fit In / You Closed Your Eyes / Better Left Unsaid / So Far Away /A Different Sort ... / So Much / We Never Understand / Forget Again / Any Longer