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Magnetic Heaven / American English

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Two pop experts got together to make danceable pop songs.These two wizards can show us what the pop songs are all about.This CD reveals how the 80s sound production was.We can learn much from this album.If you want to know AMERICAN ENGLISH style pop songs,try this one right now.This CD doesn't let you down.

To listen to Wax Magnetic Heaven CD is to go back in
time (to the early 80s)
It is the complete Deja-Vu package.
If you were a Wax fan back then... Buy this one!

I love this cd! Andrew's voice is awesome.Graham and Andrew's song writing is great.Anyone who likes Andrew's solo stuff will love this cd.

Wax was 10cc founding member Graham Gouldman, who not only penned many of that band's classics but composed mid-60's Top Ten hits for the Yardbirds and the Hollies; coupled with multi-talented U.S. singer-songwriter-musician-producer Andrew Gold. The result? Mike & The Mechanics. In other words, an unchallenging, generic 80's pop sound from a collaboration that looked better on paper. (All that talent, and there's a song called "Alright Tonight"?!) Maybe Andrew and Graham were being mutually gracious to the point of cancelling each other out. There are a few moments where the potential is realized ("Only A Visitor", "Ready Or Not") and only one tune that hints at past glories (the whitebread faux-reggae of "Rise Up" recalls "Dreadlock Holiday", but without the sense of irony). Renaissance does a nice job of repackaging and continues to delight collectors like yours truly with thier wallet-friendly "2-fer" reissues, but in Wax's case, the music itself is a letdown.