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This (in my opinion) is one of The Outfield's best. The CD starts off great with the sports anthem "Winning It All" followed by "Closer To Me" which is a great rock song! "The Way It Should Be" is a nice ballad but (honestlty) not great. I find "Under A Stone" a very good story song. "Young Love" is very catchy and the title says it all! Great for thinking about when you were young and in love! "Jane" is not really my kind of song, but some people may like it. "Take Me Home" I really enjoyed. I found it to be a really cool song! "Tonight You're Mine" is one of my favorite ballads The Outfield has ever done. It's a really meaningful song. "On The Line" is another song that isn't for me, but some people may like it. "Stranger In My Own Town" I like alot. The Lyrics make you think about where society has gone and the music is really good. "Going Back" is an ok, every now and then kind of song. Over all though, this album is a must. There's alot of things I like about this CD. 6 out of 11 songs are very good. Check this CD out. It really is too bad it's discontinued.

This is the last studio release by The Outfield before Big Innings (their greatest hits compilation) was released. To listen to it, you would think the band was just warming up, not calling it quits (for a while, anyway, as it turns out). "Winning It All" is a great sports anthem that was featured when the 1992 Olympic "Dream Team" won the gold medal in Barcelona. "Closer to Me" is another great piece of work off of this album. As I've stated on other Outfield album reviews I've done, to judge these albums solely by the songs you know is to do yourself a great injustice. "The Way it Should Be" is a cool, melodic piece about a perfect world between two people. "Young Love" seems to capture the electricity of the topic it addresses, and "Tonight You're Mine" is a beautiful song about unharbored feelings toward someone. Again, to sound like a skipping record, this is a great album from start to finish.

A step forward from "Diamond Days" with some great songs "Closer To Me" "The Way It Should Be" and "Tonight Your Mine". Has a few clunkers here and there and although they have a real drummer it's still machine sounding (Which I just accept as their "sound" because the new tracks on "Extra Innings" sound the same.) No real complaints, just a few observations. This was a mystery album for me. I never saw it when it was originally released and by the time I got online it was out of print.

This album has all of the magic of the Outfield's previous releases plus added charm. Winning It All is a wonderful anthem for sports events, Closer To Me is an instant classic as is Take Me Home. The Way It Should Be is a superb ballad as is Tonight Your Mine. Under A Stone is all about a man looking at back at his life 20 years later, Young Love reminds us of our first crush as does Jane, On The Line is a wonderful perspective on infidelity of all things, and Stranger In My Own Town and Going Back are all personal glimpses of East London and how it's changed. This album is wonderful from beginning to end. John Spinks and Tony Lewis are the perfect team once again.

From the opening anthem heard at many major sporting events such as the Super Bowl and the Olympics, "Winning It All" to the closing "row-me-down-Venice" feel of "Going Back", this album has it all. The Outfield hasn't lost a beat on this album!! John lends lead vocals on the psychedelic-tinged "Jane" and the story of kids growing up to fast in "Under A Stone." Every track is just as diverse and entertaining as any other Outfield album. How can you miss with the hit "Closer To Me?" This is a gem.

This is The Outfield's best album. A rare album that you will continually listen to from start to finish without skipping a song. 'Young Love', 'Closer To Me', 'Under a Stone', 'Goin Back', and 'Tonight Your Mine' are standouts, while 'Jane' is this albums only weak link.