Todd is God

With a month still to go before the Todd album, I needed a distraction, so have reached out to a 59 year old Australian called Springthorpe. Yes folks, Rick Springfield - pop/rock god - has a new album out, and thankfully it make up for the disappointment of his album of covers (inc a Todd cover) and the very average Shock/Denial/Anger/Acceptance. Lead track and first single "What's Victoria's Secret?" is a return to Jessie's Girl - indeed he seems to nicked his own riff - but it is repackaged into just the kind of delightful pop/rock Springfield was known for in the 80's. This is quickly followed up by: some sly lyric word play on "I'll Miss that Someday" (which I keep singing at the moment); the title track, with its reggae riff and power chord bursts; the pop perfection of "One Passenger", and the film soundtrack end credit type tune, "Oblivious". All of it wonderful. Can he keep it going you start to wonder??? Sadly, no. B...