It is so infectious that we guarantee that it will become an instant favourite if you’ve not heard it before. There have been few greater records that have failed to have made such a slight impression on the record buying public. The album opens with, ‘Hallelujah Man’, which was also the lead single from the album, it staggered to the lofty heights of No.63 on the UK charts. But, perhaps it did just a little – in Love and Money’s case maybe it did… quite a lot more. Well it didn’t affect Simple Minds or Big Country we can hear you say. So, if it that good how come it slipped through the net? Well, for a start they are Scottish and sometimes not coming from London or being based in London can affect the chances of a band. That’s largely down to the song writing of James Grant and his beautiful voice, which sounds like Scott Walker’s…only marginally better. But it isn’t just this that makes Strange Kind of Love not just a good record, but a brilliant record. One such album is Love and Money’s 1988 album that was produced by Gary Katz who worked with Steely Dan, which is one good reason that makes it a ‘great sounding record’. It has nothing to do with whether or not a record is good or not – there are other unexplainable forces that seem to come into play. Sometimes a record just slips through the net of popular taste and largely remains unheard by the vast majority.
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