Rick Springfield - Venus in Overdrive
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Springfield may be best-known for 1981's Billboard Hot 100 topper Jessie's Girl, but the Australian singer's career has endured a full 40 years in an industry that blows hot and cold for his brand of mainstream power-pop. Following a 2005 covers album and a 2007 set of Christmas standards, the all-original Venus in Overdrive demonstrates the strengths that keep Springfield in the game: broad stylistic range and pure emotional energy. First single What's Victoria's Secret? relies on a near copy of the Jessie's Girl musical formula, but the album builds to include modern rock, a reggae-tinged title track and the intense Warning Shots, surprisingly Reznor-esque to the point of...
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