…They have added second guitarist James Mastro, moved up to RCA Records, and brought in producer Richard Gottehrer. Gottehrer, who has a sharp sense of rock & roll dynamics (listen to his work on the Angels' "My Boyfriend's Back"), is a felicitous choice, and the added instrumentation (and no doubt better-budgeted recording and mixing) allows the Bongos to better realize their pop sound. As a result, songs like "Numbers with Wings," with its echoed vocals and full sound, have the kind of epic sweep Richard Barone's compositions have always suggested without achieving before. Not that the band has become overblown--just fulfilled. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
trax:01 Numbers With Wings 02 Tiger Nights 03 Barbarella 04 Skydiving 05 Sweet Blue Cage
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The Bongos "Numbers With Wings"
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One of the best E.P.s ever. It was so big on my local progressive radio in the early '80s, you'd think it went Top 40. I'm sure Barry E., who comments here, will remember it from WHFS when the station was a small upstart in Bethesda, MD.
Every song except "Sweet Blue" cage got regular airplay. I heard "Skydiving" so much that I still identify its "talk about the ocean" refrain with "Talk About The Passion," which came out around the same time. To this day, when I hear that R.E.M. song I think "But what about the ocean?"
Great overlooked band and their best work!
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