For background check posts on the "See Jungle..." debute and "I Want Candy" compilation - https://monolover.blogspot.com/search?q=bow+wow+wow . I did like the debute as a novelty for the blend of jungle drums, twangy guitars and girlish squeals bursting out filled with cheeky energy. And that also had three very catchy numbers - "Go Wild In The Country", "King Kong" and "Chihuahua" - making me wanna return and listen more than once. Maybe as a whole slightly unvaried, but lifted by those highlights. This their second and last LP builds on the same formula - giving the impression of cosmetic kids going ape-crazy in the big city - though here somewhat more tame. I'm getting the same wild drumming and plucky guitars to Annabella Lwin's very personal vocals and this time with more variation between the songs, but still finding it harder to get in. All self-penned. Produced by Mike Chapman - known glam hit-machine together with Nicky Chinn and responsible for a large number of big sellers from Sweet, Suzy Quatro, Smokie and Mud among others. It's very well done, but to my ears not as inviting as the debute. However a couple of the tracks combines odd and ordinary in a kind of post-psych way that's rather titillating. E.g. "Aphrodisiac" with its simple chant melody to monovular guitar, fast walking bass and untamed drums, or the dark and bitter-sweet "The Man Mountain". This German press is cut very loud and the audio comes out rather hard to my ears, maybe a softer offspring would have made it easier for me to fully embrace. Anyway it is an LP from a band that didn't sound like anything else and even if you still can find them in the cheapest bins I'm sure they will be much higher valued in the future. Originally issued on vinyl pretty much all over the world 1983. UK 1990 reissue on LP and CD (Great Expectations PIP LP/CD 022). First German had label as shown here and thin glossy cover with lyric/pic insert.
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