Doesn’t get more 80’s than this. Bad ass band name, bad ass perms, bad ass single (“Cruel Summer” is so good), and just a damn good time all around. Is it just me or is the instrumentation of “Cruel Summer” this incredible mix of 80’s synth-rock with the West Coast G-Funk that Dr. Dre would come to be known for a decade later? Like I’m not saying Dre ripped off Bananarama, but there’s a part of me that believes he heard “Cruel Summer” on a sunny afternoon in Los Angeles one day and got so inspired by the instrumentation he built an empire off of it.
Standout Songs: “Cruel Summer”, “Robert De Niro’s Waiting”
