Pop perfection, not confection (A1 in general)

Member Name: StevieL

Product:	A1 in general
Date:	17/02/02 (32 review reads)
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Advantages: Great Hair, Skin and teeth

Disadvantages: Embarassing having to admit to your mates that you love a BOY band!

After A1's lack-lustre (or downright embarassing, depending on your point of view) cover of A-Ha's terminally gorgeous Take On Me I didn't have very high expectations for this group. Their latest hit single (Caught in the Middle), however, has made me rethink my opinion drastically.

Starting off in a somewhat understated manner, once the boys hit the chorus this song really soars. This could be this year's Whole Again - a truly heart-stopping and unexpected sublime POP moment. This is real giddying vital stuff and exposes all the dull and impossibly banal karaoke cover versions that we've been exposed to over the last few weeks on Pop Idol for what they really are - embarassing adult oriented candy floss for the ears.

A1 have also been seen playing their own instruments - which gives them added credibility. But who cares about authenticity when all we want is ecstatic tunes with huge sing-a-long choruses.

I can't wait to hear their new album and the evidence from last weeks Blue Peter is that it could be well worth waiting for. I am a true convert.

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