Released in time for Christmas 1984, Guardian Angel was surely little more than a contractual obligation, with 11 songs that exist for no better reason than to draw you one track closer to the end of side two. In a way, the lackluster sheen that replaced the band’s old brilliance had been growing ever since the band signed to Polydor in 1980; this was their third album for the label, and each one was a little (lot!) worse than its predecessor. Be especially merciless and you could say the same thing for every LP they’d released since re-forming in 1975. But Guardian Angel was the bottom of a barrel that didn’t have a bottom any more, and when Bruce Welch wrote his biography five years later, he didn’t even mention this album. One can’t blame him in the slightest.
by Dave Thompson, allmusic
Tracklist:
01. How Do I Love Thee (3:07)
02. Hammerhead (3:37)
03. The Saturday Western (3:34)
04. Look Back On Love (from the film ‘Terminal Choice’) (4:29)
05. Jonny Staccato (3:53)
06. I Will Return (3:10)
07. (I’m gonna be your) Guardian Angel (5:49)
08. Can’t Play Your Game (3:54)
09. On A Night Like This (3:50)
10. Turning Point (4:46)
11. Our Albert (2:51)
The Shadows / Guardian Angel
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