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Double - Blue

There was always something strangely appealing to "The Captain of Her Heart" when this came out in '85. It was right at the height of everything cool about the '80, and then there would be these occasional outliers that would hit the radio. When Sade hit with "Smooth Operator" I was in the minority or people who couldn't stand the song. Although I suspect this has softened over the years, but my initial reaction still when I hear her name isn't positive. At. All. So it's odd that I clicked with Double, but not really. I had gotten into Michael Franks, starting with Skin Dive in '85, and it wasn't normally the sort of thing I listened to, but it was kind of cool. From there I'd pick up a few of his albums, and really liked The Art of Tea from 1975 and the song "Popsicle Toes" which kind of surprised me, considering my general happy place was rock. Double had some similar elements. I guess I'm just trying to show that I...