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Sniff n' the Tears - The Game's Up

Sniff n' the Tears is generally regarded as a one hit wonder. That may well be the case, as dagnabbit and boy howdy their one hit "Driver's Seat" was an amazing song that cut through the heavy fog disco covered the musical landscape with back in the late 70s. As much as I like shitting on disco, the late 70s was also an incubator for great rock to come. Besides, by 1979 disco was in it's death throws so as we approached the 80s things were looking up - if only I'd been aware that disco's re-branding sneak attack would come in the form of dance music and ten minute extended club mixes.  I did get a Sniff n' the Tears best of CD years and years ago, and to be honest I didn't spend a lot of time with it. I wanted to have "Driver's Seat" and essentially ignored the rest of the album. I did that a lot, so much stuff, so little time. I'm bin diving the other day and there's The Game's Up , and the jacket was pristine, no liner, ...