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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 had settled over the musical landscape in the late '70s. As much as I like shitting on disco, the late '70s was also an incubator for some great rock to come. Besides, by 1979 disco was in its death throes, so as we approached the '80s things were looking up - if only I'd been aware that disco's rebranding sneak attack would come in the form of dance music and ten-minute extended club mixes. I picked up 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. 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 . The jacket was pristine, there was n...