Album Review: Right Said Fred - Exactly!

If you say the name Right Said Fred, one song always springs to mind: I'm Too Sexy.

It is hard to believe that track is over 25 years old and since then the duo have released 9 albums including this new album.

Of course there were other hits such as Don't Talk and Just Kiss featuring Jocelyn Brown, who has also worked with Incognito.

With other pop acts from around that time, such as Rick Astley still selling albums, perhaps the time is right again for Right Said Fred to have further success second time around.

The album opens up with Me and You, a jaunty pop track with a female vocal. If the track was slowed down a notch it could be a Beautiful South song. The lyrics are still as tongue in cheek as ever though.

Sweet Treats was apparently inspired by a British Airways dessert, though the song is one of the best tracks on the album. I bet if Erasure heard this track they would be wishing it was one of theirs!

Half of the album was produced by Paul Stratham, who has worked with Simple Minds amongst others and the vocal on the track does sound like Jim Kerr, lead singer with Simple Minds.

I Don't Wanna Die Right Now is another jaunty track despite the title and the song shows that the duo have not lost the knack of writing a good pop song.

Save Me, a track about depression slows down the pace, whilst American Girl would make a good song for Britain's entry to the Eurovision Song Contest.

The album closes with Raining in England, a slow track. You can always rely on it raining in this country despite what else is going on in the world.

It is great to have them back.

3 out of 5