Scotsman John Paul Young carries a pleasant enough tune, and the chartbusting title titan is a sublime '70s summer breeze. But except for his mellow cool and a few Rod Stewart moves, Young does not bring much to the party. Which doesn't matter since Aussie powerhouses Vanda & Young (no relation) are the toastmasters; the brains from the Easybeats obviously knew they were onto something with the breezy lead single, because both "The Day That My Heart Caught Fire" and "Lost in Your Love" seem like the same song with different ...
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Scotsman John Paul Young carries a pleasant enough tune, and the chartbusting title titan is a sublime '70s summer breeze. But except for his mellow cool and a few Rod Stewart moves, Young does not bring much to the party. Which doesn't matter since Aussie powerhouses Vanda & Young (no relation) are the toastmasters; the brains from the Easybeats obviously knew they were onto something with the breezy lead single, because both "The Day That My Heart Caught Fire" and "Lost in Your Love" seem like the same song with different titles. "Open Doors" sports Supertramp keys, and "Things to Do" stirs up the mix, but otherwise this platter settles for smooth '70s sailing, and nothing's wrong with that. Vanda & Young got this sweetness out of their systems immediately for the wonderfully warped Flash and the Pan. Of course, "Love Is in the Air" continued to blow through the public consciousness as a TV commercial jingle. ~ Whitney Z. Gomes, Rovi
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