Katrina and the Waves — Waves

The followup to their big debut, this came out just a year or so later, in 1986. With a huge hit and a successful album written almost entirely by Kimberly Rew, , the followup let other band members, lead singer Katrina Leskanich and Vince de la Cruz, do most of the songwriting, and the result is . . . adequate. This one never really connected with me the way their debut did. Leskanich wrote one song that I love, “Riding Shotgun,” but the rest of it is a bit of a reach and just not a great one. So, we played it a lot when we got it back in 1986, and really not very often since. It’s not bad at all, it’s just also not strong.

Katrina and the Waves Waves front cover
Katrina and the Waves Waves front cover
Waves back cover
Waves back cover
Katrina and the Waves Waves label
Katrina and the Waves Waves label

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