The Other Side of the Mirror turns 30

[David]

Originally Posted by AliceLover

..and yet it still remains as one of Stevie's favorites today.

Its funny how revered some people find it. Of course, I love it, but I can see how the public might not. It's glossy, weird, overdone but somehow still fabulous.

It's a good collection of songs but I don't like the way any of them are rendered. To my ears, the album "sounds" like shoulder pads and puffy satin sleeves. It's kind of a turnoff to me.

If I look back on Rupert Hine's discography as a producer, I guess I'm not overly thrilled. Chris de Burgh? Suzanne Vega? Rush? Thompson Twins? The Fixx? Howard Jones? I like a little pop fluff from this catalogue here and there. But overall it's a vacuous approach to music making. After almost ten years with Iovine and his sound, it was definitely time for a change. But I wouldn't have chosen this direction.