Tuesday 16 August 2011

Damage 'Love Guaranteed'

Chart Peak: 7

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Due for release on 10th March '97, 'Love Guaranteed' is tipped to be Damage's 3rd big chart smash. It follows the London fivepiece vocal group's previous winners 'Love II Love' and 'Forever'.

Still in RnB boyband territory, although of course Damage were an entire band instead of a solo artist. I remember I first became aware of them when somebody overnight stencilled their logo (the band name written into the shape of a footprint) all over the street in front of a nearby school.

The record isn't as tough-sounding as that might suggest. In fact it's quite drippy. They always seemed to fall slightly between the two stools of the serious RnB act they obviously wanted to be and the wimpish proto-Westlife pop act they had to be. Still, slushiness is no excuse to make boring music and this is forgettable in the extreme. In fact about the only part of it I can remember is that Christopher Lee is in the video. Although the band re-emerged in 2000 with a slightly more serious image, they seem to elicit relatively little nostalgia for a boy band with so many hits under their belts.

Also appearing on: Now 35, 37, 46, 48, 49
Available on: Ultimate Pop

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