release date: Apr. 29, 1983
format: cd (1993 reissue)
[album rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,36]
producer: Peter McIan
label: Columbia - nationality: Australia
2nd studio album by Australian pop / rock and new wave quintet Men At Work released 1½ years following the fine debut Business As Usual (Nov. '81). The band continues in the same style only with slightly more focus on the mainstream pop / rock and pop reggae part of its style. Men At Work play in a style that evokes memories of both The Police and Dire Straits only without emphasis on rock. In it's place the band plays melodic pop / rock with bonds to either reggae or new wave and heavily built on Hay's vocal harmonies. Cargo comes close to the sound of the debut but basically lacks strong singles.
The album was the band's last in its classic line-up.
[ allmusic.com 4,5 / 5, Rolling Stone 4 / 5 stars ]
