20 May 2014

Lars Muhl "King of Croon" (1988)

King of Croon
release date: Apr. 1988
format: vinyl (FOX 116) / digital
[album rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,68]
producer: Kasper Winding
label: Fox Records - nationality: Denmark

2nd solo album by Lars Muhl following The Glorious Art of Breaking Little Girls' Hearts... (1986) and his first and only album on local (Aarhus) label Fox Records.
I got the original album on cassette when it came out, and have only recently purchased a fine second hand copy of the vinyl issue. Despite being a typical '80s production album, Lars Muhl proves what a gifted songwriter he is / was. The album contains several songs that were minor radio hits in the Summer of '88, but it's without doubt the song "Angel Come Go with Me" that most people associate with Muhl.
With this album he demonstrates that he's one of the absolute best national songwriters of the '80s, and imho, this is also his very best solo album.
Recommended.