Latin Quarter - Modern Times

Latin Quarter | Modern Times

NumberSongTime
1Modern Times
Steve Skaith / Mike Jones
3:45
2No Ordinary Return
Steve Skaith / Mike Jones
3:35
3Radio Africa
Steve Skaith / Mike Jones / Ron Keefe
3:53
4Toulouse
Steve Skaith / Mike Jones
4:20
5America For Beginners
Steve Skaith / Mike Jones
5:16
6Eddie
Steve Skaith / Mike Jones / Ron Keefe
3:08
7No Rope As Long As Time
Steve Skaith
4:28
8Seaport September
Steve Skaith / Mike Jones
3:18
9The New Millionaires
Steve Skaith / Mike Jones
3:35
10Truth About John
Steve Skaith / Mike Jones
4:00
11Cora
Steve Skaith / Mike Jones
2:58
  • Released: 1985
  • Rockin' Horse Records ZD 70840

Album Credits

Latin Quarter
Carol Douet (vocals, percussion)
Yona Dunsford (vocals, piano)
Greg Harewood (bass)
Steve Jeffries (keyboards, vocal)
Mike Jones (lyrics)
Steve Skaith (vocals, guitar)
Richard Stevens (drums, percussion)
Richard Wright (guitar, vocals)

Additional Musicians
Steve Gregory (sax)
Martin Ditcham (percussion)
Steve Greetham (bass on “Radio Africa”)

Production Credits
Produced and Mixed by Pete Hammond & Latin Quarter
Except: “Radio Africa” – Produced by Nigel Gray

Artwork
Cover painting James Swinson – Design Zero One

Reviews

“… He’s [Mike Jones] also a dab hand at those snappy one liners that the likes of a Costello or a Difford get regularly feted for.” NME

“… the catchy hooks fly thick and fast.” The Hit

“You’ve got to respect an English synth band that bothers to write real songs about real issues.” Playboy

“… a really superb lyrical content throughout.” RM

“The lyric comes from a catchy exercise in light reggae called Radio Africa (included here), and any expectations it awakened that here was a band with not only a conscience but also political awareness are fulfilled by this album. The songs are literate, punchy and pertinent – this tour through the modern world takes in, for instance, South Africa, both Reagan’s and McCarthy’s America, the Falklands/Malvinas, and the Welsh coal-mining valleys. The kind of songs New Internationalist readers (and editors) would write if they had the chance and the skill.” Politics 5/5, Entertainment 4/5 – New Internationalist Magazine