Latin Quarter | Modern Times

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