Retro Spins: The Jets - Magic

Stepping right over their 1986 album, Christmas With The Jets, my return visit to the group is their 1987 album, Magic. Having not really gotten into their 1985 self titles album, I wasn't honestly expecting much from this particular record.

Well, as they say, when you have zero expectations, it's difficult to be disappointed.

It starts okay with the track, I Do You, but then immediately fumbles the ball with The Only Dance - A bland and boring ballad. I was fully prepared to check out at this point with the mindset that things weren't going to get any better from there.

Fortunately, this actually didn't happen. In fact, I heard a song I didn't even remember from the 80's, Make It Real, and added it to my shuffle mix. Not only had I forgotten about the song, but had no clue it was from The Jets. This then happened again when the song Rocket 2 U started playing, and then it happened a third time with Cross My Broken Heart. What the heck!?!? What's been going on in my life that I've been missing out on hearing these songs again?

When it was all said and done, I came away with three tracks for my shuffle from this album. Considering I expected to sit here bored through the whole thing, I'll take that with a smile. I may even go ahead and try to get their 1989 album, Believe, to see what's going on with it.

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Retro Spins: The Jets - The Jets

The Jets
The Jets
1985

The Jets 1985 debut album of the same name is your typical 80's pop album. It's got its hits, but overall it has a fun tone which will keep your foot tapping. However, beyond the hits, there's nothing to really get excited about here.

The group is most notable for their top ten hit, Crush on You, which debuted at number seventy-three in April of 1986 and eventually landed at number three for two weeks in a row in June / July. However, they were far from a one hit wonder. Two other tracks from their debut album, Private Number (peaked at number 47 in September 1986) and You Got It All (peaked at number three in March 1987) also helped to push the siblings into the spotlight.

Oh, did I forget to mention the band consisted of siblings? Sorry.

Unfortunately, for me, there's not much more to say beyond this. It's a decent album, but it's by no means genre defining or massive breakout album. It's just okay. I wouldn't go out of my way to hear it again, nor would I really recommend you track a copy down - Mainly because at $20.00 (average) it's kind of expensive for what you're going to get.

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