Sounds 15 Apr 1978 by Alan Lewis

Doesnt quite have the dark - grinding menace of 'Shot By Both Sides - but the Devoto wall of sound still blasts along with more authority than almost any other record in the pile - a densely-textured feel which is a tribute to the production work of the excellent John Leckie.

NME 15 Apr 1978 by Editor

Whither '78's balding breakout? "Touch And Go" pulls nothing like the punch of "Shot By Both Sides". It doesn't really touch target until the coda - an eerie guitar figure over string ensemble. The lyrics fail to twist and turn their sense as intended dazed Devoto no casual Casanova. The viscous swirl of "Goldfinger" (as in Bond and Bassey) takes on from where Roxy Music's "The Thrill Of It All" left off - but Devoto's exaggeration of the original's already mannered melodrama cuts no ice; an instrumental version might have hit harder. Much too much too soon for Magazine? Take your time - Howie - and never mind the hairloss. We're not all Devo yet; some of us'd rather be Devoto instead.

1. [Touch And Go]
2. [Goldfinger]

MAGAZINE: Touch And Go (Virgin VS 207)