's most popular album, 1982's , was an international hit, slaying its way into the Top Ten in the U.S. The album spun off the smash hit while two further tracks -- and -- also hit in the U.K., with the former topping the British chart. Surprising considering its success, the self-composed, performed, and produced album is not far removed from 's previous efforts; it's just a little slicker, but still as musically adventurous. The mighty is an almost primal slab of punctuated by a pumping beat and percolating synthesizer. headed more toward while tossing in a solid dance beat, while the tough melded together and deep roots. Generous helpings of are lavished across the rest of the record, foamy concoctions of strong synth beats and bright melodies, all spiced with smatterings of , , and wave. For a single, shining moment, was at one with the entire music continuum, creating a nigh on perfect hybrid twining together music's strongest strands. From the hippest to the funkiest inner-city clubs, into the stadiums and out to the Latin quarter, danced on a pinhead where all genres intersected. It was a magical feat never to be repeated, but brilliant while it lasted. ~ Jo-Ann Greene