IT seems the Eighties are back in vogue. Synth pop is enjoying a resurgence and next week Ashes To Ashes is back on the telly. But nostalgia ain’t what it used to be and Can’t Slow Down is very much a case of same old same old.
It starts promisingly enough with the blistering title track, but then it’s back to Foreigner’s staple diet of angst-ridden heartbreak. Fine when they were young, but now it feels uncomfortable. Not that you can fault the song-writing and the production is flawless from the first riff to the last fade.
The trouble is the album is too safe, nothing stands out and you end up wondering at the point of it all. Why wait 15 years to release an album with nothing on it to match their classics? Foreigner used to be a guilty pleasure; this album will leave you feeling far less culpable.
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