SIDEWAY LOOK

"They are a classic in the Scottish guitar music style"

Country:
Scotland
Genre:
Rock
Style:
New Wave,Synth-pop,Indie Rock

Members:
Colin Thom - Guitar, Harmonica, Keyboards, Vocals
Brian Smith - Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards
John Baird - Bass,Accordian
Johnny O Neill - Keyboards
Iain Hardie - Drums, Percussion

VIDEO:
"Knowing You From Today"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1F3dtnMxZM

SIDEWAY LOOK (1984)

Credits:

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Producer - Ian Taylor

Tracklist:

01 Spring Again (3:25)
02 Can't Talk Anymore (3:00)
03 Till The Bitter End (3:41)
04 Just For The Weekend (3:58)
05 Knowing You From Today (5:35)
06 Perfect Picture (2:00)
07 Freetown (3:49)
08 Tell Me Tonight (3:50)
09 One For You (4:13)
10 Is This Tomorrow (5:39)
11 Heartache (3:56)
Bonus:
12 Knowing You From Today (Extended Sunnyside Road Mix)
13 Till The Bitter End
14 Next Time We'll Sit At The Bar (B side of Till The Bitter End 1984)
15 Karen Rix With Sideway Look - Hungry Waters (extended) 1987

Link to download:
http://rapidshare.com/files/169220457/sideway_look_1984.rar

"Knowing You From Today" is a terrible good song! It's always was my favourite...I like the whole album actually. "Unfortunatelly they are one of the most underrated bands" as i read in a German review. Yes and they are also such a band would deserve much much more .

If you like Big Country don't miss them!! (salty)

"This Scottish quintet writes solid nouveau pop songs and plays them with a mix of guitars and keyboards (did I mention accordion?). The arrangements haul in everything — from controlled guitar feedback to mellow horns — which makes the album highly varied in sound, but Brian Smith's posey vocals — a dramatic Bowie/Eric Burdon delivery — occasionally seem out of place. Smoothly capable on everything from mild soul to straightforward guitar-based dance rock, Sideway Look manage to drop hints of everyone from Big Country to Haircut One Hundred."(http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=sideway_look)

"I like very much side A in this LP. There are epic and quite melancholical songs, impressive guitar riffs and good lyrics. "Knowing you from today" is one of my all time favorites, an impressive, original and passionate song that reminds me emotionally of "Don't you forget about me" or "Shake some action"."Till the bitter end" is a charming piece of art with its frenchie atmosphere. The remaining songs in side A are good. Side B are not bad at all, but seems not so inspired. All in all this is a great, great record, deserving a much higher recognition. I discovered by hazard and got it second hand."

TAMING THE BLADE (1988)

Credits:
Colin Thom - Guitar, Harmonica, Keyboards, Vocals
Brian Smith - Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards
John Baird - Bass, Keyboards, Vocals
Johnny O Neill - Keyboards
Iain Hardie - Drums, Percussion
Engineer - Tim Summerhayes
Produced by Colin Thom,Brian Smith and John Baird

VIDEO:
"Into The Sunset"
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/sideway-lookinto-the-sunset/1683344962

Tracklist:

01 Inside I Burn (3:18)
02 Great Divide (4:23)
03 Taming The Blade (4:10)
04 Battlesound (3:49)
05 Handcutted (5:11)
06 My People (4:37)
07 Unlock The Capital (4:34)
08 Into The Sunset (4:28)
09 Last Farewell (3:59)
10 Killing Time (9:05)

Link to download:
http://rapidshare.com/files/169216048/sideway_look_-_taming_the_blade_.rar

"Recently my favourite record, the vocalist sounds like Billy Idol. Modern 80's rock more in the american style than british, but as far as I know the band is from Scotland. Although still there is a climate of The Alarm or mid 80's Simple Minds."

ALBUMS:
Sideway Look (1984)
Bulletproof Heart (1985) Its still unreleased ."The results were never released as Virgin Records dropped them.It was produced by Roger Taylor (Queen)"
Taming The Blade (1988)

Biography/More info:
Though im hunting them for long months, i found only John Baird (http://www.youtube.com/user/johnsideway) who promised me to answer to some of my questions. Im still waiting his reply,so be patient, and untill then enjoy their great music!!

Other possibility is John O'Neill's Youtube site:

http://www.youtube.com/user/wantake

John O'Neill:

"He is alive and well in Mallaig. Well he still plays parttime and teaches tech (Technical Teacher at Mallaig High School, see: http://www.mallaighigh.highland.sch.uk/) the rest of the time."

If you have their unreleased album or more singles/maxi you can't see here,please send me!

Do the same with the front/back covers for their first album,thanks!

And if you were a member of Sideway Look ,message me please ,i desperatelly need more info,photos etc.TIA