Music
April, 1985
Nik Kershaw's The Riddle (MCA) is rock disguised as reggae, and Kershaw's funny, down-to-earth lyrics are a surprise in such a setting. How can you dislike a guy who asks Don Quixote for advice or who says of his own status as a newborn rock-'n'-roll star, "He got no sense but he got money"? Kershaw sticks his head in the clouds long enough to make a plea to Save the Whales, and the title track is a whimsically enchanting march that makes no actual sense. But it also makes no sense tha...
