Rock-a-Rama
BARRY MANILOW II (Arista):: If Barry could talk his beagle companion into being his side-kick he could pick up where Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme left off. "Mandy" — for that matter, most of the album — is nothing more than the typical monotonous wonderbread that passes for music on AM these days. N.M.
Rock a Rama
BARRY MANILOW II (Arista):: If Barry could talk his beagle companion into being his side-kick he could pick up where Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme left off. "Mandy" — for that matter, most of the album — is nothing more than the typical monotonous wonderbread that passes for music on AM these days. N.M.
ERIC CARMEN (Arista) :: Tony Williams once said that he and his group Lifetime made music for people who got into the sounds of their refrigerators turning on and off. Eric Carmen makes music for people who get into their refrigerators and find them stocked with lots of the "right" things (fondue, for instance, or filet of sole and the wine that the Guide to such things described as "perfect for that special evening").