Why is he so underrated in the realm of 70s/80s white soul singers? Dude was smooth as butter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGkUdLJCLyE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXKfFeb2ua0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WEdKqlKVA4

Is Tempted the lite rock song of the 80s?

Suburban Voodoo [Epic, 1982]
These songs are catchy and apt ("Don't want no washed-up dishes soft-soaping me," eh?), and unlike his pop mentors in Squeeze (he was on board for East Side Story) and Noise to Go (bandmate Nick Lowe produced and helped compose), Carrack seems to Mean It--he's soulful in the manner of somebody like Allan Clarke (of the Hollies, how could you forget?). In fact, I bet his sincerity is the envy of his compulsively ironic co-workers. Unfortunately, it leaves me wondering whether he's a little simple-minded or a minor con man. B

>>127114030 (OP)
I guess he's forgotten because he never had someone to promote him which is the way a singer tends to stay in the public eye.

>>127114030 (OP)
you are forgetting mike + the mechanics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i17mgRK3GX8