Released about this time 35 years ago, "Clockwise" was the second studio album by Greek duet Bang, formed by Thanos Kalliris aka Paul Stevens and Vassilis Dertilis aka Billy Adams, the band had a certain success with the maxi-single "You're The One" peaking at No. 74 on the UK charts with an influenced SAW tune. The second album spawned two singles "You're The One" and "Holding My Heart".
After achieving a certain success in the Eurovision contest in 1987 with the song "Stop" a pop/funk dance tune but despite the huge expectations and critics, the song achieved only 64 points staying at No. 10, but this boosted the duet international career aproaching certaint acts and artists such as Shep Pettibone and François Kevorkian.
In 1990 the duet released "Clockwise" a fantastic 11 tracks collection soaked in dance pop heavily influenced by the tunes of Stock Aitken Waterman, the first single was a re-issue of "You're The One" peaking at No. 74 in the UK singles chart, the second "Holding My Heart" received a heavily air-play with a video entirely recorded in Hollywood that aided to spread the sound of the duet, achieving a little succes on the Billboard Hot 100 peaking at No. 93, indeed, Bang is the only Greek act until now ever toured in Japan.
Unfortunately the duet split their ways and Thanos Kalliris became a solo succesful artist in his native Greece in the 1990s, but at least they left us a fantastic album full of danceable moment following the same path as SAW bubblegum pop standards at the end of the 1980's and early 1990s.
Clockwise Track List:
1. Holding My Heart
2. Some People
3. Love Games
4. I Know (Maybe I Was Wrong)
5. I Can't Stop The Rain
6. You're The One
7. More Than Anything Else
8. Don't Burn The Bridges
9. Wasted All My Tears
10. Can't Turn Around
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