Teenbeat XVIII

It was about 30 years ago a much anticipated album was released  but whose sales proved disappointing, so much so for a long time it wasn't available in compact disc form

The first thing that stuck me way back in 1985, pre internet and that was the cover that featured the artist clutching a Raggy Andy doll, a pose back then you seldom saw back then with adults, clearly drawing comfort from that in the way a child would.
In hindsight it was a 'it's okay' signal for me and maybe a few others to explore more around this whole area of being child-like and an adult.
The other thing beyond her artistry, established in 1983 and reaching its commercial peak with the Self Control album with it's clutch of 45's in 1984, was they dealt a lot with feelings and emotions with songs like Spanish Eddie and her cover of Alphaville's Forever Young.
Although I'd borrowed the compact disc it took a while to actually get a copy as it's sales were poor so few places stocked it and it joined a number of discs that soon became out of print to the point a few years back you could pay $130 or more for a decent copy.
Fortunately I have a decent copy apart from owning the American lp version brought from the 'cut out' bins where bargains were put back then with the record literally having a tiny potion of the sleeve cut out to denote it was deleted stock to be sold off cheap.