Be-Bop Deluxe - Sunburst Finish (1976)

Another magical find at my regular record shop in Penang during the '70s. I used to listen to this as often as I could in my teenage years. It features some of the smartest British art-rock music of the era. The songs are catchy and witty, structurally and melodically sophisticated, and full of infectious drive.

Bill Nelson became one of my guitar gods after I heard his blazing fuzz-fed solo on 'Crying to the Sky'.