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Old 15-05-2015, 00:30
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I have been watching Sound of the Eighties on the red button and they were showing an interview of him and showing some of the great songs he did in the past He seems a nice guy and very likeable I was wondering whether he was a great artist of his time or a bit overrated
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Old 15-05-2015, 12:23
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Neither really. He had a great run of singles and a couple of decent albums, that at the time i really liked. He could certainly turn out a good pop song (he has written for others too) and probably deserved to have a few more songs chart over the latter part of his career.
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Old 15-05-2015, 14:42
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His recent stuff has been good. The album "15 Minutes" in particular.
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Old 15-05-2015, 17:52
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I loved him.

My Sister had Human Racing and it was great. love Dancing Girls. I have it on my spotify nowadays.
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Old 15-05-2015, 18:04
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Hit and miss for me....obviously very talented and had some success, but he just wasn;t someone who particularly appealed to me....his voice bugged me if I'm honest.
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Old 15-05-2015, 22:57
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I would say underrated if anything. He wrote some of the best pop songs of the 80s. A talented guy for sure.
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Old 16-05-2015, 14:24
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His recent stuff has been good. The album "15 Minutes" in particular.
^ This. He's a phenomenally good songwriter.
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Old 17-05-2015, 10:43
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You're The Best - is a great track from 2012
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Old 17-05-2015, 19:29
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Loved all his 80s tunes wouldn't be good is my all time favourite 80s tune, human racing was a quality album, just seemed to die out after 85 bit like Howard jones,
Nik carried on writing several songs including the well known quality one hit wonder the one and only by chesney hawkes.
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Old 17-05-2015, 19:32
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He is underrated. his albums in the 80s were brilliant, I still listen to them now, he had foresight(roses) and compassion( save the whale).

His album a couple of years ago sounded just as fresh, he is one act from the 80s that I will always listen to.
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Old 17-05-2015, 20:45
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I think he is a superb artist and an extremely underrated songwriter.
My favourite of his is 'Elizabeth's Eyes' from 1989.
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Old 18-05-2015, 19:05
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I think he's okay for the most part actually. I have the Expanded Edition of 'Human Racing', a great album!
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Old 11-06-2015, 07:24
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Saw Nik on a BBC show about Pop Stars - he was being interviewed about his experiences in the early days of his pop stardom.He came across as being a very nice fellow, and he looked great too.
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Old 14-06-2015, 00:33
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I loved him.

My Sister had Human Racing and it was great. love Dancing Girls. I have it on my spotify nowadays.
Dancing Girls was great track and the video was wonderfully bizarre.
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Old 14-06-2015, 00:40
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I rate him. I like him a lot.
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