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By JIM MURRAY
Reviewer
'Singles' album has style, variety
Rupert Holmes is the victim of Top 40 mentality. This means that for a group or solo artist to get on the air, he has to be in the public eye before become known to be a lot of air play.
This brings us to the latest album by Rupert Holmes—"Singles" (Epic). This
Review
album reaffirms the fact that Holmes is one of the finest singer-songwriter-producers in the music industry.
"Singles" was delayed because Holmes was so much in demand as a producer. The most recent albums he produced are the latest releases by Sparks and the Strawba.
HOLMES' FIRST two albums,
"Widescreen" and "Rupert Holmes",
gained critical acclaim from all quarters.
HOLMES' second album albums
shines through again on "Singles."
Like "Widescreen," "Singles" is a concept album. "Widescreen" looked at life as a series of movies, but "Singles" deals with the hazards and rewards of love.
Two of the songs, "Who, What, When,
Where, Why" and "Weekend Lover",
concern love affairs breaking up. In that
situation, you are likely to get to
Get Over You." and "Aw Shucks,"
"I Don't Want to Get Over You" makes the point that sometimes it's easier to live in a fantasy world than to admit the loss of a loved one. "We're going on again." Aw Shucks, "on the other hand,
Museum gets new sculptures
A collection of African tribal sculptures and ceremonial objects has been donated for display in the tribal arts gallery of the museum of Art, Schuylkill Valley, on April 30, 1977.
The collection was donated by Kenneth Palmer, a 1940 KU alumnus, his wife, Glenda, both of Stanford, Com. It contains many ceramics, mostly from the 19th and 20th centuries. The Palmer collection includes portrait heads, figures of animals and people, masks, jewelry and grainery doors and shelves in the Mall, the Camerons and the Ivory Coast.
HOLMES' BEST writing, however, is in his songs about the positive side of love. Although they are positive, the songs aren't the mindless optimism so popular with the bubble gum set that, unfortunately, has a stranglehold on the recording industry.
deals with the singer's revenge on a lover who deserted him and later returned.
"The Palmer gift gives us the core of a tribal art collection and is a marvelous mulecue on which to build," Charles Holmes, the Spooner Museum of Art, said yesterday.
"Last of the Romantics" deals with the need for dreams in love, dreams of better life, and the search to focuses on the cyclical nature of love and "Touch and Go" and "You Make Me Real" reaffirm the interdependent nature of love, and in his second album in "The Man Behind It."
THE TITLE track, which closes the album, acknowledges this interdependence.
but points out the need to retain one's individuality, not to give too much. He writes:
Lovers, cause we share the same dreams.
Dreams are what the world can't have too many of.
family of,
Like singles, doubled up with love."
Holmes' talent goes beyond lyrics. The arrangements for each song are done with an orchestral backing that fits each song perfectly. "Who, What, When, Where, Why" is in disco style; "Aw Shucks" is a rancous groove. "I'll Be Here Only" could come from the late '60s.
"Singles" is one of the best albums to come out this year. Perhaps this time Holmes will get his break and get the fame and sales he deserves.
On Campus
Events
**TODAY:** AN INSTITUTE FOR KANSAS LEGISLATORS is day all in the Kansas Union, JOHN MURPHY, associate dean of the School of Law, will speak on 'International Terrorism' at a Douglas County chapter meeting of the United States Department of Justice's Office of the Social Welfare COLLOQUIUM is at 1 p.m. in the Union's Walnut Room, followed by a SOCIAL WELFARE SCHOOL COUNCIL at 3 p.m. in the Union's Council Room. THE PEARSON TRUST COMMITTEE meets at 3:30 p.m. in the Unions Governors Room. THE AUAP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE meets at 3:30 p.m. in 641 Mallet Hall. A GRADUATE STUDENT PARTY begins at 3:30 p.m. in
TONIGHT: THE STUDENT SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE ON BLACK ORGANIZATIONS meets at 5 in the Union's Pine Room. AEROSPACE MAIN OFFICE, 928 Vermont St. will host a graduation initiation is at 7:30 in the Union's Centennial Room. CAMPUS ROBINSON serves at 7:30 in the Union's Jayhawk Room. MARY LOU ROBINSON, associate professor of performance, will give an organ recital at 8 in the Plymouth Congregational Church, 928 Vermont St. An EAGLE PSI PHI dance begins at 10
SATURDAY: A SPANISH ACADEMIC WORKSHOP meets at 9 a.m. in the Union's Room Cloo. THE IRIANIAL STUDENTS ASSOCIATION meets at 1:30 p.m. in the Union's Jawahawk Room. KAREN LAKEY, cellist, will give a senior recital at 8 p.m. in Swarthout Recital Hall.
SUNDAY: THE SCOLA CANTORUM, a part of the KU Collegium Musicum, will sing a Gregorian Chant Mass at noon in St. John's Catholic Church, 1298 Vermont St. Spoken words of the Mass will be in English. The Mass is open to the public. Students are welcome and encouraged to attend rooms. TAU BETA P's initiation is at 3:30 p.m. in the Union's Council Room. The UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA and the combined KU choirs will present a concert at 3:30 p.m. in Hoch Auditorium, INTERFARRENTKINY TAU BETA P's initiation is at 3:30 p.m. in the Union's Council Room. A student PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE, conducted by George Boberg, associate professor of performance, begins at 8 p.m. in Swarthout Reall Hall.
Announcements
SWINE FLU CLINICS for people age 18 through 44 will be given at Watkins Hospital from 2 to 7:30 p.m. today, from 1 to 5 p.m. tomorrow and from 2 to 7:30 p.m. Monday. Swine FLu clinics will be at the Douglas County Health Department, 701 New Hampshire St., from noon to 9 p.m. Sunday.
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