"Gorgeous" by Gene Loves Jezebel

Darlings of MTV's 120 Minutes through the 1980s, Gene Loves Jezebel never managed to break through to the mainstream. They came close in 1988 with their first US chart hit, "The Motion Of Love" going to #87.

For their follow-up, one of the twin Aston brothers who founded the English band left, which may have partly explained the change to a heavier guitar-based sound for 1990's record, "Kiss Of Life." "Kiss of Life" yielded the band's biggest US hit with the excellent jam, "Jealous," landing at #68 in 1990. It is amazing to me that this album was so ignored - "It'll End In Tears" and "Tangled Up In You" also had strong hit potential.

The band, which derived their name from the artist Gene Vincent and his song "Jezebel," is still active today, and released a new record called "Dance Underwater" earlier this year.

But today I'm highlighting the lead off track from their 1987 effort, "The House Of Dolls," a wonderful piece of ear candy called "Gorgeous."