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BIG SIDEWAYS (Buy CDs by this artist)
Big Sideways (NZ Unsung) 1983

No kidding big: this New Zealand band boasts a dozen members, including four horn people, four guitarists and two drummers. Seven of 'em are songwriters, which (not surprisingly) makes this a pretty eclectic record, fusing rock, jazz, funk and antipodean ethnic musics. Capped off with idealistic lyrics, Big Sideways is upbeat and intelligent; highly arranged but hardly slick.

[Ira Robbins]