Taken from the Telegraph article above..which personally I think a five year old could of written better...I mean he hardly pulled the boat out did he! Sheesh!

>>>>>"..Yet these are good songs sung well. And amid all the darkness, the rare romance of Tout Va Bien perhaps hints at a writer shy of seeming soppy in his own language." Colin Randall<<<<<

Eh? What the goodness is he talking about for Gawd's sake?

Didn't he even bother to read the cover details?

Hasn't he ever heard the English version of 'Are We Alright' which is sung at nearly every Show of Hands concert, often as the final number..with the whole audience joining in?

Doesn't he KNOW the songs of Show of Hands and Steve Knightley?

Doesn't he know that Steve has never held back from emotional songs, DEEPLY emotional songs in many cases...NONE of which are 'soppy'!

FIRE THAT MAN IMMEDIATELY!!! ;0)

Someone pass the words below on to Colin Randall would they please! And tell him I'll have his job and show him how it's done! ;0) Chuckle!

Steve Knightley talking about 'Tout Va Bien' from the cover of Cruel River. ALL Steve's words about the tracks can be found on the 'Cruel River' link above.

>>>TOUT VA BIEN?
Look, it seemed like a good idea at the time. Take a SOH standard, record it in waltz time and sing it in French! If this turns out to be the song that buys the yacht, then the ironies of the music business will finally defeat me. Thanks to Mr. Clifford for the translation and vocal coaching and apologies to any French listeners for the inevitable errors.<<<