Men At Work - It's A Mistake (Epic)

Everyone is being perfectly beastly to the Men from down under, and with their reliance on plagiarism it's easy to see why. This is another of their bloodless, jokey songs, this time about power-crazed generals pressing the button and killing us all. Ho ho. At least they don't sound like the Police here and so won't have another hit. A blessing in disguise really. (Max Bell, No 1, June 18, 1983)

Certainly is, if you're still going for the millionth rewrite of "Down Under" This time the cargo from Cargo is merely excess baggage. "This year's Police" are the real Police - Men At Work have just become redundant. (John Shearlaw, Record Mirror, June 18, 1983)

INXS - Don't Change (Mercury)

Synth intro into a truly brilliant early Skids-like guitar thrash and one hell of a bellowed song to back it up. As they say, if Big Country can make it so can INXS. Fact is they're about a hundred times better (and fresher). (John Shearlaw, Record Mirror, June 18, 1983)