Paul Haig - Heaven Help You Now (Operation Afterglow)

Paul Haig once said that he was quite happy making records that satisfied his own standards and public approval was just a bonus. Haig's attitude is honest but he could do with the added luxury of a hit. "Heaven Help You Now" isn't one of his strongest moments. It lacks the dramatic punch of "Big Blue World" which should have been monstrous, and concentrates instead on a slick rock momentum and Haig's own super butch delivery. (Max Bell, No 1, October 12, 1985)

The opening twiddly bits sounded familiar and I thought, ah yes, an ex-Associate at work here. In fact, Alan Rankine produced it. Curiously charming and likeable. Trouble is, it only re-emphasised to me how much I miss that magic Mackenzie/Rankine partnership of yore ... maybe one day, eh boys? (Nancy Culp, Record Mirror, October 26, 1985)

Paul Haig - The Only Truth (Crepuscule)

Despite last year's excellent electronic sorties, Paul Haig songs have always lacked a certain something. Like Heaven 17 there's a certain human-ness missing - it's all a little too sharply cut. But getting in an outside agency, in the shape of New Order's Barney Albrecht, has lifted "The Only Truth" into the world of the living. And what is "The Only Truth"? 'The words of the song.' Ah, thanks Paul! (Paul Bursche, No 1, October 6, 1984)