Pete Wylie - If I Love You (Siren)

Pete Wylie can be a contrary son of a gun on occasions: "If I Love You" isn't one of them. After the poor showing of "Diamond Girl" he returns to the more straightforward melodic pitch of "Sinful" with a considered semi ballad that starts off sounding like Freddie Mercury and then gravitates more towards a modern street wise Bob Dylan. Wylie's problem, if that's the way you look at it, is that he isn't firmly established enough in the public ear and eye to guarantee success with his slightly maverick songs. (Max Bell, No 1, July 18, 1987)

Pete Wylie - Diamond Girl (MDM)

My copy of this record had a hole in it - and I don't mean in the middle. I should have tossed it aside in an indignant huff and refused to review it but in between the pops, skips and clicks there is a jolly good pop record. You just can't help but like Wylie and this is a very worthy follow up to "Sinful". I'm told the copies in the shops don't come with the second hole - perhaps I should hold onto this in case it becomes a collectors' item. 4/5 (Pat Thomas, No 1, September 6, 1986)

"The fabulous Josie Jones" is actually Pete Wylie's ex-live-in-lover, and whether she's the one responsible for making this song a superbly jaunty piece of "rock" I don't really know, but anyway it's an excellent follow-up to "Sinful". Pete Wylie's wanted to be a pop star for years and now - presto! - he is one. (William Shaw, Smash Hits, September 24, 1986)