Red Box - Heart Of The Sun (WEA)

This lot last graced the chart with the jolly "For America" - a tune with a great video and an irresistible hook that everyone was humming in spite of themselves. Before that they pioneered pop music for the deaf (!?) with a video for the single "Lean On Me" which included a person in the corner of the screen signing the lyrics to the song. Looks like they've just run out of good ideas. (Pat Thomas, No 1, January 31, 1987)

Talk about finding the formula and milking it dry. Do Red Box know the meaning of the word variety? It's the same as the previous saccharine-laden objects of inanity, destined to be bought by thousands with no taste. (Nancy Culp, Record Mirror, January 31, 1987)

Red Box - Chenko (WEA)

A-Ha meet the Old Spice ad, and Red Box reap the rewards. Pronounced 'Tenka-io', which no doubt is something very deep and meaningful in some dodgy language, this slice of atmospheric musing finds the band at their best yet, with the duo rustling up an undoubted chart hit that deserves its place far more so than the appalling dross that Red Box have produced so far. With Chenko, opening up the Red Box is no longer the distasteful experience that it once was. (Fiona Looney, No 1, August 1, 1987)

I'm a complete pushover for anything with a bit of pseudo-Russian chanting so this gets off to a flying start and continues in the same majestically spooky flavour all the way through helped by loads of moody piano and the trembly, delicate vocals. I haven't heard anything quite so loin-stirring since Boney M's "Rasputin" - and a higher compliment than that could not be paid. (Lola Borg, Smash Hits, July 1, 1987)

Red Box - Saskatchewan (WEA)

If I said this was absolutely saturated in wimpy sentimentality and sounded like a cross between Simon & Garfunkel and Julian Lennon, you'd know "Saskatchewan" was 'deeply sensitive' and rather boring, right? Wrong. Though I've no idea why they're singing about a Canadian town (something to do with North American Indians, I suspect), this has a lovely tune and may well be a hit. (Chris Heath, Smash Hits, January 31, 1985)

Red Box - Lean On Me (WEA)

A catchy little number that won't set the world on fire but should leave it smouldering nicely round the edges. Not as interesting as their previous singles 'Chenko' or 'Saskatchewan' perhaps, but 'Lean On Me' should ensure them a healthier chart placing. (Paul Bursche, No 1, August 24, 1985)