BANANARAMA Shy Boy (London)
NME (UK), 26-Jun-1982
I read a terribly funny thing the other day wherein this record reviewer "thought" Bananarama were the boys and the Funboy 3 were the girls. There were tons of hilarious jokes about how well "the boys" were looking and how "suntanned" some of "the girls" had become. "Must be out recent heatwave" joked the writer, I suspect our "confused" wit knew all the time, don't you? Anyway, enough of this messing around, lets see what the girls - or is it the boys! - have served up for us this time round. Yes it's that familiar beaty blend of drums, echo and those lovely Bananarama vocal arrangements on another easily remembered tune that should have us dancing all the way to the topspot in the charts. No sign this time of those other three but I suspect they weren't far away when the girls were putting this little opus di pop together! Lovely stuff. More please ladies!