The Big Dish - Big New Beginning (Virgin)

The A&R departments of the major record labels must have been keeping the London to Glasgow shuttle going singlehandedly in recent times. To get a record deal you've got to have a Mc in front of your name and a guitar over your shoulder. And joining the Hipsways, the Sugar Sugars, the Chewy Racoons and 10,000 others, we now have the Big Dish. And no doubt about it - they're the best of the bunch. "Big New Beginning" is a beautifully catchy tune with melody, smooth guitars and a lazy, soulful voice to warm you right through. The best debut from a band since "Hand In Glove". Excellent. Single Of The Week. (Eleanor Levy, Record Mirror, June 29, 1985)

Guitars, tambourines and harmonies - these old ingredients are creeping back into many a new song and Glasgow band The Big Dish have adopted this delicate style with honours. Sorta Beatles meets The Lotus Eaters - this debut single glows with melody and optimism. An excellent beginning to the Dish's career. (Debbi Voller, No 1, July 6, 1985)

The Big Dish - Prospect Street (Virgin)

Executed in their usual wonderfully melodic style, The Big Dish have once again juggled with the right ingredients - catchy tune, tantalising riffs and highly competent playing - and created yet another tasty sampler. Their fourth single to date (although this has actually been released before) verges on almost perfect pop - powerful, opulent and polished. A worthy release that should hopefully see the Scottish fivepiece receiving their just desserts! (Anna Martin, No 1, November 1, 1986)

The Big Dish are one of those staple meals which are so tedious you need to go heavy on the spices to make it palatable or interesting. However, here you have the blandness in all it's jangly guitar glory. (Mike Gardner, Record Mirror, November 9, 1985)