JoBoxers - Johnny Friendly (RCA)

Film-buffs will know Johnny Friendly as the corrupt union boss in On The Waterfront, a dockland movie close to the Boxers' hearts. Unfortunately their tribute to Mr. Friendly doesn't quite come off. It tells a story alright and Dig has a great time delivering some of Marlon Brando's lines but it isn't half the song that "Just Got Lucky" was. I'll say no more - nasty things happen to people who badmouth Johnny .. . (Sunie, No 1, August 6, 1983)

A tug-boat roars in and that can only mean one thing ... the Tetley Teafolk are down on the waterfront. Dig tells the sad tale of Johnny - "he ain't a man to love" - over a funked-up alley cat backing. Not as infectious as "Lucky" but just as catchy in a harder sense. Looks like three in a row. (Peter Martin, Smash Hits, August 4, 1983)

After two barnstorming singles the Bowery Boys/Tetley Tea folk change the boxerbeat to a swing. But the swing is so leaden that they'll lose this round on a technical knock out. (Mike Gardner, Record Mirror, August 6, 1983)

JoBoxers - Is This Really The First Time? (RCA)

Remember that Boxer Beat? You could be forgiven for nearly forgetting it; Dig and the gang have been off the block so long they were in danger of being not last year's thing but the year before that's. Luckily for them no one else stepped into their shoes. The Boxers were one of our better modern R&B groups and this comeback has all the customised hard jiving kick that makes them so compelling. Instantly, naturally wonderful. (Max Bell, No 1, March 30, 1985)

The JoBoxers, who brought you "Boxerbeat" and all the rest of them, have bounced back with a new image - Edwardian-style. It suits them and the record is equally impressive, if just a little repetitious. (Marshall O'Leary, Smash Hits, March 14, 1985)

JoBoxers - Jealous Love/She's Got Sex (RCA)

"She's Got Sex" is a seedy tale of the JoBoxers' ideal woman. The usual foot stompin' has been replaced by a snappy toe tappin' beat and it's easily their worst single yet. (Peter Martin, Smash Hits, October 27, 1983)

This group said right from the beginning that they'd be bringing out singles that were completely different from each other, and this double A-side proves they weren't joking. What you - the record buying public - will make of 'Jealous Love', could go either way. It's a thumping good ballad with Dig's voice at its finest, but no way can they be trying to be commercial. 'She's Got Sex' is about a girl who wants 'it' all the time, but doubtless the BBC will play none of 'that' on their precious airwaves! (Debbi Voller, No 1, October 29, 1983)

Their Braces are getting frayed and their boots are just beginning to leak. JoBoxers slide off the waterfront as the charts become increasingly apathetic. A slowie with a powerful chorus but I just can't help feeling that Billy Joel could have done this revamp a lot better. (Robin Smith, Record Mirror, October 29, 1983)