John Waite - Mask of Smiles/Rover's Return

John Waite's second solo album, No Brakes, reached the Top Ten, almost entirely on the strength of "Missing You," a truly perfect single. It was a hell of an act to follow, and Waite couldn't quite deliver, at least until he re-teamed with former Baby Jonathan Cain in the late '80s with Bad English. During those years in the wilderness -- roughly 1985 through 1990 -- he released two albums, 1985's Mask Of Smiles and 1987's Rover's Return, which are combined on this CD reissue. Read More