Slick but soulless offerings, with bonus tracks.

Having first made a name for herself in the worlds of folk and West End stage musicals, these two albums, originally released in 1980 and ’81, saw Dickson aiming her music at the broader MOR Radio 2 listeners of the times. But while she’s in fine voice throughout, the songs rarely give Dickson an opportunity to fully show what she can do.

Both albums are produced by Alan Tarmey, previously best known for his work with Cliff Richard and Leo Sayer, and suffer from a clinical sound overly reliant on the kind of cispassionate keyboards one might associate with a 10-a-penny lounge bar acts.

The Dickson-penned Anytime You’re Down And Out on the first record manages to project a little personality, but Tarmey’s own songs are, for the most part, unremarkable.

The album’s Top 10 success prompted more of the same on You Know It’s Me, another batch of formulaic love songs that squandered the talent they were given to. Dickson occasionally manages to forcer her identity onto the so-so material, with Little By Little In Love just about surviving its synthetic setting. Overall, however, it’s an almost instantly forgettable listening experience.