The Silver Convention

It's no coincidence that the Silver Convention's fifth album, Love in a Sleeper, is their most uneven. After 1977's Golden Girls, producers Michael Kunze and Silvester Levay parted company -- and with Levay having moved on, Kunze produced this album himself and hired John Davis to do the arranging. Kunze and Levay had done much of the songwriting together, but this time Kunze worked with several new songwriters. And while the Silver Convention's four previous albums were recorded in Munich, this 1978 LP was recorded in both Munich and Philadelphia. Add all of those things up, and you have a CD that sounds a lot different from its predecessors -- although the group's forte was still Euro-disco. This isn't a bad album; in fact, tunes like "Mission to Venus," "Breakfast in Bed," and the Latin-flavored "Acuestate Conmigo" are catchy and likable. Nonetheless, the LP is uneven and unfocused and Levay's input is definitely missed. Without him the Silver Convention just wasn't the same. Although generally decent, Love in a Sleeper is the group's least essential album. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide