After making
Madhouse the Silver Convention's funkiest release, producer/songwriters
Michael Kunze and
Silvester Levay saw to it that the group's next album,
Golden Girls, had as glossy and shiny a sound as possible. This isn't to say that parts of
Golden Girls aren't funky by Euro-disco standards, but for the most part, this album is defined by its high-gloss approach. It sounds like
Kunze and
Levay were determined to make
Golden Girls a campy and very stereotypical Euro-disco record, and they did a nice job. If you're a lover of the European disco sound, you'll find tracks like
"Hollywood Movie" and
"Disco Ball" impossible to resist because they're so unapologetically Euro-disco. Equally appealing is the
ABBA-influenced single
"Telegram" and a remake of
"Save Me." Golden Girls wasn't what one expected after
Madhouse, but even so, it was a welcome addition to the group's catalogue. ~ Alex Henderson