Give the Blow Monkeys credit for not running aground on the rocks of house music; it would have been all too easy for stylish frontman Dr. Robert to follow his fellow dapper U.K. socialist Paul Weller along the same club-hopping path that helped sink Weller's Style Council. With that said, however, the final Blow Monkeys album had problems of its own, as the group's usual lush blue-eyed soul was weakened on Springtime for the World with some unnecessary audio collages and exotic worldbeat touches. La Passionara, which set Spanish guitar to a very familiar hip-hop breakbeat, is the best example, but the near-instrumental Be Not Afraid, with its wailing ethnic vocal, is another head-scratcher. Such digressions are set into stronger relief by the title track, one of the group's best-ever singles. Atop an appropriately huge and busy sonic backdrop -- including gospel-ish singers, orchestration, and pounding drums -- Dr. Robert croons a paean to a better day, offering one of his frequent messages of solidarity with gay listeners -- "Just because you swing a different way/Doesn't mean that we're like night and day" -- and singing it all like he means it. That concluded the Blow Monkeys' career, save for assorted best-ofs, and Dr. Robert would follow Weller into the solo arena, while also playing bass with him occasionally. ~ Dan LeRoy, Rovi

1		In Too Deep
2		Springtime for the World
3		Vibe Alive!
4		Reflections '89
5		Be Not Afraid
6		If You Love Somebody
7		La Passionara
8		Let the People Dance
9		Fruits of the Earth
10		As the Dust Settles
11		Checking Out
12		The Other Side of You
13		Bonus Track