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. It followed their US and UK Top 30 album ''

'' (1985), reaching No. 49 on ''Billboard'' 200 and No. 70 on the UK Albums Chart. ''Waves'' sold less than half of what its predecessor had, generating a modest hit with the single "Sun Street" (UK No. 22).

Reception

In a retrospective review for AllMusic, Matthew Greenwald wrote that although ''Waves'' is "not a disaster by any stretch," it's certainly not up to the standards of their previous album ''Katrina and the Waves''. Part of this, according to Greenwald, is because main songwriter Kimberley Rew only contributed two songs to the album. Greenwald felt that there are some fine moments, however, such as Vince de la Cruz's "Sun Street" and Katrina Leskanich's "Tears for Me." He added that Rew's two songs, "Is That It" and "Lovely Lindsay," are "mini-masterpieces", and that they "eventually push the group and this album somewhere near the goal line." In his artist biography on AllMusic, Bruce Eder wrote that ''Waves'' was a good enough album but no improvement upon the ''Katrina and the Waves'' album. He also felt that the band's work lost its edge between the two album's.

Track listing

Personnel

;Katrina and the Waves * Katrina Leskanich – vocals, rhythm guitar * Kimberley Rew – lead guitar, vocals *Vince de la Cruz –

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, rhythm guitar, lead guitar (7), vocals *Alex Cooper –

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, vocals ;Additional musicians * Nick Glennie-Smith –

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* John "Irish" Earle – brass *Dave Land – brass *Richard Edwards – brass *Eamon Fitzpatrick – brass arrangements ;Technical *Katrina and the Waves – producer *Pat Collier – producer *Scott Litt – producer *Richard Sullivan – second engineer *

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– mastering * Stylorouge – sleeve artwork *Terry Day – hand colouring *Simon Fowler – photography

Charts

Singles

Certifications

References

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