“They sound like a very talented band forced to play punk.” Stuart Adamson’s guitar work elevates Skids’ Scared to Dance above the ordinary

This is an album review revisiting Skids' 1979 debut Scared to Dance, part of Louder's Album of the Week Club series. It argues that guitarist Stuart Adamson's playing, later of Big Country, lifts the record above typical punk fare, even though critics at the time dismissed its polished production a