Greg Shaw on The Hudson Brothers, PRM 1975

THE HUDSON BROTHERS -"Lonely School Year"- Rocket 40464
It seems to me that if American kids wanted something like the Bay City Rollers, they would have picked up on the Hudson Brothers by now. They're a little older, but they're cuter, and they make equally appealing pop records. In fact, England could use them too. Particularly this record, their concession to the disco beat and a radical change from their usual wham-bam approach. The subject matter is refreshingly wholesome (I, for one, prefer to hear sex discussed in romantic metaphors rather than in graphic detail--at least in a pop record; that's what I always liked about the Troggs ) and surely there must be a couple million kids out there who would find this record enormously relevant to their condition.
By Greg Shaw - Jukebox Jury column, PRM Nov. 1975