Perhaps feeling the influence of the new wave, Martin Briley simplified the guitar lines and sped up the tempos on his second album. He also simplified his lyrics, which may have helped him get his first and only Top 40 hit with the lead-off track, a characteristic put-down song called “The Salt In My Tears” (as in “you’re not worth…”) Still complaining about love gone wrong,

The history of Dutch rockers Emergency dates back to 1985, when Jos Antonissen (bass) and Frans Limonard (guitar) approached Coen Van Hoof (keyboards) about forming a new band. By April of 1986, Emergency was born, and with the help of former Picture manager Henk van Antwerpen, landed ex- Picture frontman Pete Lovell on vocals.