Australian singer
Brian Cadd is one of those people who never became as well known as he could have. Those who heard
Cadd's 1970s pop/rock felt that he had a lot of potential as both a singer and a songwriter -- and, in fact, his songs were recorded by well-known artists like
Glen Campbell,
the Flying Burrito Brothers, and the Little River Band. But none of
Cadd's American releases were big sellers. After recording a few LPs for the Chelsea label in the early '70s,
Cadd moved to Capitol with 1976's little-known
White on White. Favoring an approach that is somewhere between
Elton John and
Billy Joel,
Cadd delivers an album that is generally decent but not mind-blowing. "All in the Way (That They Use My Face)," "White on White Eldorado," and "W.C. I See" (an ode to actor
W.C. Fields) are pleasant, catchy numbers, although one senses that
Cadd was capable of more. In 1976, Capitol hoped that people who were into
Elton John (whose 1970s drummer
Nigel Olsson is employed on this record),
Randy Newman, and
Billy Joel would get into
Cadd as well. But
White on White (which has never been reissued on CD) wasn't the hit that
Cadd was hoping for, and the LP ended up in the cutout bins after a few years.