Reviewed by Tony Cummings

Down the years Golddigger have trimmed down into a duo - Mandy Toombs and Beth Taylor - and now deliver their eagerly awaited full length album. With the always reliable studio whiz Andy Baker at the controls and a bunch of self-penned pop rock songs, the Sheffield group hit all the right notes. "Emotional War" has already been a much played Cross Rhythms Radio turntable hit and here it rubs shoulders with 11 other songs ranging from the surging "Nothing To Prove", the memorable ballad "Come On Over Here" and a delicious rock funk number "BAD Habit". Sonically, 'If Destroyed Still True' is top rate, as you'd expect from an album recorded at Steelworks Studios (Take That, Bryan Adams) while the lyrics hit their targets with unerring precision taking on subjects like finding self worth ("Oh princess don't you hide/Because you are still loved for who you are inside"), clamouring for the transitory interest of the mass media ("Flash light, big night, spot light, cat fight, headline, prime-time, online") and the healing love of God ("Could a broken heart be healed by what he had to say?/As the tears rolled down her face it was clear that something changed"). Mandy and Beth sing well throughout and with an album this strong deserve to be heard, not only by teenage girls across the UK, but by anyone who enjoys effervescent electro rock which speaks the truth and nothing but the truth.

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