Nik Kershaw – The Riddle (VG+/VG+) – LP, AU 1984

The Riddle is an LP by Nik Kershaw from 1984 released on the MCA Records label.

About this album

The Riddle is a smart, hook-filled showcase for Nik Kershaw’s polished synth-pop craft. Issued in 1984, it followed the huge success of Human Racing and confirmed his knack for mixing crisp electronic arrangements with sharp melodic instincts and dry, self-aware lyricism. The title track became his signature hit, while songs such as “Wide Boy” and “Don Quixote” underline the album’s balance of commercial polish and offbeat personality. Built for the glossy radio landscape of the mid-1980s, the record helped establish Kershaw as one of the decade’s most distinctive British pop songwriters, with a style that could sound both catchy and slightly eccentric at once.