Wasp

Cassidy’s album career came to an end with Wasp, the last of three that failed to match the heights of his first two and led him to concentrate on acting and TV series writing and production. But as a swan song it’s a doozy, an attempt to embrace early 80s new wave for all it’s worth, with Todd Rundgren producing the heck out of it. Covers including David Bowie, the Talking Heads and Ian Hunter plus Rundgren-written tracks like the title song don’t really work per se, Cassidy trying out various vocal approaches, but it’s a fascinating curio at the least.