Despite the success of 1987's Dirty Dancing soundtrack, which included the Blow Monkeys' single "You Don't Own Me," the band lost their American record deal by the time Whoops! There Goes the Neighborhood came out two years later. The States didn't miss much, though, as the album unfortunately chronicled the group's downward slide. By this time, the Blow Monkeys' sound and stance were both becoming somewhat stale: despite help from a batch of high-profile producers, including Stephen Hague and Julian Mendelsohn, too much of Whoops! falls into the slick, soulless rut that dominated chart pop in the late '80s. The vibrant blue-eyed soul of past hits like "Digging Your Scene" turned coldly mechanical on tunes like "It Pays to Belong" and "Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love," and attempts to emulate the new jack swing beginning to percolate across the Atlantic fall well short of the mark. Meanwhile, flamboyant frontman Dr. Robert's left-wing views veer close to Paul Weller-style humorlessness on this batch of lyrics. "S