The Thompson Twins Adventure Twins Adventure" is today valued more for its nostalgic and artifactual value than for its ludological aspects which have been uniformly panned by critics. Based on the Thompson Twins' 1984 "Doctor! Doctor!" single, the plot of "The Thompson Twins Adventure" revolves around the efforts of the three Thompson Twins members (Tom Bailey, Alannah Currie, and Joe Leeway) to gather ingredients for the concoction of the titular doctor's potion. The game opens with the Thompson Twins at a beach location. From there they must travel through several areas including a forest and a cavern to search for ingredients for the doctor's
Close to the Bone (Thompson Twins album) "Close to the Bone" into the slickest Thompson Twins album ever, and group members Tom Bailey and Alannah Currie have responded with their most facile songwriting. This means that the music is often catchy but rarely substantial." Fred Dellar of "Hi-Fi News & Record Review" considered the album to be a "heavily dance-oriented release" and singled out "Dancing in Your Shoes", "Gold Fever" and "Get That Love" as having "the hooks and looks of hits". He added: "...judged on pure pop appeal, "Close to the Bone" isn't at all a bad album." Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic retrospectively wrote: "By