Shay teamed up earlier this year with pop/rock artist Barry Russo to produce and co-write his latest album ‘These Are The Days’. The album includes 12 songs written by Russo and Watson along with several other co-writers and features the song ‘Child of the 80s’ (Elsner/Russo/Simpson/Watson). Below is one of many reviews concerning the release. Review of: ‘These Are The Days’ Critic: Adam Harrington – Genre: ‘Pop’ – Release Date: ‘April 2005’ (Artist: Barry Russo/Executive Producer: Shay Watson) Anybody who records a tribute to the ’80s as self-consciously cheesy as “Child of the 80s” is going to receive scoffs and will probably be prematurely mislabeled as a novelty artist. But Russo is going to giggle his way to the bank because no other ’80s homage – not even Bowling for Soup’s “1985” – is as brightly lit, witty, and affectionate as “Child of the 80s.” Amid “Kids In America”-era synthesizers, Russo puts on his best Gary Numan cyborg imitation – oddly recalling the bald lead singer of Midnight Oil at times – and moonwalks through a shopping list of Reagan administration nostalgia: “The Karate Kid,” Men At Work, Atari, “The Cosby Show,” the Buggles, Van Halen, mohawks, and polo shirts…(To read more of this review by critic Adam Harrington as well as other reviews click on the ‘Articles and Interviews’ button.)