A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS (Jive/Arista):: Electronic? You bet �lectronic! But I�m still not sure whether this is a different group than Our Daughter�s Wedding, as terminal interchangability seem to have set in among the synth crowd. Most likely you heard these catchy machine rhythms in Kraftwerk years ago, too bad A.F.O.S. didn�t cop those Kraut�s dry-ice wit while they were at it. Instead, we get yet another covey of smug ioe-are-the-artists types, out to wow the alienated with hip dirges. Distinguishing marks, in case you�re still interested in waterfowl-spotting: These gulls are even funnier looking than they already think they so cleverly are! R.R.

SONNY ROLLINS -* No Problem (Milestone) :: All of Rollins�s albums during the past decade have been, in varying degrees, disappointing, particularly to those familiar with his earlier work, and this one�s no exception. But it�s a little better than most with its cheeky covers (Dolly Parton�s hit �Here You Come Again� and �Illusions,� which Marlene Dietrich sang in Billy Wilder�s Foreign Affair [�48]), ace contributions by vibist Bobby Hutcherson and drummer Tony Williams, and Rollins� idiosyncratic thwarting of his own efforts to sell out. Even if his current lusty tones isn�t always convincing and there�s too many long stretches where the band just coasts over the potentially commercial rhythms, still, you gotta hand it to the man for not going all out and cashing in on his recent Stones affiliation by making some cornball rock/funk/ jazz/fusion thing—instead he goes on his merry way, trying to relate to popular forms with his improvisational integrity intact and occasionally succeeding. Not bad. R.C.W.