HOOKED ON DRUGS (RCE):: Given the success of such best-selling albums as Hooked On Classics and Hooked On Swing, it was inevitable, I suppose, that someone would come up with the idea for this. Side one's "Hooked On Hallucinations" theme is an amusing enough medley which includes such hoary old chestnuts as "Eight Miles High," "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds," "Pictures Of Matchstick Men," "White Rabbit" and—wait for it—"Puff The Magic Dragon." The best, however, is saved for side two: the "Hooked On Heroin" medley, which features a stellar song selection, including "I'm Waiting For The Man," "Cold Turkey," "The Pusher," "Tonight's The Night," "Heroin," and (surprise!) James Brown's "King Heroin." How they could omit "Fixing A Hole" is beyond me but, should this set sell enough copies, there's always a chance that it'll be included in a Hooked On Drugs Volume Two. We can only hope. J.M.

HUANG CHUNG (Arista):: Nope, it doesn't mean "hung with a big wang," or any other such gross Van Halenism; these guys are certified ART-Limeys, after all, and they've named themselves after the Chinese for "yellow bell," as they happen to be devotees of the "gamelan" beat outta the East. Like sitars in a lost pop generation, the miracle gamelan gives H.C.'s somber intellectuo-pop overtones and vibes you may not find in yer average Psychedelic Furs licks, doncha know. Personally I doubt that Huang Chung have even a Chinaman's chance of interesting the untutored masses in this pseudo-Oriental gimmickry, but on the other hand, if they keep up their promising start at plugging their riddims into the groove (real third world talk), they could be really all reet, in the tongue of your choice. R.R.