ALBUM OF THE WEEK # 90 ROSSINGTON COLLINS BAND - ANYTIME, ANYPLACE, ANYWHERE (1980)

[RJhog (Admin)]

Artist: Rossington Collins Band

Genre: Southern Rock

Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Member: No

Studio Albums: 2 (1980-1982)

Album: Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere

Released: 1980

Producer: Rossington/Collins/Harwood (Best I can tell, I already can't find my case)

Singles: Don't Misunderstand Me/Getaway

Best Single For RJhog: Don't Misunderstand Me

Best Hidden Gem For RJhog: Misery Loves Company

RIAA Certification: Gold

Album Cover: 8/10

 

So, Jon and I are back on tour.    And the rider does include PBR.  Unfortunately, Jon is whining.  "I didn't wanna do it", says Jon.  But I said, "It's for the fans".  So anyway, we have a giant slab of Southern Rock for you this week.  Rossington Collins Band arose from the ashes of the great Lynyrd Skynyrd, and although the name implies that only two LS members appeared on this album, there were in fact 4 (Collins/Rossington/Powell/Wilkeson).   This is the debut, from 1980, and it became a Top 20 album that managed Gold certification.

 

So what do I think of the album?  I think it shows flashes of what could have been.  Don't Misunderstand Me is a terrific song and probably the reason the album went gold.   Prime Time and Misery Loves Company are the other two fine songs for me.  Of course, the guitar playing and piano playing are excellent all over the album, but the other songs are just okay to me.  In fact, Three Times As Bad and Opportunity just don't work well for me.  I think the key here was that they chose a female for the lead vocals (Dale Krantz).  I'm not saying it was wise or not, 'cause she did a good job.  But I wonder if a male lead vocalist would have pushed the album further?  Probably not, but I still wonder.

 

I picked up this and the CD Jon is featuring this week (their only to albums) for about 14 bucks on Amazon.

 

Next Week:  The Southern Tour continues, if Jon doesn't drive me crazy that is.

 

1. Prime Time

2. Three Times As Bad

3. Don't Misunderstand Me

4. One Good Man

5. Opportunity

6. Getaway

7. Winners And Loosers

8. Misery Loves Company

9. Sometimes You Can Put It Out

[Alan Christensen]

These are the songs on the Millennium Collection, best of. If a few items I have on Ebay sell, I'm picking it up from there.

I found both vinyl releases, and this hits collection will serve me well to have a CD.

1. Prime Time

2. Don't Misunderstand Me

3. Opportunity

4. Getaway

5. Sometimes You Can Put It Out

6. Tashauna

7. Pine Box

8. Fancy Ideas

9. Seems Like Everyday

10. Next Phone Call

11. Just Trouble (Allen Collins Band)

12. Don't Let the City Make You Crazy (The Rossington Band)

[Scott]

So looked forward to this...

 

1. Prime Time : Nothing like a good 'ol southern boogie!  Kinda sounds like Krantz is tryting to hard to rock, something just slightly off about the vocal on this track
2. Three Times As Bad : I like the slow bluesy feel, here again the vocal feel strained and not natural.
3. Don't Misunderstand Me :  Nice nice!!!  She sounds so much better here.  I like the back and forth vocals and the mid tempo rocker feels real good.  Strong tune musically with a nice keyboard interlude leading into a decent (but too short) geetar solo.
4. One Good Man : Shhh.. Dont tell Niels but this one has biblical lyrics.  Musically its got that nice southern rock feel, little more bluesy than southern rock, but I liked it.  Nice geetar work here too.
5. Opportunity : Cool Cool !!!  Krantz finds her groove here!  The band is sounding tight!  Geetars are sounding so good!  Hidden Treasure?
6. Getaway :  Man this one wouldve fit nicely on Street Survivors.  Strong stuff here, Krantz voice sounds really into this one.  Well worth every second of the 7 plus minutes this track played!
7. Winners And Losers : This one is just ok.  Vocally not as good as the last 4.  THe chorus has nice ,elodic flow and the geetar and piano solo is pretty snazzy in the middle of the tune, but thats about it.
8. Misery Loves Company :  I think the title is prophetic because that is why it came after Winners and Losers.  hahaha,  I kid.  This one is little better than the previous track.  Good feel, nice geetar work in the middle and end as expected but the overall feel is more in the filler category.
9. Sometimes You Can Put It Out : Nice boogie rock is a cool way to end a solid album!  I like the feel of this one.

 

Krantz sounds a little better on the follow up than this one.  At first when I tried to remember why I didnt spin this one more often than i did I couldnt recall, but now I think it had to do with the vocals on the first two tracks.  However, I was wrong, I like this a lot and will put in on the purchase list.

 

Although Collins doesnt really show his chops here, and maybe that has something to do with his recovery, he's gotta be one of Rocks best geetar heroes, so overlooked!

 

Hey guys, I found some quarters laying around, 4 or 5 of them I think, either way its enough to buy you both a PBR for the great work this week!