Lost/Forgotten Album #366 - Classic Rock Bottom2024-03-28T17:19:32Zhttp://classic-rock-bottom.ning.com/forum/topics/lost-forgotten-album-366?xg_source=activity&feed=yes&xn_auth=noJudging by the album cover, I…tag:classic-rock-bottom.ning.com,2017-09-23:6060463:Comment:1503372017-09-23T15:38:14.036ZRJhog (Admin)http://classic-rock-bottom.ning.com/profile/JeffHogland
<p>Judging by the album cover, I would not like this. Judging by the review, I may very well like this.</p>
<p>First song is terrific. Makes me think of Big Country a little bit. Not really getting into Blood From A Stone though. Honestly, I could see this as a Springsteen song. For some reason it has a New Jersey feel to it, even though I've never been to Jersey.</p>
<p>Shades of 45 is a bit better, but again, it sounds like Springsteen covering Big Country. Another Day is decidedly more…</p>
<p>Judging by the album cover, I would not like this. Judging by the review, I may very well like this.</p>
<p>First song is terrific. Makes me think of Big Country a little bit. Not really getting into Blood From A Stone though. Honestly, I could see this as a Springsteen song. For some reason it has a New Jersey feel to it, even though I've never been to Jersey.</p>
<p>Shades of 45 is a bit better, but again, it sounds like Springsteen covering Big Country. Another Day is decidedly more melodic. And I dig that bit of guitar. Best song easily so far! This should have been a hit!</p>
<p>Freedom Row sounds just like something that would have been on Butch Walker's 2016 album. That's pretty wild. </p>
<p>The rest of this just kind of meanders along. Not in a bad way at all, but not great either. The album as a whole is easy to listen to and it is definitely more to my liking than I would have thought by looking at the album cover.</p> This band first went wrong by…tag:classic-rock-bottom.ning.com,2017-09-08:6060463:Comment:1495772017-09-08T18:34:49.668ZScotthttp://classic-rock-bottom.ning.com/profile/Scott
<p>This band first went wrong by using the work "Rockers" in their name. Something got lost in translation somewhere, I mean look at the band, listen to the music, theres no ROCK anything here! This is some sort of hybrid between the Hooters and The Alarm (or somebody like that). I guess its melodic in a new wavy sort of way, maybe more mainstream new wave which may be another problem they had, this being 1981 maybe were a couple years away from fitting in.</p>
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<p>All is not lost,the…</p>
<p>This band first went wrong by using the work "Rockers" in their name. Something got lost in translation somewhere, I mean look at the band, listen to the music, theres no ROCK anything here! This is some sort of hybrid between the Hooters and The Alarm (or somebody like that). I guess its melodic in a new wavy sort of way, maybe more mainstream new wave which may be another problem they had, this being 1981 maybe were a couple years away from fitting in.</p>
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<p>All is not lost,the songs aren't terrible and there's moments of some guitar work that's really well done, and I really liked the keyboard/organ on Freedom Row certainly better than the RED track. The songs are well written. The real issue here is the proverbial "don't judge a book by its cover" problem. People looking for rock and roll didn't get it and people looking for new wave probably passed right by it! And then I am left to wonder if I just accidentally ran into the series theme. I think I did...</p>
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<p>I liked this, I really did once I figured out what I was in for it settled in quite nice. The one song I didn't care for was the closer, it was out of place, everything else works well. But for me, the Cherry pick of the album is Freedom Row, now that's cool tune, a very close second was the opener, another cool tune with some nice guitar work...</p>
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<p>I'm surprised here Jon! Really surprised... Nice post!</p> Reading the post I was thinki…tag:classic-rock-bottom.ning.com,2017-09-08:6060463:Comment:1495742017-09-08T18:12:36.703ZYngve J. Chapleenhttp://classic-rock-bottom.ning.com/profile/YngveJChapleen
<p>Reading the post I was thinking, I never heard of this band before, but when Just Like You started playing, the sound was very familiar. I used to have a cassette tape without any credits to it, that had a song similar in sound to the opening track. For a second, I thought this was it, however it wasn't. Had to look up China, and that was completely new to me, as well. Not a fan of that sound China had, so I think the change in style was an improvement.</p>
<p>I don't know how much time of…</p>
<p>Reading the post I was thinking, I never heard of this band before, but when Just Like You started playing, the sound was very familiar. I used to have a cassette tape without any credits to it, that had a song similar in sound to the opening track. For a second, I thought this was it, however it wasn't. Had to look up China, and that was completely new to me, as well. Not a fan of that sound China had, so I think the change in style was an improvement.</p>
<p>I don't know how much time of my life would have this album gotten back in 1984, but today it goes well with nostalgia. Nothing pops out to green my day, though. Despite tracks 6 and 9 together <img src="http://www.bkserv.net/images/Grin.gif"/>, dragging the flow down a bit, I did enjoyed the rest.</p>