Lost/Forgotten Album #28

This week the pick is the 1980 release from Outlaws titled "Ghost Riders". Now, I had no idea that Niels was making an IMHO list of his favorite songs from 1980, so there is no collusion, no theme, no nothing. It just happened.

This is an album I always wanted to have, just because their version of "(Ghost) Riders In The Sky" kicks some serious ass and that album cover is so damned cool. However, I never bought it when it came out and waited for years before it was finally released on CD (more on that later).

The weird thing is that my brother bought this album when it came out. Why, I hae no idea. He was into stuff like Tomita, disco, and classical music. I could never get my hands on this album because I was barred for life from his room because that's just the way he was.

But good things come to those that wait, I suppose. Last year when I went home I asked to go through his record collection and salivated when I saw this album. He asked if I wanted it, I told him no (even though I really meant "YES!") and that was that. I asked why he had that album and he told me he didn't know, so that mystery was solved.

A couple weeks later, I received a package in the mail and there was the Outlaws album along with a bunch of other stuff I won't tell you about because you really won't care. So now I have the vinyl as well as the CD (again, more on that later).

This is mostly a hard rock record from beginning to end, not much of the "country" sound from past Outlaws (even though they did rock out quite a bit). There's some cool triple geetar duels going on througout the album which is right up my alley (the more geetars, the better!).

So there you go....another week and I don't bother telling you what the album is really like, what each song sounds like, etc., etc. What's the point? You'll make your own decision on whether you like this or not.

Did I mention that the cover art is really, really cool?

Ghost Riders

1. (Ghost) Riders in the Sky
2. White Horses
3. Angels Hide
4. Devil's Road
5. I Can't Stop Loving You (Though I Try)
6. Wishing Wells
7. Sunshine
8. Freedom Walk

Availability: Here's what you've been waiting for, maybe. There is an OOP CD that can be found for around $100.00 or you can track down the CD of "Playin' To Win"/Ghost Riders" on one CD fo about $20.00, but the remastering is not really that great, yet it's still listenable.

MSoTW: Last week's pick was half-guessed with the vocalist being Ty Tabor but the band was not. It's Ayreon, folks. A-Y-R-E-O-N. Remember it. This week's pick is from someone from a very popular band, try and think Oasis.