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Gazza
I remember getting a collection of outtakes a few weeks/months after its release and being astounded at how superior the songs were that had been omitted.
An alternative album featuring most (or all) of the following songs - "Murder Inc", "This Hard Land" (one of the best half dozen Bruce songs ever), "Frankie", "My Love will not let you down", "Shut Out The Light", "A Good Man is hard to find", "The Klansman", "Brothers under the bridges", "County Fair", "Richfield Whistle", "None But The Brave" and "Richfield Whistle" would have made for a very different and darker album which probably wouldnt have sold as well, but which would have been far superior.
In many ways, its a sort of 'flip' to Darkness, where he ditched the pop material (a lot of which ended up on 'The Promise' and 'Tracks') in favour of the darker songs.
At the time it came out, I found many of the songs trite and overproduced compared to what I'd heard from him before and still do, to some extent (I wouldnt put it in his top 12 studio albums). My next reaction on hearing it was to realise that the genie was out of the bottle and this was the album that would make him a megastar.
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Cristiano Radtke
I was fortunate to see him play this entire record live on his concert at Rock in Rio last year, in Rio de Janeiro. It was a big time and it's nice to remember this moment.
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MileHigh
I saw him in '78. 'Nuff said!
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Cristiano Radtke
I was fortunate to see him play this entire record live on his concert at Rock in Rio last year, in Rio de Janeiro. It was a big time and it's nice to remember this moment.
The songs are invariably very good when played in concert. I've never been a big fan of 'My Hometown', for example, but the version I saw him play of it in Limerick last July gave me goosebumps in a way its never done before.
I just think half the songs could have been ditched in favour of better ones. Downbound Train, No Surrender, Bobby Jean and I'm Going Down are songs I still enjoy very much.
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Gazza
I remember getting a collection of outtakes a few weeks/months after its release and being astounded at how superior the songs were that had been omitted.
An alternative album featuring most (or all) of the following songs - "Murder Inc", "This Hard Land" (one of the best half dozen Bruce songs ever), "Frankie", "My Love will not let you down", "Shut Out The Light", "A Good Man is hard to find", "The Klansman", "Brothers under the bridges", "County Fair", "Richfield Whistle", "None But The Brave" and "Richfield Whistle" would have made for a very different and darker album which probably wouldnt have sold as well, but which would have been far superior.
In many ways, its a sort of 'flip' to Darkness, where he ditched the pop material (a lot of which ended up on 'The Promise' and 'Tracks') in favour of the darker songs.
At the time it came out, I found many of the songs trite and overproduced compared to what I'd heard from him before and still do, to some extent (I wouldnt put it in his top 12 studio albums). My next reaction on hearing it was to realise that the genie was out of the bottle and this was the album that would make him a megastar.
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trainarollin
Never understood why "Cover Me" was popular.