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Post by americanquo on Apr 21, 2019 23:17:13 GMT
II must be the only person here that likes ILRR You're not! I think it rolls along quite nicely, like the vibe, and the outro refrain has some nice chords. I guess it's the cheesey lyrics folk have a problem with? I like some of the stuff Alan did on his own. Let's Ride is another unpopular one i like. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I Want The World To Know is a bit clunky. Big Man, just weird. But good to have some experimentation away from the Quo mould, from Alan. Me either. It's a nice enough song. I love Big Man, great song. 1982 seems like an album of decent to good material played by disinterested musicians with no soul. Had JC been there, I truly think it could have been a good album, on a par with NTL.
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Post by Gaz on Apr 22, 2019 10:24:25 GMT
You're not! I think it rolls along quite nicely, like the vibe, and the outro refrain has some nice chords. I guess it's the cheesey lyrics folk have a problem with? I like some of the stuff Alan did on his own. Let's Ride is another unpopular one i like. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I Want The World To Know is a bit clunky. Big Man, just weird. But good to have some experimentation away from the Quo mould, from Alan. Me either. It's a nice enough song. I love Big Man, great song. 1982 seems like an album of decent to good material played by disinterested musicians with no soul. Had JC been there, I truly think it could have been a good album, on a par with NTL. I love I Love Rock n Roll. Great punchy Quo song that builds into a crescendo that only Alan could’ve delivered.
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Post by 4th Chord on Apr 22, 2019 11:10:32 GMT
I like this one.
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Post by fretbuzzzzz on Apr 22, 2019 12:49:25 GMT
John C wasn't there of course, but following Rossi's recent comments about Rick not always being at some recording sessions and I'm wondering about 1982 now, in that respect. Did Rick just do the minimum?
It always seemed like a Rossi dominated album in its style (and sound) to me. Andy Bown had probably been more involved in this album than on any previous albums.
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Post by piledriver62 on Apr 22, 2019 19:08:38 GMT
I didn't get as far as Back to Back , as this album was the one that finished it for me thirty seven years ago . Was Back to Back named as it was another dreadful album following 1+9+8+2? Snap. 1+9+8+2 joined the growing pile of albums that went under the bed and never returned, cant even name a track on it tbh.
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Post by charles on Apr 23, 2019 12:03:02 GMT
II must be the only person here that likes ILRR You're not! I think it rolls along quite nicely, like the vibe, and the outro refrain has some nice chords. I guess it's the cheesey lyrics folk have a problem with? I like some of the stuff Alan did on his own. Let's Ride is another unpopular one i like. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I Want The World To Know is a bit clunky. Big Man, just weird. But good to have some experimentation away from the Quo mould, from Alan. What do you mean? Let's Ride is a brilliant song. Great groove and excellent guitar work. I love that one.
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Post by americanquo on Apr 23, 2019 19:23:28 GMT
Yeah, me too. The whole album disappoints because in places it came close, but of course, it's not Quo, it's semi-Quo. Still better than Quo Lite.
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Post by Victor on Apr 23, 2019 19:35:38 GMT
An album that I actually don't find too bad at all and actually enjoy in several places. Sadly enough I don't think the Alan songs on it are very good...except for me Big Man. Nothing wrong with trying something new and different if it stays limited and doesnt start overtaking the original style. I Also feel it's like the bridge between good (NTL) and bad (BTB) Of course Pete didn't have an easy job trying to get things right...well, to me he did a pretty damn good job and that one was especially live a very very good drummer ! I think She don't fool me, Get out and walk, and especially Resurrection, Dear John and Doesn't matter and I should have known could all have fit perfectly on NTL had they been produced like NTL. It was for me like a last hope I had like "ok...maybe it's cos the new drummer needs time to fit in and everything, so let's see how it goes, maybe they will go back to their previous style (NTL-Ma Kellies...BTB Destroyed that hope pretty quick....
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Post by Mustang Bass on Apr 25, 2019 17:11:08 GMT
An album so disjointed that it's almost dislocated! It simply doesn't have any kind of flow to it and the production is very weak IMO. Song wise it's possibly the poorest since...Well I don't know when. Dear John is the best thing on it and that is an outsiders effort. The writing was on the wall by now, even the usually dependable Lancaster was having a mare with his songs. Listen to this and Blue for you and you wouldn't recognise that it is the same band. They had truely tanked by '82. Such a let down after all the build up to their 20th anniversary.
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Post by gav on Apr 25, 2019 23:41:12 GMT
You're not! I think it rolls along quite nicely, like the vibe, and the outro refrain has some nice chords. I guess it's the cheesey lyrics folk have a problem with? I like some of the stuff Alan did on his own. Let's Ride is another unpopular one i like. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I Want The World To Know is a bit clunky. Big Man, just weird. But good to have some experimentation away from the Quo mould, from Alan. What do you mean? Let's Ride is a brilliant song. Great groove and excellent guitar work. I love that one. I agree! One of my favourite Quo tracks. Just never seen much love for it. It seems beyond critique! Maybe it's too out there for the Quo mould. There's certainly nothing like it elsewhere in Quo's output.
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Post by 37 on Apr 26, 2019 7:22:15 GMT
Resurrection was a good track. Dear John was the correct choice for the single also I thought the promo video for it was excellent. The rest of the album, simply not good enough, especially as it celebrated the anniversary of this great band!
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Post by frozenhero on May 1, 2019 16:15:55 GMT
John C wasn't there of course, but following Rossi's recent comments about Rick not always being at some recording sessions and I'm wondering about 1982 now, in that respect. Did Rick just do the minimum? It always seemed like a Rossi dominated album in its style (and sound) to me. Andy Bown had probably been more involved in this album than on any previous albums. Jealousy is a Rossi/Frost recording (with a LinnDrum keeping time...). But according to Alan, they did record it as a group, it's just that Francis preferred "his" version. Wonder how the full band recording sounded...
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Post by gav on May 1, 2019 17:03:46 GMT
'Calling The Shots' from these sessions became the only Quo track with a lead vocal from Andy Bown. Being a Parfitt/Bown composition, i'd guess Rick was supposed to do the vocal.
So maybe he was more absent than not? Or just couldn't get it right in time? Or just didn't fancy it!
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Post by fretbuzzzzz on May 2, 2019 18:11:56 GMT
'Calling The Shots' from these sessions became the only Quo track with a lead vocal from Andy Bown. Being a Parfitt/Bown composition, i'd guess Rick was supposed to do the vocal. So maybe he was more absent than not? Or just couldn't get it right in time? Or just didn't fancy it! As frozenhero has mentioned, on 'Jealously' I believe the group recorded a version and Alan said it was so close he couldn't tell the difference to the 'demo' but quite probably the Rossi/Frost version may have been the chosen one. I have heard whispers now that Rick wasn't in regular attendance at these recording sessions. Would explain a few things.
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