Post by americanquo on Jan 7, 2016 16:40:24 GMT
Only superficial on 2 of them, since I really haven't had time to listen to the tracks more than once.
TOSOQ surprised me a lot. I already knew some of the tracks were great, such as 'Lonely' and 'You Lost The Love', but tracks I had heretofore overlooked or disliked sounded drastically better.
ISOTFC is MUCH better, and I already liked it. Damn, that album rocks! But while the drums are better than I had expected, I think it's the mix, the bass is one again just there, mostly kind of lifeless, and on most tracks I can't imagining how much better they would have been with JC and AL. However, the upside to that is the writing was largely top notch...some of them are Quo tracks like they were in the 70's, or maybe early 80's, and could have fit well into any of those albums. Color me impressed.
For what it's worth, I think the Pictures - Live at Montreux CD (not the complete concert unfortunately, the DVD has all the songs) is the best representation of Rhino's bass playing. They got it right with the mixing on that one at last.
Never Too Late is my current listen and I definitely like it more than I thought I would.