![]() Whether its the more commercial sound of “Poor Girls Heart” to the humourous “Mars Needs Women” to the more blues funk closer “Billy Bigtime” there’s something here that everyone will like. lights out, the Jesus and Mary Chain provided a. Thanks to hits like this one and (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party), the album would become the best-selling rap album of the 1980s. No two songs are the same yet at the same time, the album seems to flow. Ferry eventually drops out altogether, allowing Manzanera to weave in and out for the songs last 1:45. This was the fifth single released off of the group’s debut album Licensed to Ill. I think that the theme of Peter Wolf’s “Lights Out” album is versatility. Gordon Worthy- bass, conga, keyboards, vocals Michael Jozun- bass, flute, guitar, percussion, horns, keyboards, backing vocals It could be The Cars guitarist Elliot Easton but to me, it doesn’t sound like his style, I could be wrong and usually am. My guess is that it’s Adrian Belew but don’t quote me on that. I don’t know who of the many guitarists on the album does the guitar solo but it’s well done. Whoever may think this cant be topped will. A classic UFO song for the next 30 years, or more. Lights Out starts with a phantastic 'Too Hot to Handle'. The sound they created was a more technical' style. Possibly my favourite track on the album. In the 1970s most of the hard rock bands were (like Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin) blues based. Heck, he even gets Mick Jagger to duet with him on the track “Crazy” and it sounds good. One big question that arises from the album is: Was Peter Wolf in a competition with Randy Newman as to who could get the most big names to accompany on their album? You only need to see the list of people on this album to discover what I mean. A better single for me would have been “Baby Please Don’t Let Me Go.” This has a more catchy commercial vibe to it and I bet you could dance to it if you’re into such things. It does show that Peter’s voice has some versatility to it. Then there is the rather spooky sounding ballad, “Gloomy Sunday,” which has a 1940s feel to it. That song never did anything for me and it still doesn’t.įortunately, there are far better songs on “Lights Out.” The very next track, “I Need You Tonight” has a more traditional J Geils Band sound and the succeeding track is a little of the same. ![]() The video for “Lights Out” got a fair amount of play on MTV at the time but it also got played a lot in dance clubs although that song was better than most of the stuff played in such places. Listening to the opener, title cut and biggest single from the album, I am reminded why I probably stayed away from the album. All I know is that in 1984, after singer Peter Wolf left the J Geils band, the band released the album I visited in the last post and Peter Wolf came out with his debut solo album, “Lights Out,” at the same time. Is it coincidence? Rivalry? Answers on a post card please. It’s funny how sometimes when a singer leaves a band, both that singer and the band, with their new singer, put out an album around the same time.
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