22-12-2011, 08:45
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LITTLE RIVER BAND "the definitive collection" cd,2002.
only one more of Dani's "best of" picks from my collection left after this one before i reload the multi disc player with some studio albums...
nothing wrong with "best of" sets, just find them boring to post...
ok,
Little River Band or LRB as they seem to have been known more widely as back in the day.
another Aussie rock group from the mid seventies through to the mid eighties...most of their hits came from the Glenn Shorrock glory days prior to his departure from the band in the early 1980s.
cant see where they troubled the UK charts at all!...what the hell is wrong with you guys up there in Western Europe, these guys created some of Rocks best tracks during the above mentioned period..
guess i'd say that in the 70s,early 80s that they could be described as an Aussie "Eagles"...no,not sure about that as i dont like the Eagles..help me out with a comparrison check here MH!!!!.
anyway these guys have beautiful melodies,vocals and harmonies,their songs are almost instantly catchy...but still intelligent.
these guys were probably more popular over the other side of the Pacific Ocean than they were here at home...they scored some seventeen top 30 hits in the US over a six year period including a a late seventies burst of eight top ten US hits in a row from memory, and actually sold an amazing 25 million records in the US alone between 76-81.
the original group are no more, and vocalist Glenn shorrock still tours, has become a bit of an actor performing in stage shows, he released an acoustic career spanning album a couple of years ago...
well worth taking a listen to some of the links posted to reaquaint or aquaint yourselves with this great rock band.
surprisingly though, this album just fails to make the "love" rating..i would have put money on it doing so, but a few of the post-Shorrock songs did let this one down, with only likes and dislikes from the John Farnham vocal years!
I LIKE THIS ALBUM
worst track: down on the border
best track: cool change
selected tracks:
cool change
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bKwRW0l-Qk audio
lonesome loser
Lonesome Loser - YouTube video
lady
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqwhcqT1FEg audio
reminiscing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk9whS0hrE4 video
shut down turn off
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D81VJ6s2CmE video
happy anniversary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SnsbIsUTEs audio
home on a monday
Little River Band - Home On Monday (1977) - YouTube live
help is on its way
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq2WJ2r0NkM video
curiosity killed the cat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhVEEn3P8I4 audio
all track selected got ***, there were eight other **, and two *, giving an overall rating of 2.3
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.