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My son wanted this cd to replace an old cassette.He wanted it so that he could listen to it in his car.
This is a great little album, by a band that never really got where they deserved to be. They had all the right elements within the band, plus some real catchy hooks and 'attitude' songs, but only received media attention (as was so often the case in the late eighties/early nineties) for their big ballad! Although 'To Be With You' is an eminantly 'hummable' and well produced ditty, it doesn't really do the band or this album justice. This album has some very 'hot' rock tracks with pumping rhythms and southern rock stylings and when these songs work they work really well! The albums opener 'Daddy, Brother, Lover,Little Boy' sets the precedent for the rest of the album and has a rawness that other similar bands from this era never quite managed to achieve. There are some tracks on the album that suffer from being slightly over-produced (Just Take My Heart, Green-Tinted Sixties Mind), but on the whole the sound is suitably rough and ready! 'Alive and Kicking', 'Road to Ruin' and 'Little Too Loose' show this kind of sound off to the best effect - they have a 'looseness' whilst still being powerful enough to make you want to jump behind the wheel of a very fast car, take the top down and drive like a maniac with the stereo on 11! In fact this album deserves to be in your car... it's a very good driving album! I find this also with a handful of other bands (Aerosmith, Extreme, etc) where somehow listening to their albums indoors never quite cuts it the same as listening to them on the move. Maybe they all have a similar sense of reckless abandon and energy... whatever the reason it makes for a very compelling listening experience! Paul Gilbert's guitar work on this album is fantasic, without being too over-the-top... in the same way that Steve Vai's work on David Lee Roth's 'Eat 'Em and Smile' was the perfect complement to those songs and the bands persona! He manages to 'rein in' a lot of his obvious talent and exuberance, to suit the feel of each of the songs - there is rarely anything played that doesn't 'belong' if you know what I mean? And Billy Sheehan thunders through the songs (as only Billy Sheehan can) with all the driving force of a rampant bull, often gracing the songs with a weight that anchors them firmly yet with the pace to drive the song along. Sheehan and Gilberts' work together is a great example of how to rock and roll! The lead singer's voice suits the style and feel of the material on this album - he wails like a young Robert Plant in places - and you really appreciate the range of this guy's voice when you (inadvertantly) try to sing along. I tried with 'To Be With You' and made a right mess of it! I suppose that's the real trick - and it's part of the reason that this album works almost all of the time. Each of the songs jumps out at you effortlessly, but doesn't neccessarily stay with you long... I suppose it depends what you're into! For me, this is an album where I'll constantly pick out the best bits, but skip over what I'd consider to be 'filler' - I doubt I'd listen to it all the way through. While there is a wide variety of songs on this album, there isn't quite enough depth for my liking. Don't get me wrong - I'd still recommend you buy it as it has some fantastic material from a talented bunch of musicians, just don't expect to still be humming it after a couple of weeks! Interesting and diverse - just not quite enough! Hot Picks: 'Green-Tinted 60's Mind', 'Little Too Loose' & 'To Be With You'Read full review
As the title says this is a classic 1990's American rock album from the band that used to say "When you're this Big people call you Mr". It has everything a good rock album needs from the big ballads "To Be With You" and "Just Take My Heart" through to screeching rock anthems such as "Daddy, Brother, Lover, Little Boy" (otherwise known as the Drill Song for anyone that had the good fortune to see them live!!!) I would recommend that anyone who likes the likes of Def Leppard, Whitesnake and Thunder to get this album as its good old fashioned rock at its best
Lean Into It is an excellent album from when Mr Big were really Mr Big. Everyone remembers them for the acoustic ballad "To Be With You" and, yes, this is on the album. But the rest of Lean Into It is all the "Pop/Metal" crossover that was popular in 1991 - of the order of Def Leppard and Whitesnake. This album is easily as good, if not better than, Def Leppard's "Adrenalize" I bought it this time around as the copy I already had wouldn't play in my CD player.
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