#67
1985 Housekeeping
James Young (and Jan Hammer)
City Slicker
2.75 out of 5
Highlights:
Something to Remember You By
No Mistake
Put on the second track, “Something to Remember You By” or the final one, “Empty Promises” and you might hear what I hear: James Young writes songs that could’ve been recorded by the Tubes, probably with the same chart success. Tell me that isn’t a Fee Waybill song.
What’s most interesting to me about this is what happens when you pull a band like Styx apart.
DeYoung becomes an unctuous showman.
Tommy aims for the MOR.
Young tries to spit a bit of edge.
Put that all together and you get Styx. Take it apart and it doesn’t quite make it.
This album tries really hard to bust out and almost succeeds. Young sounds like a rock n roll Hetfield but it’s all so poorly produced and the songs just aren’t there.
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