The Michael Stanley Band - Heartland
#345
September 8 1980 LISTENING POST DISCOVERY
The Michael Stanley Band
Heartland
Genre: Heartland
4.25 out of 5
Highlights:
Don’t Stop the Music
He Can’t Love You
Working Again
All I Ever Wanted
New Jersey had Bruce.
Pittsburgh had Iron City Houserockers
Cleveland had The Michael Stanley Band.
Hear that sax? Sounds like the Big Man, no? You know why? It is the Big Man. I don’t know how that happened, maybe they hired him to come in and E Street them up. Maybe he actually liked the band and wanted to give them some red. I don’t know how these things happen. I do know that he powers the big single “He Can’t Love You”. You know that song. You’ve heard it on FM radio or the Heartland station on Sirius. But I bet if I asked you who it was you wouldn’t name MSB.
A lot of this falls into the sweet spot in my heart that I have for, say, Bob Seger. A spot that was created by listening to Darkness on the Edge of Town a few too many times. But, it’s there. It’s the spot that wishes I had a pick up truck instead of a minivan. Is it close to Loverboy? Yes. But, it’s better. Just a smidge. And we could all do worse than good Loverboy.
https://music.apple.com/us/album/heartland-remastered/1100352537
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