707 - The Second Album
#60
February 16 1981
707
The Second Album
Genre: More Power Glam Less Teeth
3.25 out of 5
Highlights:
Tonight’s Your Night
City Life
The funny thing about this record is that the cover looks exactly what I expected these guys to look like. Rock in ties and vests. And there’s a guy showing just a bit more chest hair. And a New Wave shirt. This is rock that wants you to *think* it’s corporate rock. They want to belong. They want to rock…you…corporate event.
They want to be The Knack but they don’t seem lascivious enough (You know what I mean…”and it hurts!”
That opening track…that’s what the soundtrack of Wreck-It Ralph was going for. It’s a video game arcade.
After that I had trouble listening because every time I went back to the record a wind machine spontaneously appeared in my living room and I had to put goggles on to keep the hair from billowing into my eyes.
Like picking up the detritus from Styx and Loverboy and Foreigner and a host of other, stadium ready bands, there’s a reason 707 never made it to that next level. I mean, they got airplay at the time when stuff like this did and would but Aho talks about 707 today?
Nobody.
That said…
I just love this kind of rock. Sue me. Imma go listen to Station after this.
