#13 LISTENING POST DISCOVERY
January 28 1986
Shooting Star
Shooting Star
Genre: Glam Rock/Power Pop
4.5 out of 5 (YMMV
Highlights:
You Got What I Need
Don’t Stop Now
Bring It On
Midnight Man
Last Chance
I had no idea Gus Dudgeon produced anyone other than Elton John. Honestly, I thought it was the name of some old studio hound who/relative of the label owner. But, here he is twisting the knobs for a Glam Rock, a good 5 years after the genre’s heyday.
Thing is, when it’s done well, with the right about of mid tempo stomp and just a touch of jangly keyboards and a whole lot of harmonies? It’s a favorite of mine. Shooting Star should’ve come out earlier in the last decade for anyone to care.
(You know a band knows what it’s doing when the slow song is the shortest one on the rekkid.)
This album knocked me out in the all the right ways. YMMV
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