Robbie Patton - Distant Shores
#526
July 13 1981
Robbie Patton
Distant Shores
Genre: Unctuous Rock
1.5 out of 5
Lowlights:
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It’s a big year for Fleetwood Mac here at The Listening Post 1981.
No, they don’t have anything of value to offer but Mick put out a record.
Stevie put out a monster album.
Lindsey had his first solo joint.
Bob Welch used to play with them.
And…Robby Patton opened for them
Talk about the height of powers. If you even breathed the same air as the Fleetwood it was assumed you knew the magic sauce and you got a shot.
I feel kind of bad for Christine McVie. She should have had her shot in 81, too. And John. And Peter Greene.
The cover of this record looks like he’s trying to bite on Hotel California. And this is sort of in that lazy California wheelhouse. The pot wasn’t all that great in the 80s so we ended up with uninspired junk like this. If you know someone who purchased this record in 1981, give them a hug for me. From all of us, actually.
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