Hush - Hush
Out On The Street Saturday Night Alright Rendezvous It's All Too Much You Hold The Key Money Let Me Live You Room Label: Escape Music Ltd Year: 1998 (originally 1979) Engineered by Gradie O'Neal, Robert Berry & Gene Perrault Total Playing Time: 50:31 m:s
The limited edition re-issue of this 1979 album is centred around the presence of Robert Berry ("3" with Carl Palmer and Keith Emerson, the "GTR II" project, several solo albums, and his band "Alliance").
The band's style is a mix of AOR, Rock, Pop and New Wave. The style of the album is dictated by the era in which it was recorded. In order to survive, rock bands were experimenting with adopting elements of Pop and New Wave.
I know that Escape have being re-releasing long forgotten gems on CD. A couple of those releases, Aviator and Agent, are firm favourites with me. This time, I'm still asking myself - Why? I hear nothing special on this that warrants this re-issue.
Well, that's not strictly true. I have to admit that the ballads - It's All Too Much & You Hold The Key, plus the more AOR/rock track - Let Me Live, made favourable impressions. The rest of the songs could be classed as either Rock meets Pop or New Wave and just don't make any impression on me at all.
With only 3 songs that I'd want to hear again, the charms of this particular album elude me.
Rating: 4/5
