Album Reviews
The country-rock tradition that originated with the Eagles and Poco has been kept alive recently by such groups as the Larry Gathn Band, the Oak Ridge Boys and Alabama. All of these outfits are more adept at country than rock, and of the three, Alabama is currently the most successful and the least interesting. While lead singer Randy Owen has a pleasant voice and the emotional directness of Merle Haggard, and while some of the tunes on Mountain Music feature charged electric-guitar duels, Alabama lacks the solid adherence to roots that would give their good-time songs some substance. Their most attractive numbers, such as the title song of Mountain Music, sound an awful lot like TV jingles. And all too often they settle for lugubrious pop schlock ("Close Enough to Perfect," "Never Be One") that even Kenny Rogers might be too embarrassed to sing. (RS 370)
DON SHEWEY
(Posted: May 27, 1982)
Click the play button.
Register or enter your username and password.
Let the music play!
It's FREE.
- Mountain Music
- Close Enough To Perfect
- Words At Twenty Paces
- Changes Comin' On
- Green River
- Take Me Down
- You Turn Me On
- Never Be One
- Lovin' You Is Killin' Me
- Gonna Have A Party
![]() |
Your Turn
Advertisement
More CD Reviews
-
John Mayer
Battle Studies -
Them Crooked Vultures
Them Crooked Vultures -
Bon Jovi
The Circle -
Paul McCartney
Good Evening New York City -
Weezer
Raditude -
Leona Lewis
Echo -
The Rolling Stones
Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert – 40th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set -
Nirvana
Bleach (Deluxe Edition) -
Various Artists
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack The Twilight Saga: New Moon -
Wolfmother
Cosmic Egg
Hear it Now
View
Email
Stumble
AIM
Del.icio.us
DiggThis
Fark It!



- Portions of Album Content Provided by All Music Guide © 2009 All Media Guide, LLC.