(2016) Firefall – Firefall / Luna Sea / Elan
Review:
The mellow, easy country-rock sounds of Firefall, coupled with the group’s penchant for pop melodies and high-pitched harmonies, produced a series of successful LPs in the late ’70s and a series of chart singles, including the Top Ten hit ‘You Are the Woman.’ The group was formed by former Flying Burrito Brother Rick Roberts, who handled vocals, guitar, and most of the songwriting duties; he was joined by fellow ex-Burrito and Byrd Michael Clarke on drums, ex-Spirit and Jo Jo Gunne bassist Mark Andes, guitarist/vocalist Jock Bartley, guitarist/ vocalist/songwriter Larry Burnett, and keyboardist/ woodwind player David Muse, who joined in 1977. The group recorded its self-titled debut in 1976; it and its follow-up, Luna Sea, both went gold, and their third album, Elan, went platinum. Given Firefall‘s pedigree of former Spirit and Flying Burrito Brothers members, it may seem that the group would have been a little more adventurous than the band that gave us the soft rock classic “You Are the Woman.” Thing is, they were — the song was just so successful, it’s overshadowed the fact that their 1976’s eponymous debut was a varied, satisfying record. Yes, most of it was within the province of mellow Californian soft rock, but they do display their country-rock roots, along with some searching musicality throughout the record. And while a couple of the songs coast by on sound, they could also craft a good tune, with the singles “Livin’ Ain’t Livin'” and “Cinderella” standing proudly alongside “You Are the Woman.” It’s a fine, understated country-rock debut that remains one of the more underrated items of its kind — it holds its own next to Poco, Pure Prairie League, and the Eagles. Following in the footsteps of their debut release, Luna Sea attached the same type of silky harmonies to light, breezy acoustics which confirmed the band’s comfortable residence in their genre. Although Firefall’s first album contained three hit singles (two of them making the Top 40), Luna Sea has Roberts fully revealing the influences that the Flying Burrito Brothers had on him during his stint with the group. Like their first album, Luna Sea went gold, and it netted them a number 11 hit with the glistening “Just Remember I Love You,” with Timothy B. Schmit helping out on background vocals. “So Long” was also a minor hit, while the rest of the tracks are made up of typical love song material that draw more attention from their smooth AM sound than their actual lyrics. Firefall crested with its third album, Elan, which was prefaced by “Strange Way,” an unusually vituperative leadoff single from the group who had broken through with songs of romantic devotion like “You Are the Woman” and “Just Remember I Love You.” This time, lead singer and songwriter Rick Roberts was unmoved by a weepy lover, calling her emotional outbursts, “a strange way to tell me you love me,” and adding that, if she wanted to cry to somebody, “don’t cry to me.” The single, which peaked just outside the Top Ten, introduced a somewhat more aggressive album from Firefall that rocked a bit harder, notably on such tracks as “Anymore,” and added a horn chart to the closing track, “Winds of Change.” For the most part, however, the album’s dominant tone was determined by Roberts’ romantic anguish, further expressed on the second single, “Goodbye, I Love You,” which scraped into the Top 40 on the pop charts and made the Top Ten on the adult contemporary charts.
Track Listing:
Disc 1 - Firefall:
01 - It Doesn't Matter
02 - Love Isn't All
03 - Livin' Ain't Livin'
04 - No Way Out
05 - Dolphin's Lullaby
06 - Cinderella
07 - Sad Ol' Love Song
08 - You Are The Woman
09 - Mexico
10 - Do What You Want
Disc 2 - Luna Sea:
01 - So Long
02 - Just Remember I Love You
03 - Sold On You
04 - Someday Soon
05 - Just Think
06 - Getaway
07 - Only A Fool
08 - Head On Home
09 - Piece Of Paper
10 - Even Steven
Disc 3 - Élan:
01 - Strange Way
02 - Sweet And Sour
03 - Wrong Side Of Town
04 - Count Your Blessings
05 - Get You Back
06 - Anymore
07 - Baby
08 - Goodbye, I Love You
09 - Sweet Ann
10 - Winds Of Change
Media Report:
Genre: country-rock, soft rock
Country: USA
Format: FLAC
Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec, 16-bit PCM
Bit rate mode: Variable
Channel(s): 2 channels
Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz
Bit depth: 16 bits
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