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Remastered second solo album from key Dwight Twilley Band member originally released in 1982 reissued with 10 bonus tracks. Power Pop Gold!
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Thanks!
15 Oct 2011
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Thank you Saul Davis and friends for this long awaited release. This is a real treat for the rock world. I love these songs(released and unreleased). Phil was a great singer and these songs show it. If you like Powerpop this is the one you must have!
WALTER LUKJANOWITSCH
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A treat
30 Oct 2011
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Phil Seymour 2 wasn't as great as Phil Seymour's debut but it still has some highlights (Dancing A Dream, Better To Me Than You) and terrific singing throughout.
The 10 bonus tracks (recorded 1982-1984) sound better because the production is not as slick as on 2. The collaboration with Pat Robinson especially works well and shows that Phil could've delivered a great 3rd album.
This release is a treat. Only criticism I have is that 'Looking For The Magic' is missing because that was recorded for the 1st album (and will appear on 'Archive Series 1').
The 10 bonus tracks (recorded 1982-1984) sound better because the production is not as slick as on 2. The collaboration with Pat Robinson especially works well and shows that Phil could've delivered a great 3rd album.
This release is a treat. Only criticism I have is that 'Looking For The Magic' is missing because that was recorded for the 1st album (and will appear on 'Archive Series 1').
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14 May 2012
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Two years after his solo debut, Phil Seymour delivered another power-poptastic album, thr unimaginatively titled 2, complete with a double image of Seymour dressed in stripes against a juicyfruit kind of backdrop. Similarities to the first album were more than intentional. The original album contained a mix by Val Garay ("Bette Davis Eyes," a lot of Linda Ronstadt) that has been scrapped for this reissue, along with Seymour's cover of Twilley's "Looking for The Magic," which has been moved to the reissue of Seymour's solo debut.
Which is something I have to admit, I didn't notice. The vinyl version of PS2 left my collection decades ago, so my memories of the original Boardwalk issue are fuzzy at best. On the other hand, something that did stay with me and carries over is that PS2 was not as stellar an album as the debut. There's no song here that matches the perfection of "Precious To Me," although the Cowsills' (!!!) penned "Dancing a Dream" comes closest. Phil also nicked a good unreleased Tom Petty song, "Surrender." There's plenty of jangle guitars ("Better to Me Than You") and heartache pop. Good stuff, albeit with thin production by Richard Polodor/Bill Cooper.
The gems are the previously unreleased tracks. In particular, they do a fine job on The Plimsouls' "Now" while not topping it, and beat Pam Tillis to "Maybe it was Memphis" (a top ten country hit for her) by almost a decade. One of my fave New Wave bands, 20/20, finds there song "Chemistry" in the bonuses, and a Textones song (PS was a member) "Gotta Get The Feeling Back" shows up here in what I assume is the original version. So I can certainly recommend PS2 to die hard power-poppers and Dwight Twilley fans, but the debut aces this disc by a pretty wide margin.
Which is something I have to admit, I didn't notice. The vinyl version of PS2 left my collection decades ago, so my memories of the original Boardwalk issue are fuzzy at best. On the other hand, something that did stay with me and carries over is that PS2 was not as stellar an album as the debut. There's no song here that matches the perfection of "Precious To Me," although the Cowsills' (!!!) penned "Dancing a Dream" comes closest. Phil also nicked a good unreleased Tom Petty song, "Surrender." There's plenty of jangle guitars ("Better to Me Than You") and heartache pop. Good stuff, albeit with thin production by Richard Polodor/Bill Cooper.
The gems are the previously unreleased tracks. In particular, they do a fine job on The Plimsouls' "Now" while not topping it, and beat Pam Tillis to "Maybe it was Memphis" (a top ten country hit for her) by almost a decade. One of my fave New Wave bands, 20/20, finds there song "Chemistry" in the bonuses, and a Textones song (PS was a member) "Gotta Get The Feeling Back" shows up here in what I assume is the original version. So I can certainly recommend PS2 to die hard power-poppers and Dwight Twilley fans, but the debut aces this disc by a pretty wide margin.
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