- Audio CD (28 Feb 2005)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Rpm
- ASIN: B0007736XY
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Vinyl | MP3 Download
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 201,866 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. TONIGHT |
| 2. LAST DANCE |
| 3. MAKING IT EASY |
| 4. ON THE BEACH |
| 5. HARD TO GET OVER A HEARTBREAK (CARMEN) |
| 6. I’M A ROCKER |
| 7. SHOULD I WAIT |
| 8. ECSTASY |
| 9. MONEY DOWN |
Product Description
Album Description
• Recorded and released in 1973, Side 3 was the Raspberries most assured and explosive album, as a band, where they achieved in the studio the sound they delivered on stage.
• A highlight is the first track, also released as a single, ‘Tonight’, packing a visceral punch enhanced by Bryson’s magnificent guitar work, Carmen’s raw Steve Marriott styled singing, and Bonfanti’s wild approximation of Keith Moon!
• Having said that; this is the album where the Raspberries found more of their own voice rather than just following their 60’s idols. At the time tours of England, France, Germany confirmed this as new audiences were won over.
• A keenly anticipated addition to a successful continuing series and is a deluxe Digi Pak presentation with original front cover artwork.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Guitar-charged Raspberries!!!!!!....finally sounding right.
3 Jun 2005
Format:Audio CD
This is the most rocking Raspberries album. All of the best guitar solos are on this album....the guitars in general sound GREAT. From 'Tonight' to 'Hard to Get Over a Heartbreak' to 'Ecstasy' to 'I'm A Rocker'..if you don't know all these tunes, you need this import version of Side 3. These latest reissues are in beautiful digipaks and the sound is awesome. If you've only had their greatest hits over the years, it's time to get these 4 Cd's.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
The Raspberries "White Album"
11 Feb 2006
Format:Audio CD
The storied third and final album by the Raspberries original line-up is reputed to be the product of tensions within the band. Eric Carmen's artistry, both as a songwriter and singer, was taking up a lot of air, and apparently leaving insufficient breathing room for the other group members to be heard. The result is an album whose songwriting is divided between three members (Carmen and guitarists Wally Bryson and Dave Smalley), but unlike the Beatles' White Album, there's still a lot of interplay between the band members. Carmen rocks hardest, and Bryson and Smalley add country flavors on a pair of tunes, but the result still sounds like a group album rather than a band splintering mid-session.
Carmen opens the album with the crashing power-pop of "Tonight," sustains the electricity with "Hard to Get Over a Heartache" and "Ecstacy," and contributes the melodramatic mid-tempo Beach Boys styled "On the Beach." Bryson's "Last Dance" begins as a Zombies' styled mid-tempo number before effortlessly segueing to a fiddle-based country break and closing coda. Smalley's "Should I Wait" leans on a similar country-rock vibe with the band providing superbly tight harmonies. Bryson's bluesy-rock "Money Down" brings to mind T. Rex, and Smalley's "Making it Easy" is a fine mid-tempo rocker. Rounding out the track list is a Carmen/Bryson co-write, "I'm a Rocker," that makes good on its title.
Whatever tension was present in the studio, the resulting album is as good as any in the band's catalog, and an essential entry in the power pop canon. This belongs on any shelf that's got The Beatles, Big Star, Flamin' Groovies, Plimsouls, Rubinoos or Matthew Sweet. [©2006 hyperbolium dot com]
Carmen opens the album with the crashing power-pop of "Tonight," sustains the electricity with "Hard to Get Over a Heartache" and "Ecstacy," and contributes the melodramatic mid-tempo Beach Boys styled "On the Beach." Bryson's "Last Dance" begins as a Zombies' styled mid-tempo number before effortlessly segueing to a fiddle-based country break and closing coda. Smalley's "Should I Wait" leans on a similar country-rock vibe with the band providing superbly tight harmonies. Bryson's bluesy-rock "Money Down" brings to mind T. Rex, and Smalley's "Making it Easy" is a fine mid-tempo rocker. Rounding out the track list is a Carmen/Bryson co-write, "I'm a Rocker," that makes good on its title.
Whatever tension was present in the studio, the resulting album is as good as any in the band's catalog, and an essential entry in the power pop canon. This belongs on any shelf that's got The Beatles, Big Star, Flamin' Groovies, Plimsouls, Rubinoos or Matthew Sweet. [©2006 hyperbolium dot com]
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