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The recruitment of Jim Vallance behind the drums and bass player Mike Porcaro didn't bring .38 Special the kind of help the band was looking for with 1986's Strength in Numbers. Following a string of convincing albums (Wild-Eyed Southern Boys, Special Forces, Tour de Force) during the early '80s, the band decided to take a couple of years off before returning to the studio, but after doing so, it seemed that the bandmembers had left their knack for producing affable radio songs behind them. The album sports a minor hit in "Like No Other Night," but it can't compare to previous efforts like "If I'd Been the One," "Back Where You Belong," or "Teacher Teacher,". A little bit of color emerges from some occasional sax and trombone bits, but the overall package is below the standards of what .38 Special is capable of. Actually, it's with Strength in Numbers that the band began to diminish in all areas, and the albums that followed failed to demonstrate any solid songcraft beyond the group's respected singles.
© Mike DeGagne /TiVo
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Donnie Van Zant, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Don Barnes, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Carlisi, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - TOM KELLY, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Vallance, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Keith Olsen, Producer - Denny Carmassi, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - 38 Special, MainArtist - Larry Steele, ComposerLyricist - Larry Junstrom, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Grondin, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Brookins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1986 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Donnie Van Zant, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Don Barnes, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Carlisi, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - TOM KELLY, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Vallance, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Keith Olsen, Producer - Denny Carmassi, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - JOHN BETTIS, ComposerLyricist - 38 Special, MainArtist - Larry Junstrom, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Grondin, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Brookins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1986 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Don Barnes, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Carlisi, ComposerLyricist - Jim Vallance, ComposerLyricist - Keith Olsen, Producer - 38 Special, MainArtist
℗ 1986 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Don Barnes, ComposerLyricist - Jim Vallance, ComposerLyricist - Keith Olsen, Producer - 38 Special, MainArtist
℗ 1986 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Don Barnes, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Carlisi, ComposerLyricist - Keith Olsen, Producer - JOHN BETTIS, ComposerLyricist - 38 Special, MainArtist - Gary William O'Connor, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1986 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Don Barnes, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Carlisi, ComposerLyricist - Jim Vallance, ComposerLyricist - Keith Olsen, Producer - JOHN BETTIS, ComposerLyricist - 38 Special, MainArtist - Larry Steele, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1986 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Don Barnes, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Carlisi, ComposerLyricist - Jim Vallance, ComposerLyricist - Keith Olsen, Producer - 38 Special, MainArtist
℗ 1986 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Don Barnes, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Carlisi, ComposerLyricist - Keith Olsen, Producer - JOHN BETTIS, ComposerLyricist - 38 Special, MainArtist - Donald N. Van Zant, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1986 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Don Barnes, ComposerLyricist - Keith Olsen, Producer - JOHN BETTIS, ComposerLyricist - 38 Special, MainArtist - Donald N. Van Zant, ComposerLyricist - Greg Redding, ComposerLyricist - Sam Bryant, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1986 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Roy Freeland, ComposerLyricist - Keith Olsen, Producer - 38 Special, MainArtist - Donald N. Van Zant, ComposerLyricist - Sam Bryant, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1986 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
The recruitment of Jim Vallance behind the drums and bass player Mike Porcaro didn't bring .38 Special the kind of help the band was looking for with 1986's Strength in Numbers. Following a string of convincing albums (Wild-Eyed Southern Boys, Special Forces, Tour de Force) during the early '80s, the band decided to take a couple of years off before returning to the studio, but after doing so, it seemed that the bandmembers had left their knack for producing affable radio songs behind them. The album sports a minor hit in "Like No Other Night," but it can't compare to previous efforts like "If I'd Been the One," "Back Where You Belong," or "Teacher Teacher,". A little bit of color emerges from some occasional sax and trombone bits, but the overall package is below the standards of what .38 Special is capable of. Actually, it's with Strength in Numbers that the band began to diminish in all areas, and the albums that followed failed to demonstrate any solid songcraft beyond the group's respected singles.
© Mike DeGagne /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:39:14
- Main artists: 38 Special
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: A&M
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1986 A&M Records Inc. ℗ 1986 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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