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After releasing a solo debut that made a great case for his talent but didn't deliver the rock & roll goods as expected, Nils Lofgren turned up the guitar heroics on his 1976 album Cry Tough and the results were a lot closer to what fans had hoped for from the whiz kid from Grin. However, Cry Tough also unwittingly revealed the Achilles' Heel that would haunt Lofgren's solo career for the next three decades -- there's no denying that the guy is a great guitar player, but his gifts as a guitarist and songwriter have been maddeningly inconsistent, and while 1975's self-titled solo debut was one of his high-water marks as a tunesmith, he gave himself more room to strut his stuff on guitar here without bringing many memorable tunes to the table ("Jailbait" and the title cut are particularly faulty). It's significant that two of the sharpest and most effective tracks on Cry Tough, "Incidentally … It's Over" and "Can't Get Closer (WCGC)," feature the same rhythm section that backed Lofgren on his debut; produced by David Briggs, they sound straightforward, compelling, and emotionally direct, while most of the rest of the album (produced by Al Kooper) features a larger band, a glossier approach, and somehow allows Lofgren to effectively sound lost on his own album. Lofgren certainly plays up a storm on Cry Tough, and his soloing on "You Lit a Fire" and "It's Not a Crime" is inspired, but that's not enough to keep this record afloat. Cry Tough is at its best when it is also at its simplest; if the whole album had been as good as "Incidentally … It's Over" and "Can't Get Closer (WCGC)," it would have been a winner, but instead it was the first in a long line of disappointments from a gifted but problematic talent.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
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Nils Lofgren, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - DAVID BRIGGS, Producer - Al Kooper, Producer
℗ 1981 A&M Records
Nils Lofgren, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - DAVID BRIGGS, Producer - Al Kooper, Producer - Tom Lofgren, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1976 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nils Lofgren, Guitar, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - DAVID BRIGGS, Producer - Aynsley Dunbar, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ralph Molina, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Talbot, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Wornell Jones, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1976 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nils Lofgren, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Chuck Rainey, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - JIM GORDON, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Graham Gouldman, ComposerLyricist - Al Kooper, Producer, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Lofgren, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Paul J. Stallworth, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1976 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nils Lofgren, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - DAVID BRIGGS, Producer - Al Kooper, Producer
℗ 1976 A&M Records
Nils Lofgren, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - DAVID BRIGGS, Producer - Al Kooper, Producer
℗ 1975 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nils Lofgren, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - DAVID BRIGGS, Producer - Al Kooper, Producer
℗ 1976 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nils Lofgren, Guitar, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chuck Rainey, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - JIM GORDON, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Emil Richards, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Al Kooper, Producer, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Hicklin Singers, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1976 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nils Lofgren, Guitar, Organ, Clavichord, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Stallworth, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Al Kooper, Producer, Organ, Clavichord, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Hicklin Singers, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1976 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Presentación del Álbum
After releasing a solo debut that made a great case for his talent but didn't deliver the rock & roll goods as expected, Nils Lofgren turned up the guitar heroics on his 1976 album Cry Tough and the results were a lot closer to what fans had hoped for from the whiz kid from Grin. However, Cry Tough also unwittingly revealed the Achilles' Heel that would haunt Lofgren's solo career for the next three decades -- there's no denying that the guy is a great guitar player, but his gifts as a guitarist and songwriter have been maddeningly inconsistent, and while 1975's self-titled solo debut was one of his high-water marks as a tunesmith, he gave himself more room to strut his stuff on guitar here without bringing many memorable tunes to the table ("Jailbait" and the title cut are particularly faulty). It's significant that two of the sharpest and most effective tracks on Cry Tough, "Incidentally … It's Over" and "Can't Get Closer (WCGC)," feature the same rhythm section that backed Lofgren on his debut; produced by David Briggs, they sound straightforward, compelling, and emotionally direct, while most of the rest of the album (produced by Al Kooper) features a larger band, a glossier approach, and somehow allows Lofgren to effectively sound lost on his own album. Lofgren certainly plays up a storm on Cry Tough, and his soloing on "You Lit a Fire" and "It's Not a Crime" is inspired, but that's not enough to keep this record afloat. Cry Tough is at its best when it is also at its simplest; if the whole album had been as good as "Incidentally … It's Over" and "Can't Get Closer (WCGC)," it would have been a winner, but instead it was the first in a long line of disappointments from a gifted but problematic talent.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
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- 1 disco(s) - 9 pista(s)
- Duración total: 00:36:54
- Artistas principales: Nils Lofgren Band
- Compositor: Various Composers
- Sello: Hip-O Select
- Género Pop/Rock Pop
© 2009 A&M Records ℗ 2009 A&M Records
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