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This album shows the difference between highly competent musicianship and true inspiration, and what each can deliver. The group's weakest album to date, One Step Closer is only a failure in relative terms. At the outset of the group's shift toward a more soulful sound, it might have gotten by in much the same way that, say, the Bee Gees' Mr. Natural failed commercially but was given a "pass" by critics, their record label, and, perhaps most importantly, the band itself. But coming off of the multi-Grammy winning Minute by Minute, One Step Closer was a serious letdown, despite the presence of a modest hit in "Real Love" and platinum record award-level sales. The band seemed to lack sufficient new inspiration for a whole album, a fact emphasized by the near-complete withdrawal of Patrick Simmons as a songwriter -- his "No Stoppin' Us Now," co-authored with Michael McDonald and Christopher Thompson, is one of the better tracks and it's not remotely as strong as the output on earlier records. The title song, co-authored by Keith Knudsen and John McFee, is similarly a relatively uninspired successor to earlier compositions. McDonald is able to pick up some of the slack, along with saxman (and new member) Cornelius Bumpus, but overall the songs and the performances just don't measure up. It's more the quality of a set of demos in progress, and it was clear to all concerned that they were out of ideas. The Doobies spent the next two years touring and capitalizing on a decade's brilliant music-making before announcing their split.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
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Tiran Porter, Bass Guitar - Ted Templeman, Producer, Tambourine - The Doobie Brothers, MainArtist - Pat Simmons, Guitar, Vocals - MICHAEL MCDONALD, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer, Synthesizer - Paul Anka, Writer - Joel Peskin, Baritone Saxophone - Kent Duncan, MasteringEngineer - Keith Knudsen, Drums, Vocals - Bill Armstrong, Trumpet - Gene Meros, SecondEngineer - JIM ISAACSON, Engineer - Jerome Jumonville, Tenor Saxophone - Lee Thrornburg, Flugelhorn - Bobby La Kind, Background Vocals, Congas - Nicolette Larson, Background Vocals - Cornelius Bumpus, Organ, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Vocals - John Mcfee, Guitar, Vocals - Lee Thornburg, Trumpet - Chester McCracken, Drums, Marimba - Tim Dennan, MasteringEngineer
© 1980 Warner Records Inc. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1980 Warner Records Inc.
Patrick Henderson, Keyboards, Writer - Tiran Porter, Bass Guitar - Ted Templeman, Producer, Tambourine - The Doobie Brothers, MainArtist - Pat Simmons, Guitar, Vocals - MICHAEL MCDONALD, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer, Synthesizer - Joel Peskin, Baritone Saxophone - Kent Duncan, MasteringEngineer - Keith Knudsen, Drums, Vocals - Bill Armstrong, Trumpet - Gene Meros, SecondEngineer - JIM ISAACSON, Engineer - Jerome Jumonville, Tenor Saxophone - Bobby La Kind, Background Vocals, Congas - Nicolette Larson, Background Vocals - Cornelius Bumpus, Organ, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Vocals - John Mcfee, Guitar, Vocals - Lee Thornburg, Trumpet - Chester McCracken, Drums, Marimba - Tim Dennan, MasteringEngineer
© 1980 Warner Records Inc. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1980 Warner Records Inc.
Tiran Porter, Bass Guitar - Ted Templeman, Producer, Tambourine - The Doobie Brothers, MainArtist - Pat Simmons, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - MICHAEL MCDONALD, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer, Synthesizer - Joel Peskin, Baritone Saxophone - Kent Duncan, MasteringEngineer - Keith Knudsen, Drums, Vocals - Bill Armstrong, Trumpet - Gene Meros, SecondEngineer - JIM ISAACSON, Engineer - Jerome Jumonville, Tenor Saxophone - Christopher Thompson, Background Vocals - Bobby La Kind, Background Vocals, Congas - Nicolette Larson, Background Vocals - Cornelius Bumpus, Organ, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Vocals - John Mcfee, Guitar, Vocals - Lee Thornburg, Trumpet - Chris Thompson, Writer - Chester McCracken, Drums, Marimba - Tim Dennan, MasteringEngineer
© 1980 Warner Records Inc. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1980 Warner Records Inc.
Tiran Porter, Bass Guitar - Ted Templeman, Producer, Tambourine - The Doobie Brothers, MainArtist - Pat Simmons, Guitar, Vocals - MICHAEL MCDONALD, Keyboards, Vocals, Synthesizer - Joel Peskin, Baritone Saxophone - Kent Duncan, MasteringEngineer - Keith Knudsen, Drums, Vocals - Bill Armstrong, Trumpet - Gene Meros, SecondEngineer - JIM ISAACSON, Engineer - Jerome Jumonville, Tenor Saxophone - Bobby La Kind, Background Vocals, Congas - Nicolette Larson, Background Vocals - Cornelius Bumpus, Organ, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Vocals, Writer - John Mcfee, Guitar, Vocals - Lee Thornburg, Trumpet - Chester McCracken, Drums, Marimba - Tim Dennan, MasteringEngineer
© 1980 Warner Records Inc. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1980 Warner Records Inc.
Tiran Porter, Bass Guitar - Carlene Carter, Writer - Ted Templeman, Producer, Tambourine - The Doobie Brothers, MainArtist - Pat Simmons, Guitar, Vocals - MICHAEL MCDONALD, Keyboards, Vocals, Synthesizer - Joel Peskin, Baritone Saxophone - Kent Duncan, MasteringEngineer - Keith Knudsen, Drums, Vocals, Writer - Bill Armstrong, Trumpet - Gene Meros, SecondEngineer - JIM ISAACSON, Engineer - Jerome Jumonville, Tenor Saxophone - Bobby La Kind, Background Vocals, Congas - Nicolette Larson, Background Vocals - Cornelius Bumpus, Organ, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Vocals - John Mcfee, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Lee Thornburg, Trumpet - Chester McCracken, Drums, Marimba - Tim Dennan, MasteringEngineer
© 1980 Warner Records Inc. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1980 Warner Records Inc.
Patrick Henderson, Keyboards - Tiran Porter, Bass Guitar - Ted Templeman, Producer, Tambourine - The Doobie Brothers, MainArtist - Pat Simmons, Guitar, Vocals - MICHAEL MCDONALD, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer, Synthesizer - Joel Peskin, Baritone Saxophone - Kent Duncan, MasteringEngineer - Keith Knudsen, Drums, Vocals - Bill Armstrong, Trumpet - Gene Meros, SecondEngineer - JIM ISAACSON, Engineer - Jerome Jumonville, Tenor Saxophone - Bobby La Kind, Background Vocals, Congas - Cornelius Bumpus, Organ, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Vocals - John Mcfee, Guitar, Vocals - Lee Thornburg, Trumpet - Chester McCracken, Drums, Marimba - Tim Dennan, MasteringEngineer
© 1980 Warner Records Inc. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1980 Warner Records Inc.
Tiran Porter, Bass Guitar - Ted Templeman, Producer, Tambourine - The Doobie Brothers, MainArtist - Pat Simmons, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - MICHAEL MCDONALD, Keyboards, Vocals, Synthesizer - Joel Peskin, Baritone Saxophone - Kent Duncan, MasteringEngineer - Keith Knudsen, Drums, Vocals - Bill Armstrong, Trumpet - Gene Meros, SecondEngineer - JIM ISAACSON, Engineer - Jerome Jumonville, Tenor Saxophone - Bobby La Kind, Background Vocals, Congas - Nicolette Larson, Background Vocals - Cornelius Bumpus, Organ, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Vocals - John Mcfee, Guitar, Vocals - Lee Thornburg, Trumpet - Chester McCracken, Drums, Marimba - Tim Dennan, MasteringEngineer
© 1980 Warner Records Inc. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1980 Warner Records Inc.
Tiran Porter, Bass Guitar - Ted Templeman, Producer, Tambourine - The Doobie Brothers, MainArtist - Pat Simmons, Guitar - MICHAEL MCDONALD, Keyboards, Synthesizer - Joel Peskin, Baritone Saxophone - Kent Duncan, MasteringEngineer - Keith Knudsen, Drums - Bill Armstrong, Trumpet - Gene Meros, SecondEngineer - JIM ISAACSON, Engineer - Jerome Jumonville, Tenor Saxophone - Bobby La Kind, Congas - Cornelius Bumpus, Organ, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone - John Mcfee, Guitar, Writer - Lee Thornburg, Trumpet - Chester McCracken, Drums, Writer, Marimba - Tim Dennan, MasteringEngineer
© 1980 Warner Records Inc. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1980 Warner Records Inc.
Patrick Henderson, Keyboards - Tiran Porter, Bass Guitar - Ted Templeman, Producer, Tambourine - The Doobie Brothers, MainArtist - Pat Simmons, Guitar, Vocals - MICHAEL MCDONALD, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer, Synthesizer - Joel Peskin, Baritone Saxophone - Kent Duncan, MasteringEngineer - Keith Knudsen, Drums, Vocals - Bill Armstrong, Trumpet - Gene Meros, SecondEngineer - JIM ISAACSON, Engineer - Jerome Jumonville, Tenor Saxophone - Bobby La Kind, Background Vocals, Congas - Nicolette Larson, Background Vocals - Cornelius Bumpus, Organ, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Vocals - John Mcfee, Guitar, Vocals - Lee Thornburg, Trumpet - Chester McCracken, Drums, Marimba - Bobby Lakind, Writer - Tim Dennan, MasteringEngineer
© 1980 Warner Records Inc. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1980 Warner Records Inc.
Album review
This album shows the difference between highly competent musicianship and true inspiration, and what each can deliver. The group's weakest album to date, One Step Closer is only a failure in relative terms. At the outset of the group's shift toward a more soulful sound, it might have gotten by in much the same way that, say, the Bee Gees' Mr. Natural failed commercially but was given a "pass" by critics, their record label, and, perhaps most importantly, the band itself. But coming off of the multi-Grammy winning Minute by Minute, One Step Closer was a serious letdown, despite the presence of a modest hit in "Real Love" and platinum record award-level sales. The band seemed to lack sufficient new inspiration for a whole album, a fact emphasized by the near-complete withdrawal of Patrick Simmons as a songwriter -- his "No Stoppin' Us Now," co-authored with Michael McDonald and Christopher Thompson, is one of the better tracks and it's not remotely as strong as the output on earlier records. The title song, co-authored by Keith Knudsen and John McFee, is similarly a relatively uninspired successor to earlier compositions. McDonald is able to pick up some of the slack, along with saxman (and new member) Cornelius Bumpus, but overall the songs and the performances just don't measure up. It's more the quality of a set of demos in progress, and it was clear to all concerned that they were out of ideas. The Doobies spent the next two years touring and capitalizing on a decade's brilliant music-making before announcing their split.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 9 track(s)
- Total length: 00:37:58
- Main artists: The Doobie Brothers
- Label: Rhino - Warner Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1980 Warner Records Inc. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1980 Warner Records Inc. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved.
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