It was my respect for Led Zeppelin that made me buy this album. I had to, it had Jimmy Page on it. I didn’t know it at the time but the rest of The Firm came with prestigious pedigree as well. While it only very distantly reminds me of Led Zeppelin in some way, it is still a good album.
Listening to it now, it sounds like a blend of Robert Palmer, Duran Duran and perhaps Golden Earring especially on Make Or Break.
I’m not a huge fan of the fretless bass. There is something about the tone and note qualitiy that rubs me the wrong way. It almost sounds like somebody doing the bilabial fricative, essentially making fart noises with their mouth.
The Firm does a cover of You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling on this album. At some point along the way, perhaps even right here, I developed a curious attraction to alternate versions of songs. In the later years of my mix tape career, alternate version would frequently be included on my tapes. So much in fact that my closest friends and most frequent audience would comment on the appearance of yet another alternate version.
Make Or Break
Radioactive
You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling
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