Forbert, Steve: Compromised
Forbert, Steve: Compromised
Format: CD
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Artist: Forbert, Steve
Label: Rolling Tide
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 677516143929
Genre: Rock
The songwriters songwriter is one who adheres to an unwavering standard of excellence. His work is honed, sculpted, shaped, and then reshaped until it feels right to share with the world. These are just a few of the guiding principles Steve Forbert followed while composing the 11 original songs on his new album, Compromised. (Stripped-down Americana versions of three of it's songs appear as bonus tracks, and there's also a gravelly, folkified cover of Send in the Clowns.). It's not a modern record it has an aggressive, roots rock and folk rock styling that's not a lot different from [1991s] The American in Me in it's instrumentation. Recorded in various locales including Woodstock and Cape Cod over a period of eight months and produced by Forbert along with John Simon (who helmed Forberts breakthrough sophomore album, 1979s Jackrabbit Slim), Steve Greenwell, Jon Evans, Anthony Crawford, and Marc Muller, Compromised is anything but what it's title suggests. From the rambling piano and horn-driven swing of Big Comeuppance to the seductive twang of Devil (Here She Comes Now) to the Altamont romanticizing of Welcome the Rolling Stones, Forbert has followed his muse to the hilt. Many Compromised songs share a common thread of resigned acceptance, born from Forberts keen observations on the nuances associated with the actual art of the compromise. Compromised collaborators include longtime Forbert associates bassist Joey Spampinato (NRBQ), drummer Lou Cataldo (The Freeze), and keyboardist Robbie Kondor, the latter of whom played on Forberts kinetic 1978 debut, Alive on Arrival. In todays overload-of-information age, Forbert recognizes the value of having a calling card song in his arsenal Romeos Tune, his indelible pop hit that reached #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1980. That turned out ok that song has good serendipity, he says. Did I become somewhat of a household word, with household recognition No. But you write the songs, and the songs have to be recorded.
Tracks:
1.1 Compromised
1.2 A Big Comeuppance
1.3 When I Get to California
1.4 Drink Red Wine
1.5 Welcome the Rolling Stones
1.6 Rollin' Home to Someone You Love
1.7 Send in the Clowns
1.8 I Don't Know If You Know It
1.9 Devil (Here She Comes Now)
1.10 Time Seemed So Free
1.11 Whatever, Man
1.12 You'd See the Things That I See
1.13 Devil (Here She Comes Now) (Americana Version)
1.14 When I Get to California (Americana Version)
1.15 Whatever, Man (Americana Version)
