April 8, 2013

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
ROD STEWART...Out Of Order  (1988)
Out Of Order was released 25 years ago in 1988 and reached number 20 on the U.S. Billboard album charts.  I'll give it a 3 1/2 out of 5 stars.  It's for sure not as good as Stewart's 70's albums but it's still a very good record.  "Dynamite" opens side 2 and is a good jumpin' jammin' track.  The album has some very nice ballads as well, "Forever Young" being the best.  Another highlight for me is "Crazy About Her".  It seems to go, then it stops, then it goes...keeps you anticipating the next step which intrigues me.  Rod sounds great on this album, which he produced with Andy Taylor of Duran Duran and Bernard Edwards (who was a member of the disco band Chic and was also a part of the supergroup Power Station).  Check it out, I recommend it
(CD, vinyl, Allmusic review)

 ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR APRIL 8
Steve Howe of Yes and Asia is 66; Mel Schacher of Grand Funk Railroad is 62; Izzy Stradlin of Guns 'N' Roses is 51; Julian Lennon is 50;

ON THIS DATE
1972 Paul Gray of Slipknot is born in Los Angeles, California. Gray died in 2010
1994 The body of Kurt Cobain is found in his Seattle home. Cobain of Nirvana had committed suicide three days earlier. He was 27
2004 Vince Neil of Motley Crue is given a 30-day suspended jail sentence and is ordered to complete anger-management sessions and is fined $1,000 for allegedly assaulted a prostitute in Nevada in 2003
2006 The Rolling Stones play in Shaghai, their first concert ever in mainland China