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The Music of the 77s...
The 77's1987 Produced by Robert Musso (Island)Do It For Love/ I Can't Get Over It/ What Was In That Letter/ Pearls Before Swine/ The Lust, the Flesh, the Eyes & the Pride of Life/ Frames Without Photographs/ Don't Say Goodbye/ Bottom Line/ I Could Laugh "Do It for Love" hit the classic rock formula somewhere between U2 and Springsteen while "The Lust, the Flesh, the Eyes, and the Pride of Life," co-opted the Byrds' Chris Hillman on bass and mandolin to get that retro-60's alternative jangle pop just right. The musical meltdown the band performs on "Pearls Before Swine" would make the Velvet Underground fall out from envy. Ironically, despite the record's numerous musical references - or perhaps because of them - "The Island Album," as the Seventy Seven's first self-titled record has come to be known, was the album where the band first found their own distinctive musical voice and realized the full potential they possessed to make vital rock n' roll. The album received about a week's worth of attention, including a glowing review by Rolling Stone, before being obliterated by U2's The Joshua Tree and forgotten by Island. About the first three albums, Roe said: "I look at those and say that was part of learning. Part of growing up, leaning how to write, how to record. Some of it I hate. Some of it I think is ok. Some of it I think is very good."by Brad Caviness - 7ball Rolling Stone Magazine Review |