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Get Lucky [40th Anniversary] [LP]
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Get Lucky [40th Anniversary] [LP]
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Get Lucky [40th Anniversary] [LP]
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After making a promising start with their self-titled debut,
hit the big time in 1981 with
. This canny combination of AOR hooks and
production gloss boasts some memorable radio-ready tunes but isn't as solid an album as its success might lead one to believe. The best tunes on
were the songs that became its hit singles:
is a party anthem that blends some gutsy hard-rock guitar riffs with a synthesizer-drenched
rhythm arrangement to become a huge hit, while
layers clever lyrics about the jealousy that success inspires in others over a song that mixes pomp
grandeur with a punchy AOR arrangement full of gutsy yet slick guitar riffs.
got additional airplay with
a moody power
that boasts a show-stoppingly emotional vocal performance from
, and
a sleek mid-tempo piece built on a hypnotic synthesizer arrangement. The rest of
isn't as impressive as these hits because it relies on filler to pad the album out:
is an overwrought song about street tensions whose lyrics are melodramatic to the point of being unintentionally funny, and
is a sloppy
jam with annoyingly sexist lyrics and an awful vocal from
. Due to this overabundance of less than stellar tracks,
fails to be as consistent a listen as
or
, but offers enough solid tracks to please the group's fans and AOR fanatics. Other listeners may want to check out the album's highlights on a compilation before picking it up. ~ Donald A. Guarisco