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Live Houston 1981: Escape Tour
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Live Houston 1981: Escape Tour
Current price: $9.99
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Live Houston 1981: Escape Tour
Current price: $9.99
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In 1981
were one of the most popular bands in all of
, after years of having their first four albums relegated to the
bargain bins.
was number one on the album charts, and the group was selling out sports arenas nationwide. This disc captures the band at its live performance peak, with
's solos bordering -- but never really crossing -- the line of pretentiousness, and
's vocals rarely sounding more impassioned. It's annoying (especially to Detroit natives) to hear the lyric "born and raised in South Detroit" changed to "born and raised in Houston," but
does a wonderful job keeping the audience engaged and fired up, notably during the dramatic one-two punch of
and
A nice supplement to
, and a snapshot of
during their time of world
chart domination, sounding like a finely tuned unstoppable machine. And until the band reunites with
supplying the vocals, it's the next best thing to actually being there. ~ Rob Theakston