Hey Man

Artist: Mr. Big
Label: Atlantic / Wea
Category: Music

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Media: Audio Cassette

UPC: 075678286742
EAN: 0075678286742
ASIN: B000002J8H

Release Date: 1996-03-12

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Tracks:

Trapped in Toyland
Take Cover
Jane Doe
Goin' Where the Wind Blows
Chain
Where Do I Fit In?
If That's What It Takes
Out of the Underground
Dancin' Right into the Flame
Mama D.
Fool Us Today

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Customer Reviews:

Phenominal masterpiece by an overlooked band!!!!.......2004-09-09

Mr. Big should've had more success in the USA than they did, because they could've been the next Bon Jovi, and this album (Hey Man) is their masterpiece. Not a single bad song on here. It's the band's "Dark Side of the Moon", it's their "Slippery When Wet", their "Pyromania", their "5150", I think you get the idea. The best songs on this CD in order are:

Take Cover
Goin' Where The Wind Blows
Trapped in Toyland
Dancin' Right into the Flame

Highly recommended album for sure. If you see it anywhere, get it.

Oh no! Sorry people it's not the best..........2004-08-06

Well what can I say? This is one of THE bands of my lifetime but I can quite understand why they changed the line-up after this album. I think the root of the problem is clear in a lyric from the track 'If That's What It Takes': 'No use in pretending/ Ain't no pride in it at all/ A cure for indepence/ Is when you're standing out in the cold'. The whole ethos behind this band is one of great individuals coming together and co-operating to make good music. Gilbert plays just like a talented guitarist would play after having argued several times and made way too many compromises. Though 'Trapped in Toyland' and 'The Chain' are great songs that record the psychological shrapnel people have to take in that heady time on the last track Martin's vocal seems to be alone as does PG's guitar on 'Out of Wonderland'. This is Mr.Big without gravity-flying off to better things!

Paul Gilbert's last Hoorah!.......2003-08-23

It's Paul Gilbert's final curtain with this band and unfortunetly Hey Man is their worst album. Sure, there's some gems on this baby but it's obvious that the band is turning a corner (Let's call it maturity) and Gilbert refuses to grow up. Or perhaps he just doesn't have the skills to play guitar like a normal guy without a white bread penchent for metronomic string skipping at 260 beats per minute.

If you listen to this disc then listen to the folowing CD, Get Over It starring Richie Kotzen on guitar, you can see where the band was headed and why Gilbert wasn't well suited for this new direction on Hey Man.

The new direction? Great vibey pop-soul songs, less faux Van Halen boogie bombast, seamless blues based guitar with shred appeal without the guitar gimmicks.

The days of complicated stunt guitar antics forced into the middle of cool tunes is over and a more grown up classic guitar (Think The Stones, Hendrix, and blues-rock.) sound is more appropriate in this evolving band.

It's not a worthless disc but it obviously reflects a band in transition. I'm right too because Paul left, Richie came in for two more CDs, then the party was over.

"Take Cover" is very very cool and there's nothing like Eric Martin's acoustic ballads to remind us that he's the most underrated singer on the planet.

The Best.......2003-05-03

To anyone who is on the fence about getting this album, do it! If you like rock do it. If you are a sucker for sappy yet brilliantly done music, do it! I can easily say this is the best Mr. Big album ever, and quite possibly my favorite album of all time, seriously, you would not be dissapointed if you are a fan of light-moderate rock. This album is deeply emotional and breaks the barriers of rock music itself and puts you into a whole other world. Indulge yourself in this Mr. Big brilliance! You will not regret it. Every track is pure excellence, but some choice ones are:
The chain
Dancing right into the flame
Trapped in toyland
and so on..

Big at the crossroads..........2000-04-17

A more stripped down sound this time around,while retaining the musical quality of their previous efforts,but with an eye to the nineties.This was actually the last studio record that Paul Gilbert did with the band.

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