I've Got Time

Artist: Allan Clarke
Label: Beat Goes On
Category: Music

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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 2
EAN: 5017261206749
ASIN: B0009IQLOW

Release Date: 2005-06-30

Headroom/Allan Clark/I've Got Time

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Tracks:

Complete Controllable Man
People of That Kind
Fishin'
Who?
Drift Away
Shift Lovin' Lady
I Look in Your Eyes
Give Us a Song
Would You Believe (Revisited)
Don't Let Me Down Again
Can't Get On
I'll Be Home
I Wanna Sail into Your Life
Side Show
If I Were the Priest
New Americans
Love, Love, Love
Send Me Some Lovin'

Tracks:

Blinded by the Light
Light a Light
We've Got Time
Stand by Me
Long Way
Hallelujah Freedom
If You Think You Know How to Love Me
If You Walked Away
Sunrise
Living in Love
Finale
Born to Run [*]
Why Don't You Call [*]

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Album Description

The Hollies lead singer's three 70's EMI Albums plus two Xtra Tracks. BGO. 2005.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Three Original Albums on Two Full Length Cds. The Lead Singer of the Hollies' First Three Solo Albums for EMI Date from the Early 70s.

Customer Reviews:

The voice of the Hollies is just as great on his own.......2007-05-06

Being a big Hollies fan, I decided to check out their main frontman's solo offerings. I knew I'd miss their harmonies, but it would be the same style of music, right? Wrong! Allan Clarke decided to break from his Hollies image, and really got into his solo act, recording material that just wouldn't have worked with the Hollies

I was a little disappointed in the first disc. Headroom fits the bill for a good classic rock album but it was too nitty-gritty bluesy for me. The tracks "Who?" and "Shift Lovin' Lady" are his best work there. The next album, Allan Clarke, takes another turn by featuring some soulful female backing singers. This album was much more interesting to me, and Allan really put his raw emotion into it.

Disc two was another matter - I would pay the full price for this disc alone! Many of the tracks seem like showtunes, or something you would hear in the middle or an end of a movie. This album (I've Got Time) could easily be a soundtrack. Much of it reminds me of a more powerful Barry Manilow or Air Supply - that may be a turnoff to some, who would probably call it over-produced. But I found this album much more exciting, and I replay it frequently without tiring of it. His version of "Blinded By the Light" is more edgy and less tiresome than Manfred Mann's. "Light a Light," "If You Walked Away," and "Sunrise," are beautiful love songs. "Hallelujah Freedom" really gets me dancing. "We've Got Time" and "Living in Love" are solid mid-seventies light rock. "The Long Way" is a good ballad. "Finale" is a beautiful instrumental medley of the main themes from 7 of the album tracks.

The powerful work on all three albums should have made Allan Clarke a household name.

Nice to finally have available.......2005-11-24

Here we have 3 Allan Clarke solo lp's on 1 cd, all of them originally released during the early - mid 1970's. Only "I've Got Time" was originally released in the U.S. Having heard many of these songs for the first time, I must say the real jewel of the package is the 2nd release simply titled "Allan Clarke". Its hard to believe it wasn't released in the U.S. as I do believe it is an overall stronger record than "I've Got Time" which was recorded and released instead. "Allan Clarke" contains some of his best cover songs ever including Springsteen's "If I Were The Priest and Lindsey Buckinghams "Don't Let Me Down Again". Not a weak song in the bunch.

Overall "I've Got Time" is a worthwhile release, but is dragged down by some truly dreadful cover songs lead by Dan Fogelbergs "The Long Way". But, it is extremely good with other cover songs such as Springsteens "Blinded By The Light" which preceded the Manfred Mann cover that was a huge hit in the 70's. Other songs such as "If You Think You Know How to Love Me", "Sunrise" and "If You Walked Away" are very good, too. I think the major problem with this release is it tries too hard to do too many things within the confines of the same record. In contrast, the "Allan Clarke" record is very focused and consistent.

As for the first release, "Headroom", the best thing I can say is the remake of Allan's own "Would You Believe" is an interesting take on a very good Hollies song. I think the rest of the record suffers from a lack of good original material. Many of the songs were written or co-written by Clarke and it seems like his best songs must have been saved for the Hollies around this time.

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