Passion

Passion Artist: Robin Trower
Label: Gnp Crescendo
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 052824218727
EAN: 0052824218727
ASIN: B000001OX4


Release Date: 1990-10-25

Passion


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Tracks:

  1. Caroline
  2. Secret Doors
  3. If Forever
  4. Won't Even Think About You
  5. Passion
  6. No Time
  7. Night
  8. Bad Time
  9. One More Word

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Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Where did the new singer come from ? (Read On).......2005-07-31

Seems to be some confusion about the vocalist, Davey Pattison.

Background :Ronnie Montrose was looking for a singer for his new band called Gamma.
His first choice was the late, great James Dewar, who fronted Robin Trower's band for years.
James turned him down, but..he did know of an unknown, quality singer, for Ronnie Montrose.
That's right...it was Davey Pattison that James Dewar recommended for Gamma.
He told Ronnie, "You'll like him . He sounds like me".

As for Passion... It's a modern Trower versus vintage Trower argument.

About as effective an argument of; new guitars versus old guitars , OR apples & oranges.

What about Clapton ? There's something to talk about. HA!

It does contain some worthwhile songs.

No Time is in the best tradition of Trower blues.
Secret Doors is a great, Trower style rocker.
Passion is good song.
If Forever & Night are good, slower numbers.

It may not be his best record, but it's good overall.

It's good that people enjoy the older material.
That is music that I love.

Musicians do evolve and change over the years.
How boring if all he ever played was the same thing, over & over & over...

This CD does contain some excellent guitar playing from Robin.

By the way, I saw this tour and the band sounded GREAT !

Don't get stuck on Too Rolling Stoned :)

4 out of 5 stars Trower's underrated work.......2005-07-03



Many critics over the years have written off Trower as a Hendrix clone but closer inspection reveals that Trower, like Jeff Beck were contemporaries of Hendrix, not mere imitators. Beck has not suffered the Hendrix comparisons, but Trower has suffered unjustly over the years. His playing is heavy on the chorus effect and that's about the only thread critics use to disparage him.
"Passion" is a slick synthesizer heavy album but Trower doesn't allow that to bully him out of the mix. Far from it. In fact, the melody quotient on this CD which apparently has just been re-released is very high, creating a piece of work that is very mature in its construction. In another world, it could have easily fit in with any number of Clapton adult contemporary albums, but instead it's too often written off as wimpy.
Tracks like "If Forever", which showcase fine vocals by Davey Pattison and a lilting lush background, gives us a view of a guitarist who is not afraid to add pristine solos over real melodies. It is refreshing, not "lazy" or "wimpy", as some suggest.
The title cut and "Night Time" are other stand out tracks. "Passion" goes down real smooth and easy - and we all need a trim around the edges now and again.

4 out of 5 stars One of Trower's Best CDs !!!.......2005-06-09

I disagree strongly with most of the previous reviewers who evidently have no taste for melodic, well-produced, blues/rock. I imagine that if I was Robin trower that, after about 10 years of playing songs featuring long guitar solos night after night, that i might be ready for a little change in style and tone in my music. And that is what this is....and it's very good. The best thing about this CD is that this singer is by far the closest sounding to James Dewar, Robin's original singer, who, in my opinion, was the best blues/rock singer of my lifetime. Robin returned to this line-up for his brand new 2005 release "Living Out of Time," so that alone ought to tell you something.

3 out of 5 stars passion.......2003-12-11

out of trowers many great albums, this is the least of em. the problem on this one lies with the singer, he actually sounds like cher on some cuts. i always prefer james dewars vocals to anyone trowers had since,but whatre ya gonna do?:night: is the best cut on the album,(instrumental)its just hard to keep remembering this is trower. overall, worth a listen,but this is the bad apple of the bunch.

4 out of 5 stars

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