Airplay

Artist: Airplay
Label: Bmg Japan
Category: Music

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Format: Special Edition
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 4988017633328
ASIN: B0009S8EVU

Release Date: 2005-07-28

Airplay

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Tracks:

Stranded
Cryin' All Night
It Will Be Alright
Nothin' You Can Do About It
Should We Carry On
Leave Me Alone
Sweet Body
Bix
She Waits for Me
After the Love Is Gone

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Album Details

Digitally Remastered 25th Anniversary Edition of the Only Album by a Trio of Future Heavyweights that Would Change the Face of Popular Music in their Near Future. The Members of this Group Included David Foster (Keyboards and Later Acclaimed Producer), Jay Graydon (Guitar and Vocals, also a Future Producer and Arranger) and Tommy Funderburk (Who Contributed Background Vocals to Over 50 Different Albums). They were Backed by Drummer Jeff Porcaro and Bassist David Hungate, Both of Toto.

Customer Reviews:

lots of over-the-top fun; fans of early '80s Toto will dig this.......2005-10-03

It's hard to review this album without mentioning Toto. Much like Toto, this self-titled 1980 album from Airplay is the pet project of two guys who'd already made huge names for themselves as session musicians in California during the '70s: David Foster and Jay Graydon. Additionally, Jeff Porcaro, Steve Lukather, Steve Porcaro, and David Hungate all appear on this album, all of whom were members of the original Toto lineup.

It should come as no surprise then that "Airplay" sounds very Toto-esque indeed. Foster and Graydon produced and arranged the album, and it leans toward the hard rock end of things, with a really slick, arena-rock sound. It's frequently over-the-top, with sudden blasts of dynamics, and exaggerated horn parts and vocals.

The thing though is that the guys clearly have their tongues firmly in cheek. Song after song has undeniably catchy hooks, and there are also some riotously fun, ingeniously crafted lyrics, particularly on "Leave Me Alone" and "Bix".

In the end, the album offers a real blast of dumb fun. The best example of this is the insanely catchy "Bix"--with its brass-heavy arrangement, from-the-gut vocals, devastatingly sinful lyrics, and syncopated piano-laden groove, it kinda sounds like Elton John on crack, and it's an absolute hook-fest. "Cryin' All Night", "Leave Me Alone", "Sweet Body", and the ear-splittingly loud album opener "Stranded" are all solidly fun songs as well. The bouncy pop-rocker "Nothin' You Can Do About It" is relatively calm and collected, but it's ultra-catchy in its own right.

They do throw in a few ballads. The achingly bittersweet "Should We Carry On" is a wonderfully melodic gem that sounds like an honest-to-god hit that never was, and I mean that as a compliment. "It Will Be Alright" is well-written, but the execution leaves a lot to be desired; Dan Seals went on to do a far better version on his 1982 "Harbinger" album. They end the album with a really nice remake of "After The Love Has Gone" which was a huge hit for Earth, Wind & Fire in 1979.

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