Forbert, Steve - Steve Forbert

RARE/2HAND VINYL LP ON EPIC 1982

Epic EPC 85297 made in EU.

Vinyl NM. Cover VG+.

Steve Forbert hit quite a few stylistic bases on his fourth, self-titled album, maybe too many. From the horn-filled, Motown-tinged "Ya Ya (Next to Me)" to a faithful cover of Jackie DeShannon's mid-'60s classic "When You Walk in the Room" to the lush, string-heavy "Oh So Close (And Yet So Far Away)" to the up-tempo country two-step "You're Darn Right," Forbert couldn't be pinned down to a genre (certainly not folk-rock). But there was too little of the spunky tone of songs like "It Takes a Whole Lotta Help (To Make It on Your Own)" that had sparked Forbert's previous albums. (Unfortunately, Forbert's proposed fifth album was rejected by his record company in 1984, and it took him six years to follow this album.)  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Forbert

Tracklist

1. He's Gotta Live Up To His Shoes
2. Ya Ya (next To Me)
3. When You Walk In The Room
4. Listen To Me
5. Oh So Close (and Yet So Far Away)
6. You're Darn Right
7. Prisoner Of Stardom
8. On The Beach
9. Lost
10. It Takes A Whole Lotta Help (to Make It On Your Own)
11. Beautiful Diana