.38 Special - Resolution

Artist:

.38 Special (Rock)

UPC:

4001617187524

See Also:

Rossington Collins Band Marshall Tucker Band (The) Molly Hatchet Outlaws

Description:

.38 Special: Donnie Van Zant (vocals); Don Barnes (vocals, guitar, mandolin, harmonica, slide); Danny Chauncey (guitar, keyboards, fretless bass); Larry Junstrom (bass).
Additional personnel: Bobby Capps (piano, background vocals); Greg Morrow (drums); Jim Peterik, Bob Beckwith (background vocals).
Producers: Joe Hardy, Don Barnes, Danny Chauncey.
Recorded at Joe`s Garage, Ardent Studios, Memphis, Tennessee; and Olivia`s Castle, Atlanta, Georgia.
RESOLUTION is a 1997 reunion album by southern boogie-rockers .38 Special.
In their first album in six years, .38 Special comes back with a brace of tunes that recasts the band in contemporary terms. With the core of the group now sweated down to singer Donnie Van Zant, guitarists Don Barnes (back in the lineup for the first time since 1988) and Danny Chauncey and bassist Larry "L.J." Junstrom, the time off between recordings has served the band well. The writing became the thing during the down period and the level of quality songwriting -- with much co-written by longtime hit song collaborator Jim Peterik ("Vehicle" by the Ides of March) -- takes the band into some new terrain, along with stellar production from Joe Hardy. The first single from the album, "Fade to Blue," is solid pop-rock with a catchy mandolin riff, and tracks like "Changed By Love," "Miracle Man" and the atmospheric acoustic ballad "Saving Grace" and "Homeless Guitar" knock several decibels off their old Southern-boy approach. But the guitars get cranked back to `80s-approved levels for "Shatter the Silence," "Deja Voodoo," "After the Fire Is Gone," and the bluesy shuffle "She Loves to Talk," proving that the band can regurgitate their old Southern rock sound while simultaneously finding new avenues of expression. Proof that an `80s band can still make accessible music at the end of the `90s. ~ Cub Koda

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Fade to Blue
2. Just Cant Leave You Alone
3. Find My Way Back
4. Changed by Love
5. Changed by Love
6. After the Fire Is Gone
7. Miracle Man
8. Shelter Me
9. Homeless Guitar
10. Saving Grace
11. She Loves to Talk
12. Trouble Shatter the Silen

Album Information

Release Date:

07/22/1997

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Southern Rock

Label:

SPV

Catalog Number:

SPV 18752

Original Release Year:

1997

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Guest Artist:

Jim Peterik

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