Batdorf & Rodney - Life Is You (1975) Remastered Reissue 2000
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 247 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 106 Mb
Label: Magik Muzik | # 3930003 | Time: 00:32:05 | Scans included
Genre: Soft Rock, Folk Rock, Country Rock
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 247 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 106 Mb
Label: Magik Muzik | # 3930003 | Time: 00:32:05 | Scans included
Genre: Soft Rock, Folk Rock, Country Rock
Batdorf & Rodney had some modest success with their eponymous second album, and their third record, 1975's Life Is You, built on that record's progress, charting higher and launching a modest hit with a cover of Jim Weatherly's "You Are a Song," which stayed on the charts for seven weeks, peaking at number 87. "You Are a Song" is an example of what's right with the record – a sentimental, sweet tune draped in strings and harmonies, a pefect representation of how folk-rock turned into mellow soft rock by emphasizing the melody and the feel. The rest of the record treads the same ground but not quite as successfully, largely because the songwriting of Batdorf & Rodney isn't as consistently good as Weatherly (who contributes another standout, "To a Gentler Time"). The duo – John Batdorf on lead vocals, Mark Rodney on lead acoustic guitar – are very earnest and intent on writing serious material (one track is a two-piece suite which, ironically, provides one of the better melodies here).