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The Hollies - Write On (1976)

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The Hollies - Write On (1976)

The Hollies - Write On (1976)
Rock | 1cd | EAC Rip | Flac + Cue + Log | covers
Magic 5244142 HDCD | rel: 1999 | 435Mb

At the time of its release in early 1976, Epic Records passed on Write On, but subsequently included a handful of its songs, including "Star," "Love Is the Thing," "I Won't Move Over," and the title track on 1977's Clarke, Hicks, Sylvester, Calvert & Elliott. Why they passed on it is anyone's guess, since it's as strong as anything the group had been putting on LP up to that time, made up of pleasant and tuneful, if not always memorable or exciting songs, the authorship of all but one credited to Allan Clarke, Terry Sylvester, and Tony Hicks. The opening track, "Star," might have been a modest hit, with its engaging hooks, quasi-reggae beat, and gorgeous harmonizing on the choruses, if it had been given a chance on AM radio. "Write On" is also beautifully sung and offers a delicious chorus, but just misses the level of tension needed to put it over, even with Tony Hicks' larger-than-life guitar solo in the middle. The delightfully ebullient "Sweet Country Calling," by contrast, is a lost AM radio classic that ought to have kept this band at least near the Top Ten; "Narida" is a dance number with a great beat and a powerful, reverb-drenched lead vocal performance by Allan Clarke; the languid, ethereal "Love Is the Thing" might be the prettiest song the group ever recorded this side of "The Air That I Breathe"; "Crocodile Woman" is an uncharacteristic (for this group) rock'n'blow blowout heavily featuring Hicks' guitar; "My Island" was a showcase for their softer, more lyrical, acoustic side; and the closer, "There's Always Goodbye," was a good attempt to merge these different facets of the group's sound within one song, highlighted by some gorgeous dual-layered acoustic guitars. Good as the group is on the best of these songs – and that's very good – the album also illustrates the basic problem faced by the Hollies, entering an era in which they were defined by their songs rather than a precise image: Mid-'70s audiences (and DJs) could never be sure if the Hollies were trying to go head-to-head with Bruce Springsteen as rockers, competing with Billy Joel as creators of AM pop, or were challenging England Dan and John Ford Coley as romantic balladeers. They were intersecting with all three, but not in a distinctive way, at least not without a heavy promotional push, which never came close to happening. Write On was reissued by Magic Records of France in 1999, remastered in glittering state-of-the-art sound with five bonus tracks appended: "Boulder to Birmingham," the bright, upbeat, gorgeously harmonized and played "Samuel," live versions of "Star" (marred by a too-showy synthesizer break) and "My Island," and one rarity, the group's rendition of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run" – that cut alone is worth the price of the CD and should be heard by fans of Springsteen and the Hollies alike, if only for Tony Hicks' attack on the guitars, some of the best drumming of Bobby Elliott's career, and Allan Clarke's total abandon in his singing. ~Allmusic

Track listing
01. Star (3:39)
02. Write On (4:50)
03. Sweet Country Calling (3:06)
04. Love Is The Thing (3:45)
05. I Won't Move Over (3:30)
06. Narida (3:58)
07. Stranger (3:30)
08. Crocodile Woman (She Bites) (3:36)
09. My Island (4:21)
10. There's Always Goodbye (4:15)
11. Boulder To Birmingham - bonus (3:56)
12. Samuel (inedit) - bonus (4:08)
13. Star (Live) - bonus (3:17)
14. My Island (Live) - bonus (4:21)
15. Born To Run (rare track) - bonus (4:12)
~ (58:24)


Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 4 from 23. January 2008

EAC extraction logfile from 8. April 2009, 20:10

Hollies / Write On (1976)

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