STRAY CATS ROCK THERAPY
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Description
Brian Setzer, Lee Rocker, and Slim Jim Phantom hit it big in the early 1980s as the Stray Cats. But the rockabilly revival spearheaded by the three boys from Long Island didn't translate into a long life on the charts for the band, and they broke up, amid some bad blood, in 1984.
Rock Therapy opens with their arrangement of the title track. The album's energy really gets going with the second tune, "Reckless," a Setzer-penned garage-y rocker that could have been a hit single in a more receptive period. Gene Vincent's "Race With the Devil," Buddy Holly's "Looking for Someone to Love," and Chuck Berry's "Beautiful Delilah" pay accomplished tribute to some of the band's important influences.
Rocker and Phantom's "I Wanna Cry" has a harder, dirtier, Joe Walsh type of sound, but side two starts with "I'm a Rocker" and Setzer's trademark lightning-fingered guitar solos. He later demonstrates his facility on the banjo in the countryish "Broken Man." Musically, this album ranks with the band's best work.
Tracklist
A1 Rock Therapy 3:26 A2 Reckless 3:51 A3 Race With The Devil 2:58 A4 Looking For Someone To Love 1:50 A5 I Wanna Cry 3:28 B1 I'm A Rocker 2:28 B2 Beautiful Delilah 2:46 B3 One Hand Loose 2:43 B4 Broken Man 4:03 B5 Change Of Heart 3:52price rating
