Saturday, May 28, 2016

Jeff Beck - 1980 "There and Back"

There & Back is the third studio solo album by guitarist Jeff Beck, released in June 1980 through Epic Records. The album reached No. 10 and 21 on the U.S. Billboard Jazz Albums and Billboard 200 charts respectively, and No. 36 on the Swedish albums chart. Notably, There & Back showcases Beck's stylistic shift towards instrumental rock while largely retaining the jazz fusion elements of his two previous releases, Blow by Blow (1975) and Wired (1976). The opening track, "Star Cycle", was used for a number of years as the theme song for both Mid-South Wrestling in the United States and the British music programme The Tube (1982–87); "The Pump" was featured in the 1983 film Risky Business; "Too Much to Lose" is an instrumental cover of a song composed by keyboardist Jan Hammer that was originally featured on the Jan Hammer Group's 1977 album Melodies.

There and Back, Jeff Beck's first new studio album in four years, found him moving from old keyboard partner Jan Hammer (three tracks) to new one Tony Hymas (five), which turned out to be the difference between competition and support. Hence, the second side of this instrumental album is more engaging and less of a funk-fusion extravaganza than most of the first. If it were anybody else, you'd say that this was a transitional album, but this was the only studio album Beck released between 1976 and 1985, which makes it more like an unexpected Christmas letter from an old friend: "Everything's fine, still playing guitar."

Tracks Listing

1. Star Cycle (4:56)
2. Too Much To Lose (2:55)
3. You Never Know (4:03)
4. The Pump (5:43)
5. El Becko (3:59)
6. The Golden Road (4:55)
7. Space Boogie (5:04)
8. The Final Peace (3:36)

Line-up / Musicians


- Jeff Beck / guitars
- Jan Hammer / keyboards
- Simon Phillips / drums
- Tony- Hymnas / keyboards
- Mo Foster / bass

5 comments:

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  2. ..and i see jeff this summer at the seattle zoo in aug..look for my boot hopefully...

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  3. 100% bullcrap. How can anyone give this album a bad review? I loved it from when it came out. My favorite Jeff Beck album and I saw this tour! Incredible! Jam Hammer and Simon Phillips joining in. Some songs in this collection are as good as anything from Return To Forever, Weather Report, or Mahavishnu Orchestra.

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  5. The very concept of reviewing Jeff Beck is ludicrous! He was always a leader, and via his interest in the sitar playing of Vilayat Khan, brought a major Indian influence to rock music at around the same time that George Harrison got into Ravi Shankar's playing. The introduction of Indian classical music to Western ears at large was one of the most important musical "events" of the 20th century.

    Anyway, this is a fne album, and I appreciate your making it available, Crimhead! Cheers!

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