Track Listing

1. Notoriety
2. Scared
3. She Can Rock It
4. Let's Get It On
5. Life Forces
6. Fancy That
7. Living In Fear
8. Shut Up
9. Dope
10. Love Conquers All
11. Taxman
12. Charanga
13. Power Trippin'

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #454084 in Music
• Published on: 1996
• Released on: 2000-03-03
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Import

Album Details
Their Second Album from 1996. Now Out of Print in the USA.

Customer Reviews

They Can Rock It!
The 2nd offering from The Power Station is, in a way, a continuance of the first alum and a radical departure at the same time. The Taylors can still play, and the ,Late GREAT Robert Palmer is in fine form(as always). No other Rock singer has EVER used thier vocabulary in the way RP does. With phrases like FEIGN indifference, Quid Pro Quo, and Coitus Interruptus, he's definitely reppin' his education= Good on ya, mate!

I also find the lyrics to be very poignant- Life forces has a line "Just When You Think You've got a grip on your future, Destiny changes your plan. There is big-time diversity on this album too- From hard rockers like She Can Rock It and Living in Fear to the Dance/disco beat of "I'll Fancy That" to a real Love song in "Love Conquers All" and the already mentioned "Life Forces".

Bottom Line- If you like Duran Duran, 80s Rock, he first Power Station album, Robert Palmer's solo stuff, more modern sounding music(digital quality, great mix) or any combination of the above you'll LOVE THIS ALBUM. This is a great album that got no air time on FM and sold poorly in stores. Pick it up in the reduced bin or on ebay- You won't be sorry.

Not the same band
This CD was shockingly bad. It doesn't have a single thing in common with the 1984-85 Power Station. None of the songs are catchy at all. If it wasn't for Robert Palmer's voice, I'd swear this was a different band. I have no clue what type of sound they were going for. There's no power pop, no kick *ss drumming, there's dumb lyrics, and boring guitar work. Terrible.

Great first track, but it tails off from there
Power Station was a great "woulda-coulda" band. In their energetic, coke-fueled heyday of 1986, the band could do no wrong. And yet, their debut was too short, and it always seemed odd that Robert Palmer returned to a solo career so shortly after their successful debut. Fast-forward to the mid-1990's, and Power Station re-united for a second go. Unfortunately, none of the players were at the top of their game. John Taylor worked on initial sessions but got caught up in rehab. Andy Taylor certainly lost some of his fire after the twin successes of the Power Station and his early solo singles. What happened? The late Robert Palmer clearly had some drug/alcohol issues and eventually died young. Tony Thompson was a marvelous drummer, but he never seemed to have the same energy or confidence after the automobile accident he suffered in England around the time of Live-Aid. Bernard Edwards subbed for John Taylor on these sessions, and he sounds good. However, he was also suffering from illness and would die shortly thereafter on tour with Chic in Japan. The first track, "Notoriety," has an amazing Edwards/Thompson groove that promises great things for the rest of the album. However, it never takes off from there, and the whole project leaves us to think about what could have been if only . . .