Track Listing

1. Ambitious
2. Gets Us All in the End
3. Escape
4. People Get Ready - Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart
5. Stop, Look and Listen
6. Get Workin'
7. Ecstasy
8. Night After Night
9. You Know, We Know
10. Nighthawks
11. Back on the Streets

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #219911 in Music
• Released on: 1990-10-25
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Come on. It's not that bad.
Nobody argues that this was one of the worst PRODUCED and CONCEIVED Jeff Beck albums ever, including Jeff himself. But let's not overlook the fact that it contains two SUPREME tracks,
the immortal "People Get Ready", and the vastly overlooked instrumental gem, "You Know, We Know". I also find the Jan Hammer track "Escape", which won a Grammy by the way, to be a very cool 1980s flashback. Overlook some of the horrendous vocals, and listen to the guitar solos---true Jeff Beck fans know it's all here, just sift through the garbage to get to it.

'80s production techinques at it's worst.
The song "People Get Ready", the solo at the end of "Ambitious", "Escape" and "Get workin'" are the only ones that worked for me and even these sound extremely dated today. This CD has that wretched '80s overproduced sound, with drum machines and synthesizers practically ruining everything. Beck's guitar has to fight to stay above the din and succeeds only a few times. Just about anything else in his solo catalogue is better than this.

Saving Grace
In general, I agree with most of the above comments, but as a long-time music lover, I have to rate this album as a must-have for one reason : People Get Ready. Beck nails the track, and it's probably one of Rod Stewart's best vocal performances. The combination of raspy vocals and Beck's thoughtful, haunting guitar work redeems an otherwise synthetic mish-mash of tracks. Like was stated before, you can sift through and hear the trademark Beck . I can't help but visualize most of this album as a soundtrack for a mediocre made-for-tv 80s movie. Too bad.