No Reservations
NO RESERVATIONS, Blackfoot's debut album, now out on CD, is great. The opening and closing song, "Railroad Man" is a terrific blues number that just flat out rocks, and the rest of the album is, too. It's highly unfortunate that this album had languished in the vaults until it was reissued on CD in 2004, just in time to coincide with the band's reunion. The fact that the surviving members of Blackfoot, past and present, advocate efforts to free people unjustly imprisoned in foreign countries, increased funding for law enforcement, and the death penalty or life without parole for aggravated kidnapping makes NO RESERVATIONS an essential purchase for both your ears AND your conscience.
Once in awhile, there is an album that just goes, like people say, totally under the radar."No Reservations" is a damn near PERFECT album, maybe with the exception of one song "Big Wheels" but maybe that's just me. From the start 'Railroad Man" kicks it in gear, and you're like "Hey, This is great stuff.'Then comes "Indian World" which you say to yourself "Okay, this is personal.." THEN you're literally BLOWN AWAY by 'STARS','NOT ANOTHER MAKER','BORN TO ROCK AND ROLL','TAKE A TRAIN' and 'I STAND ALONE'.I see people here selling this cd for a lot of money, and people. I gotta say this..It's WORTH IT'S WEIGHT IN GOLD.I have easily listened to this over a 1000 times in three months.An album like this you've wished Skynyrd would've made.It's that good.I believe that if more people would listen to this album, they probably would ask Rickey Medlocke to form BLACKFOOT again, and PLAY these songs-along with 'HIGHWAY SONG' from "THE STRIKES" album.
Once in awhile, there is an album that just goes, like people say, totally under the radar."No Reservations" is a damn near PERFECT album, maybe with the exception of one song "Big Wheels" but maybe that's just me. From the start 'Railroad Man" kicks it in gear, and you're like "Hey, This is great stuff.'Then comes "Indian World" which you say to yourself "Okay, this is personal.." THEN you're literally BLOWN AWAY by 'STARS','NOT ANOTHER MAKER','BORN TO ROCK AND ROLL','TAKE A TRAIN' and 'I STAND ALONE'.I see people here selling this cd for a lot of money, and people. I gotta say this..It's WORTH IT'S WEIGHT IN GOLD.I have easily listened to this over a 1000 times in three months.An album like this you've wished Skynyrd would've made.It's that good.I believe that if more people would listen to this album, they probably would ask Rickey Medlocke to form BLACKFOOT again, and PLAY these songs-along with 'HIGHWAY SONG' from "THE STRIKES" album.
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