American Excess/On A Roll [Original recording remastered]

Point Blank (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 1, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 1980
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: RENAISSANCE
• Run Time: 77 minutes
• ASIN: B00022TSJU
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,974 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

The final two albums by Southern rockers Point Blank. American Exce$$ features the hit single "Nicole" and On A Roll has the FM classic "Great White Line".

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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Includes AOR hit "Nicole", December 13, 2004

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DJ MR Smith (Seattle) - See all my reviews

This review is from: American Excess/On A Roll (Audio CD)

TWO ALBUMS ON ONE CD.

***"American Exce$$" was Point Blank's big moment and included included a sizable AOR hit Nicole - you'll remember the very memorable driving rhythm. The album has great production for the era and another minor radio song, Let Me Stay With You Tonight. Extra points for awsome album art.

***"On a Roll" also featured two minor AOR radio tracks, Great White Line and the title track. Though, perhaps more memorable, is the introspective deep cut, Gone Hollywood - Just as American Exce$$ had awsome artwork, On A Roll has one of the wost covers of the 80s.

FYI - AOR stands for Album Oriented Rock, a very sucsessful FM radio format in the late 70s and early 80s. ...Post disco, pre Madona. Quite a lot of these stations evolved into Classic Rock stations as the format died in the late 80s and early 90s. Point Blank is one of the many bands that were sucsessful in the AOR era, but were excluded from most classic rock programing.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Southern Rock At It's Best!, February 18, 2006

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John W. Brubaker (Salem, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: American Excess/On A Roll (Audio CD)

I've had "Airplay" on vinyl for years and love it. I ran across this double cd and thought I'd check it out and WOW! This is a great two-on-one cd. I love every song here. Great guitars...great keyboards...great vocals! Point Blank is an extremely overlooked old rock band. Sadly, they just don't make em like this anymore. This is one of the best cd purchases I've made in recent months. Highly recommended!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Great Two-Fer From A Great Texas Rock Band, March 2, 2007

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The Footpath Cowboy "rockerusa2002" (Kingston, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: American Excess/On A Roll (Audio CD)

AMERICAN EXCE$$/ON A ROLL is yet another great two-fer from Texas rock band Point Blank and its pro-law-enforcement leader, guitarist Rusty Burns. Bubba Keith has replaced John O'Daniel on vocals, giving the band a slightly more commercial sound and style, but this set is still great. Now if only AIRPLAY and THE HARD WAY would be properly reissued.