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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Magnetic Album, September 13, 2002
I have always been a fan of Walter Egan since the early days of Magnet and Steel. A friend of mine turned me on to this new and exciting album Apacalypso Now. GREAT STUFF!
I would encourage people to play this album in the car, at home anywhere! It makes you feels great to be alive and brings back great memories.
It's funny how an artist that we heard in the past and associate "good times" can immediately transcend you back to a happy moment by just hearing their voice again.
That's what Apocalypso Now does for me.
I have seen many changes in this world as time goes by...
but Walter's style of music and unforgettable vocals can make anybody proud to be an American and have the freedom to enjoy life.
My personal favorite is "My Love Is In Your Veins", great energy in the song!
A review to me is like an a**hole everyone has one and (some are bigger than others) so I normally don't like to run off like this but....what the heck, if you have something good to say might as well share it.
Thanks Walter! Keep the music coming and we will keep listening!
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Experts (as opposed to the review below) agree, August 31, 2002
First off, let me preface this by saying I was involved in the making of Walter Egan's Apocalypso Now, so obviously I'm a bit biased. That being said, don't go strictly by Jef Fazekas review if you're wondering about Apocalypso Now. Here's what James Casara from Rapid River Monthly had to say:A quarter century after the radio perfect "Magnet and Steel" catapulted him to stardom Egan is back with a disc that oozes with charm, sparkle, and an effervescent wit that makes one long for the days when FM ruled the airways, not with an iron hand, but with a tender heart. The now Nashville-based Egan continues to be one of music's rare renaissance men, releasing a steady stream of solo albums, fronting an impressive array of band configurations, while continuing his acclaimed work as a graphic artist and writer. Apocalypso Now is streamlined pure pop passion, gliding easily from romantic magnetism to introspective self-examination, all with an utter lack of predicament and without the slightest hint of overstating its own importance. It is, in short, precisely the type of album these media manufactured times need much more of. Egan's talents, buoyed by a nearly perfect voice, have not diminished one iota in the intervening years. It's just too bad radio has deteriorated to the point that Apocalypso Now may have to struggle to find an audience.- James Casara then there's AllMusic Guide: ...anyone who feels that pop music took a wrong turn in the early '80s and longs for the glory days of '70s Southern California rock should feel right at home. - William Ruhlmann and The Nashville Tennessean: ...The album is a dense, stylistically divergent pop effort, marked by virtuosic guitar work and Egan's atypical style. And there are many more positive reviews. So, hopefully, before anyone hangs their hat on one irate review they'll consider some of the others.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
these already fine rock and country songs could be even better, January 30, 2006
Walter Egan
Apocalypso Now
Gaff Music GAFF12902
He kicks things off with the Bo Diddley beat, that chunk, chunka-chunk, a-chunk chunk bit that's brought us some of the greatest hits of rock, R & B and country for half a century now. He also plays most of the instruments on the record himself. There's a lot of Tom Petty in his voice and delivery, though, of course, no one can really whine as well as Tom Petty. Maybe that's why the persona Egan develops throughout this CD is so much more capable and competent than one imagines the scrawny Petty to be.
Liner notes are actually liner anecdotes, brief stories penned by Egan, so what you get is a CD and a collection of short stories for one price. One of the stories, New England Hurricane begins: "In Minot, Massachusetts, where I have recently chosen to live, the Ocean, who lives just across the street, had quite a party the other day . . . " That's the way Walter Egan expresses himself, both in song and in prose. He is concise, yet at the same time masterfully expressive.
"Rain in Tennessee," the tenth of 13 cuts on this release, may be the best cut. It matches message and music as well as Smoky Robinson ever did, and that's saying a lot. While the songs are all quite well crafted, some could be done better. Key selections are a little out of Egan's reach on a couple of cuts. Track layering, especially harmony vocal tracks, could take a few tweaks so far as levels and effects go. It sounds as if studio time, which is, of course, an expensive commodity, ran out a little too early.
This is not to say that "Apocalypso Now" is not a fine release, especially with the bonus short stores included, simply that we can look forward to hearing even more not only from the highly gifted Walter Egan, but from these very songs. Slept on for a while, delivered live and learning from audience reaction and readdressed in the studio a few years hence, these already fine rock and country songs could be even better.
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