Bachman Turner Overdrive/Freeways

Bachman Turner Overdrive | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: PSM
• ASIN: B000006SMJ
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #353,046 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not enough "BTO" on this album...., November 4, 1999

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This review is from: Bachman Turner Overdrive/Freeways (Audio CD)

I like and respect Randy Bachman, but this album was a little too much him and not enough the rest of the band. I missed Fred Turner's vocals, and I guess I got spoiled on BTO's basic overdriven type sound. This album is worth buying, and it has its moments, but overall its sort of like BTO with a prophylactic wrapped around it.

4.0 out of 5 stars Not What You Expected, May 12, 2000

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L. A. Corradi "montalk" (Brooklyn, New York United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bachman Turner Overdrive/Freeways (Audio CD)

I purchased this album in it's original vinyl format. I'm so sorry that it's now so hard to get on disk 'cause it really was one of their best efforts. Easy Groove is a great song , and easily one of Randy's best. Try to get your hands on a copy...it's worth it.

4.0 out of 5 stars A transitional album from BTOII to BTOIII, May 4, 2000

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Gary Kenler (St-Paul, Alberta) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bachman Turner Overdrive/Freeways (Audio CD)

Although Freeways is not a classic BTO hard rock sounding album, it definitely has some very good tracks: "Down, down", "Shotgun Rider", "My wheels won't turn", "Can we all come together" and the title track "Freeways" to name my favorites. I see this album as a send off for Randy Bachman and "the end of an era" style album, comparable to the Beatles' "Abbey Road", with some melancolic lyrics and some softer, jazzier sounds. My only negative critique for this album would be that it might sound a little too melow at times. Although it is majoritarily a Randy Bachman project (I also miss Fred Turner's voice and songwriting), I honestly think that this is one of the best BTO albums I have in my collection (and I have all of their albums). I find their evolution refreshing. In my opinion, "Freeways" was their peak album (at least where Randy Bachman is concerned) and I don't think they were ever the same afterwards. If you love the "Four Wheel Drive" sound (4 lines per verse, 4 repetetive lines per chorus), this is not your album. But if you're in to some creatitivity, and don't necessarily need a defined rhyme pattern in the lyrics or a "4 by 4" structure in the music, you will love this album!