Back From Rio

Roger McGuinn | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 29, 1990)
• Original Release Date: January 8, 1991
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Arista
• ASIN: B000002VHO
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #74,655 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

CD in very good condition! Plain replacement case provided.

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Welcome back, Roger!, March 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Back From Rio (Audio CD)

After several years' absence from recording, McGuinn (who wasn't actually in Rio) returned with his finest solo effort to date. Combining strong material with an excellent cast of supporting musicians and vocalists, "Back from Rio" is a delight. "Someone to Love" is outstanding, and "King of the Hill" (a duet with Tom Petty) is also noteworthy. Elvis Costello makes an appearance, and fellow Byrds David Crosby and Chris Hillman are also featured. This album reaffirms McGuinn's status as one of the most talented and influential artists of all time. BRAVO!

16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Puts most of today's rock/pop artists to shame., October 4, 1999

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D. Mok (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Back From Rio (Audio CD)

Roger McGuinn is still the king of melody, class, and folk-rock amalgams. I recently rescued a copy of this superb 1991 solo album from a bargain bin at HMV and it has absolutely no business being there; Back from Rio is relevant, smart, crisply arranged, written, and recorded.

First, the songcraft is superb as befits an artist of McGuinn's status. "Somebody to Love", "King of the Hill", "Without Your Love", "The Trees Are All Gone" -- any of these could be a modern Byrds classic. (Byrds comparisons are inevitable, given that McGuinn provided that band with most of its spirit and musical signature) McGuinn's singing is assured and expressive, while retaining the shaky quality that's distinguished it since the verse to "Mr. Tambourine Man" blared out of radios back in the '60s. Now it's an engagingly shaky voice, endearing but also pregnant with narrative power.

Get this album before it goes out of print on us. You'll be glad to have it in your collection.

13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars DELICIOUS COUNTRY ROCK, July 11, 2000

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Pieter "Toypom" (Johannesburg) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Back From Rio (Audio CD)

On Back To Rio, McGuinn is assisted by Dave Crosby, Chris Hillman, Tom Petty, Elvis Costello & Dave "Eurythmics" Stewart. Exceptional tracks include You Bowed Down (with Elvis Costello), King Of The Hill (with Tom Petty), and Car Phone with its rivetting guitar solo. Very enjoyable melodic rock and McGuinnn's supercool vocals keep it all together in style. Great stuff!