Boats Against the Current / Change of Heart

Eric Carmen | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 26, 2007)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: American Beat
• ASIN: B000P46PEQ
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #130,537 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Boats Against the Current

2. Marathon Man

3. Nowhere to Hide

4. Take It or Leave It

5. Love Is All That Matters

6. She Did It

7. I Think I Found Myself

8. Runaway

9. Desperate Fools Overture

10. Haven't We Come a Long Way

11. End of the World

12. Heaven Can Wait

13. Baby I Need Your Lovin'

14. Change of Heart

15. Hey Deanie

16. Someday

17. Desperate Fools

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great deal on spectacular songs.., May 27, 2009

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1divinemissm "1divinemissm" (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Boats Against the Current / Change of Heart (Audio CD)

This combination CD was brought to my attention as a result of a conversation on the haunting beauty of the song "Heaven Can Wait". Yes, it is genuinely a masterpiece of songwriting, which is rare. But Mr. Carmen does this with shocking regularity. Other tracks which are equally as well-constructed and performed as "Heaven Can Wait" are "Haven't We Come A Long Way" and "End Of The World". If you have already added "The Definitive Collection" to your collection, this combination CD will enable you to get to know at least 7 tracks that do not appear on "The Definitive Collection".

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Eric's 2nd and 3rd Solo Effort's Released, July 20, 2007

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D. R. Saxton "Dartanyon" (Bemus Pt. N.Y. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Boats Against the Current / Change of Heart (Audio CD)

If you were an Eric Carmen fan, you probably enjoyed his 1977 lp, "Boats Against the Current", and his 1978 release, "Change of Heart". Both are decent albums but certainly not up to the standard of his 1976 lp, "ERIC CARMEN", featuring the classic hits, "All By Myself" and "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again". The medium hit, "Sunrise" was also on that album.
A new CD company to me, AMERICAN BEAT, has released Eric's second and third albums on one disc. Both these albums had one respectable hit (each). "SHE DID IT" from "Boats" and "CHANGE OF HEART" from the Same titled album. "Boats Against the Current" was a tiny hit around the end of 1977.
To my knowledge, these albums have not been released before in the U.S. (I know you could buy expensive Japanese imports years ago, but at 35 minutes per lp, that was robbery!) The CD quality is decent, but not extraordinary.
The music is pleasant but not Eric's best. However, for the price and the scarcity of these records, I'd recommend this purchase if you are a fan of Carmen or even a seventies easy-listening fan. If you are satisfied with the big hits, I'd recommend one of Eric's compilations. He had one out on ARISTA five or six years ago which even included several of his hits with the Raspberries. That compilation is excellent!! The best songs from this two-fer CD are on the best of compilation. I give this a four star rating for the price and the availability of two long since forgotten albums of the late 70's. I hope to see some more rare re-issues!!!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars American Beat lets keep them coming!!, July 22, 2007

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Garry Ford ""Dirty Garry"" (Aurora, Illinois) - See all my reviews
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It is really great to get these two Eric Carmen releases on a single cd. I have always been a big fan of Eric Carmen. There are a few Greatest hits cd releases available but his solo stuff is very rare. There are a couple of hits here but the other songs are great as well. I hope American Beat will continue to dig into the vaults for more of Eric's solo work.