Damaged Goods

Nils Lofgren | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 31, 1995)
• Original Release Date: October 26, 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Pure / Pgd
• ASIN: B0000019T1
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #214,701 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Damaged Goods

2. Only Five Minutes

3. Alone

4. Trip to Mars

5. Here for You

6. Black Books

7. Setting Sun

8. Life

9. Heavy Hats

10. In the Room

11. Nothin's Fallin'

12. Don't Be Late for Yesterday

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Damaged Goods by Nils Lofgren

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4.0 out of 5 stars Better than Bruce Whatzisface, November 16, 2004

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Horst Meisterfluscher - See all my reviews

This review is from: Damaged Goods (Audio CD)

Unfortunately, Nils is best known as a side-man in Bruce Springsteen's band and Neil Young's band and Ringo Starr's band and Kenny Rogers's sadly-defunct wood-fired chicken-band. His side-man status is a frigging shame. Because Nils's underappreciated solo records are a lot more fun than anything by Springsteen or Young or Ringo or even Kenny Rogers.

Please don't judge this record by its dull cover-shot of Nils doing a nodded-out hipster pose with a carefully contrived sloppiness. My only complaint about DAMAGED GOODS is that some of the tunes were seemingly written around the lyrics instead of around the music. I like 8 of the 12 tracks. These are my fave tracks:

ALONE: My fave tune on the record. The string section is a fab addition. Nils creates a hypnotic ethereal riff on what is presumably an acoustic 12-string. Included is Nils's trademark "hey baby" phrase.

TRIP TO MARS: Uh-oh. It's got a kiddie chorus. But wait. There's a lone grown-up in the chorus. A woman with a gorgeous voice. And she semi-redeems the kiddie chorus. I like how the chorus drops down a note at the end of 2 of the lines. During the non-kiddie sections, Nils's acoustic playing is fab & gear. He also trills around on a tack piano (or a synthesizer imitating a tack piano).

HERE FOR YOU: Showcases the upper register of his voice. As well as the occasional accordion fillip. I like the chord sequence that accompanies the phrases "down we fell" and "straight to hell". I also like his bitter enunciation of the phrase "to save my life, to break my heart".

IN THE ROOM: Grounded on a fab piano riff. Nils's accordion provides a fine short segue section. The guitar break is all too brief--there's a fantastic harmonic tension between the lead guitar and the 12-string.

DON'T BE LATE FOR YESTERDAY: A fine sinister hard-rock tune with a psychedelic ambience. The gothic "don't be late" phrase sounds like it was possibly suggested by George Harrison's "please don't be late" phrase from BLUE JAY WAY. Includes 2 luscious run-thrus of a bluesy descending acoustic-guitar passage. Also includes an obligatory everything-and-the-kitchen-sink extended ending.

4.0 out of 5 stars damaged goods by nils lofgren, September 10, 2011

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Rick Cox "Rick Cox people motivator" (Phoenix, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Damaged Goods (Audio CD)

very good album full of great music...enjoy playing this as background music while others are around...good for playing while boating