Elan

Firefall | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 15, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B0000033IH
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #393,336 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Released in '78, this album gave the group three more hits: Headed for a Fall; Goodbye, I Love You , and the #11 hit Strange Way . --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hello, Camp Curry !!!, August 16, 2006

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PHILIP S WOLF (SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CA. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Elan (Audio CD)

Every summer night at 9PM, the firefall was tossed over the huge cliff at Glacier Point, in a certain National Park in California. But, the last summer they did this was 1969... but somebody in this band must have seen it because they named this great group after that event.
"Elan" was the third release by Firefall and by this time they were on AM Radio with the hits "You Are The Woman", "Cinderella" & "Just Remember I Love You". FM Radio found them cool enough with "So Long" & "Mexico".
The band always had an ying / yang thing goin' on between the Ballads of Rick Roberts that earned them big sales and radio airplay and the harder rocking edge of the songs of Larry Burnett that recieved more critical aclaim and audience approval.
The big hit here is "Strange Way" that reached #11 on the pop charts and the band was riding high with all the excess that was afforded a 70's Rock Band. "Elan" was this band's most sucessful project and went platinum.
Along with "Strange Way" , Rick does his ballad thing on "Count Your Blessings", "Anymore","Goodbye I Love You" & "Sweet Ann", he teams with Jock Bartley to write "Sweet and Sour" which "surprise" became another hit single.
Larry Burnett has his moments here with "Wrong Side of Town","Get You Back", and does his own ballad with "Baby".
"Winds of Change" is a Bluesy Rock Song written by Rick but sung by Larry and it is the final song from the original record. But on this Re-issue there are three "Bonus" tracks that were recorded for "Elan" but space limitations kept them unreleased all these years. "Headed For A Fall" is here in a sparse acoustic arrangement and this one had a major overhaul before it's offical release on the LP " Undertow". The other two are from Larry and they are good, the bluesy "New Man" and the edgy tale of an assassin "Sharpshootin' at the Senator" that caused a riff with their Record Company who would not release it.
"Elan" along with "Luna Sea" are the best works from this great band and in a couple of years things would start to fall apart but right here Firefall was indeed on top of their game and producing great work... HIGHLY RECOMMENDED !!!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It's All Good, December 5, 2004

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Stewart Parnell (Ballina, New South Wales Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Elan (Audio CD)

I'm a huge fan of this band as can be seen by my brief reviews of their work, but great songs, close harmonies and quality instrumental work will do it for me every time. Strange Way, Sweet and Sour and Goodbye, I Love You, are three of the best tracks, and once again if you find the Rhino re-issue, you get three bonus tracks and some insightful liner notes.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Track Listing, March 13, 2009

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Erik De Jonge - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Elan (Vinyl Bound)

Track Listings
Side One
1. Strange Way
2. Sweet and Sour
3. Wrong Side of Town
4. Count Your Blessings
5. Get You Back
Side Two
1. Anymore
2. Baby
3. Goodbye, I Love You
4. Sweet Ann
5. Winds of Change