Everyone Loves the Pilot (Except the Crew)

Jon Astley | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Atlantic / Wea
• ASIN: B000008D02
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #99,256 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

SONGS INCLUDE : 1 Jane's Getting Serious 4:20 / 2 Lipservice 6:20 / 3 Target Practise 4:34 / 4 Suffering Fools 5:52 / 5 The Animal 4:30 / 6 Jumping In The Deep End 4:10 / 7 Better Never Then Late 4:22 / 8 I Want To Dance 4:47 /9 Disclaimer 1:32 / 10 The Emperor 3:39

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Love the pilot!, July 2, 2004

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James Simon (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Everyone Loves the Pilot (Except the Crew) (Audio CD)

This is a much forgotten album from the 80's. Astley, who is better known as a producer who remastered all the albums for the Who, put out this terrific catchy album full of paraniod feelings of love and angst. "The Emperor" and "Better Never Than Late" shows his fear written with a great sense of humor. Give it a listen and pick up this gem.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Overlooked, but still a little gem, September 27, 2005

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NYC? Yep, NYC "movie and music fan" (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Everyone Loves the Pilot (Except the Crew) (Audio CD)

Everyone knows about Astley's skill as a producer, but his personal music went largely overlooked. I heard "Jane's getting serious" on alternative rock stations, and it had a bit of airplay, but the rest of the album went ignored. Big mistake. He writes modestly intelligent rock, and has a way with a catchy bit of rhythm guitar and keyboards. The beats are always just a bit different than what you would expect, and are very hypnotic. Worth a listen... There are a few cuts that are marginal, but "Jane", and "Target Practise" and "Better Never than Late" are good tunes. "Jane" is particularly good, and deserved the airplay it got.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love it!, January 16, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Everyone Loves the Pilot (Except the Crew) (Audio CD)

I love all the songs on this album. Yes, I am an 80's brat. Yes, I own the vinyl. I was thrilled to update my album to the CD. It is mellow, 80's sounding, and new wave.