Foolish Pleasures [Import]

Heartsfield | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 11, 2000)
• Original Release Date: 1975
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Bedrock Records
• ASIN: B00000JCN5
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #291,563 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. As I Look into the Fire

2. Magic Mood

3. Nashville

4. Drummer Boy

5. Rockin' Chair

6. Needing Her

7. Honest Junkie

8. Another Man Down

Editorial Reviews

Heartsfield's third album was the first recorded in San Fransico when they moved there from Chicago. The name came from the Kentucky Derby winner that year, so the boys went to track to do some photo shootin' for the artwork on the LP jacket.

Foolish Pleasures sure fit the crazy life style they were goin' through at the time. Constantly touring, the road created the backdrop to indulge in a huge variety of pleasures, many of which could have fallen into the category of foolish.

The music took a slight turn to more variety in styles on this album. With "Another Man Down," they broke their record for song length (about 11 minutes), added a sax solo by sound mixing engineer Tom Geving, and delivered a harder edge.

"Magic Mood" also stretched out with a more ethereal approach and Phil won the sustain award for the longest sustaining guitar note on a Heartsfield record. "Honest Junkie" was an extreme boogie woogie with some harmonica added and, of all things, some swing harmonies.

With "As I Look Into The Fire," kind of a country/island thing, the boys were again going to some new places. But you can't take the country rock out of the boys for too long so with "Nashville," "Rockin' Chair," "Drummer Boy," and "Needing Her," that heritage was coming on strong. Banjo, fiddle, pedal steel and sweet harmonies flowed like warm honey on a buttermilk biscuit.

The Signature Series Edition of Foolish Pleasures brings all eight original tracks to CD, and features rarely seen photography of the band inside the album booklet. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sounds Good - Makes One Happy, February 14, 2002

By 

Robert Baldacci (Roanoke, Virginia United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Foolish Pleasures (Audio CD)

I've always loved this album and it's one of the ones I've chose to upgrade from vinyl. In addition, I've heard that 8-track is obsolete. So let me just say that I'm sure you will enjoy this music. "As I Look..." is good. "Magic Mood" is Oh So Sweet. Any Johnny Reb will love "Rockin' Chair." "Needing Her" is also sweet (read... the girls will love it). "Honest Junkie" rocks with a message and the message is reprised with the powerful guitar- horn blowin- super bass line- 10min 22sec epic "Another Man Down." And I'm a prog-rock fan so what's that about? I'll say this, listen to it, love it, trust me I'm yours... and so should Heartsfield be.