Four Wheel Drive

Bachman Turner Overdrive | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 3, 1989)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B000001FL8
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #67,350 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of, if not THE BEST BTO album..., June 2, 2002

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Steverino (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Four Wheel Drive (Audio CD)

Whatever it is that you read negatively about this album, blow it off... This is HARD CRUNCHING, HARD DRIVING music from a band who never got the recognition they deserved. With so much fluff coming out on the radio in the early 70's, these guys kicked MAJOR A**. C.F. Turner's vocals are more preferred than Randy Bachman's, but Randy's were O.K. too. "She's A Devil" and "Lowland Fling" are my faves on this album. This music just can't be duplicated today. Part of the reason they didn't get the respect is that they were overshadowed by bands like Zeppelin and Floyd at the time, and never had a chance to shine.

They had the perfect combination of talent and naivete that makes for a powerful musical experience. Their not being "full of themselves" was most certainly what made them shine.

My hat's off to you guys that were Bachman Turner Overdrive !

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BTO at their best, June 28, 2001

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Steven (Littleton, Co United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Four Wheel Drive (Audio CD)

Not Fragile, Four Wheel Drive, and Head ON were three albums that shaped my musical life. Hard Rockin', Straight Foward, Heavy duty Rock, with less screeching that heavy metal. Rock the way it should be.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very underrated album, December 10, 2002

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Mark R. Van Wagenen "viagracat" (Elgin, Illinois USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Four Wheel Drive (Audio CD)

Yes, I'm yet another 40-something guy who still thinks BTO rocked, well, most of the time anyway. Forget about the kids who diss the band (and anything '70s) because of stinkers like "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" heard on lame oldies stations. If you're one of those people, dig a little deeper into this band's music and you may lighten up a bit. They were actually quite good overall. "Four Wheel Drive", which I think was BTO's second-best album, borrows more than a little bit from their first self-titled album, which was their best. They both have good, staight-ahead, blue-collar-type rock, complete with great guitar riffs, C F Turner's snarling vocals (Randy Bachman does handle some of the numbers, with less satisfying results), and are without the piffle seen on the two intervening albums; in other words, sell-out tunes like "Takin' Care of Business" and "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" are absent. "Four Wheel Drive"s best tracks are the title track, "She's Keepin Time", "Quick Change Artist" and for something a little different, "Lowland Fling". Nothing fancy here, but that's OK. You want BTO, start with this one and the first album.