Girls to Chat & Boys to Bounce

Foghat | Format: Vinyl

Product Details

• Vinyl
• Original Release Date: 1981
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Bearsville
• Run Time: 39 minutes
• ASIN: B0017JADNW
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #337,169 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

SIDE ONE: Second Childhood... Wide Boy... Let Me Get Close to You...Weekend Driver....SIDE TWO: Live Now, Pay Later...Delayed Reaction....Sing About Love...Love Zone...(Review by Vincent Jeffries) By the time Girls to Chat & Boys to Bounce hit record stores in 1981, it had been ten years since Foghat had released their first American single "I Just Want to Make Love to You," and even though the veteran London blues/boogie rock outfit had a rather long list of commercial accomplishments, the wavering quality and focus of their music in the late '70s had shaken the band's core fan base and slight critical appeal. The stomp and the swagger were replaced by glitter and global tours, rust turned to chrome, howlin' blues to raunch and roll. So bandleader Lonesome Dave Peverett continued an experiment he had tentatively begun a year earlier on Tight Shoes: drawing on new musical influences from the burgeoning punk and new wave scene in and around London. While not exactly a new wave recording, certain tracks on the Bearsville release, especially the ode to London pub thuggery "Wide Boys," are decidedly minimal, modern, and just plain un-bluesy. In general, the arrangements on the record are sparse, the songs and solos are short, and the sound is tighter throughout - with tracks like "Let Me Get Close to You," "Wide Boys," and "Delayed Reaction" being the best examples of the bizarre commingling of a Elvis Costello influence with Foghat's reflexive blues sensibilities. An interesting effort, Girls to Chat & Boys to Bounce might actually captivate extremely open-minded new wave fans and Foghat completists.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars r and r outlaws, July 19, 2006

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Terry Knighton "TERRY - THE -K" (ROCKY FACE GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Girls to Chat & Boys to Bounce (Audio CD)

THIS IS A GOOD ALBUM BY ALL STANDARDS HOWEVER IT IS BY NO MEANS THEIR BEST - THAT SPOT IS SOLIDLY TAKEN BY THEIR DEBUT ALBUM AND IS A MEASURE THAT IS STILL HARD TO SURPASS.I CAME UPON THIS ALBUM WITH OUT HAVING ANY KNOWLEDGE IT EVEN EXSISTED -I FOUND IT ON CASSETTE AND WILL NO DOUBT BE ADDING THIS TO MY COLLECTION OF CD'S -FOGHAT DESERVES A PLACE IN THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND LONESOME DAVE DESERVES A PLACE AND I AM ALMOST POSITIVE A SEAT OF HONOR IN ROCK AND ROLL HEAVEN-RIP BROTHER-

3.0 out of 5 stars middlin' Foghat album, March 4, 2011

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tim-bobby (Austin, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Girls to Chat & Boys to Bounce (Audio CD)

This is a fun album, but not as good as some of their classics (Energized, Night Shift, Stone Blue). This is the first album they recorded with their original guitarist Rod Price. The guitarist on this album is Erik Cartwright and he has a different style than Rod Price. I think Rod was quite the master of slide guitar and although Cartwright is decent enough,he isn't in the same league as Price.

This is one of those transition albums - from rock more towards pop. There came in time in Foghat's career when their (what we now call) classic rock sound wasn't selling as much and this was one of the band's attempts at keeping up with the times and going a little more mainstream. It doesn't have that same driving, heavy beat of, say, Night Shift. It's still a good album, though it's upbeat, energetic, and fun but not as seriously rock 'n' roll as some of their previous albums.

"Live now, Pay Later" is a funny song, but a little monotonous sounding. My favorite tracks are probably "Second Childhood" and "Weekend Driver". "Sing about Love" is a fun one but a little odd. It's supposed to sound "live" with a crowd in the background, etc. but if you listen to he playing style, etc. it is clearly a studio track made to have some of the feel of a live track.

4.0 out of 5 stars new wavish and solid rock n roller., February 14, 2011

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Michael P. Dobey (colorado springs) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Girls to Chat & Boys to Bounce (Audio CD)

this one is better than 'tight shoes' it's less a boogie rocker though than their classic period from 72-79. However songs like 'live now pay later' are pretty darn good rock and roll songs. I wouldn't give 'zig zap walk' or 'tight shoes' this high of a rating because this one is just better than those. The band basically only did three cds in the 80's before breaking up, they returned a decade later though with the original band. But this one isn't too shabby, I think 70's fh fans should not be too unhappy with this one although it's not up to that level overall.