Girls With Guns

Tommy Shaw | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 20, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: American Beat
• ASIN: B000XCZD2K
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #160,110 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Girls With Guns

2. Come in and Explain

3. Lonely School

4. Heads Up

5. Kiss Me, Hello [Version]

6. Fading Away

7. Little Girl World

8. Outside in the Rain [Version]

9. Free to Love You

10. The Race Is On

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Surprising solo debut for a terrific musician, December 24, 2007

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J. HARMON (Houston, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Girls With Guns (Audio CD)

Tommy Shaw was in the throes of anger, frustration and substance abuse when he left the band STYX to pursue a solo career. GIRLS WITH GUNS was his moderately successful solo debut.

It has been noted in interviews that some of the songs contained within were rejected by the band for previous STYX releases but Tommy recorded them (and others) to create a sometimes eclectic, often amazing and always wonderful album.

From the jaunty tribute to independent women title track, through the nearly overly-sweet LITTLE GIRL WORLD, through the haunting power ballad of emotional exploration KISS ME HELLO, to the spirited RACE IS ON, Tommy shows his penchant for diversity within this album, while holding on to remnants of the STYX sound that propelled his rise to stardom.

FREE TO LOVE YOU, OUTSIDE IN THE RAIN and LONELY SCHOOL all meld into a wonderful album that emotionally ebbs and flows to take the listener for a roller coaster ride of phonic delight, while holding court with subtle autobiographical self-analysis - "I left the band, steadied my hand and learned a trade" - woven throughout the songs.

While my favorite album, by my favorite musician is his sophomore release WHAT IF, GIRLS WITH GUNS is unquestionably tied for my second favorite album of all time, along with 7 DEADLY ZENS.

If you are a fan of emotionally driven, introspective songs with more than a hint of STYX style, then GIRLS WITH GUNS is a must have for your musical collection. As much, people who disliked STYX and listened to this album gave it remarkably positive reviews. It is true rock and roll.

Viva la Tommy Shaw.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tommy Shaw "Girls With Guns", December 22, 2007

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L. K. Schmidt (Pittsburgh, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Girls With Guns (Audio CD)

Excellent CD!!! Tommy's solo work is definitely cherished. Favorite song off of the CD is "Kiss Me Hello".

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Too bad this is so hard to find......great material from Tommy, July 11, 2005

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Pink Floyd06 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Girls With Guns (Audio CD)

I have been recently transfering all my CD collection onto my PC, and finally got to the "S"'s, where of course I ran across my "Girls with guns" CD. From seeing what the recent prices for this CD have been, it may pain some of you to hear that I bought my copy at a used CD store back in "88" or "89", for a whopping .99 cents. Any way, this is a very solid solo effort from Tommy. Back in 1984, when I first heard "Girls with guns", I ran out and bought it in cassette right away. Along with "Girls with guns", "Heads up", and "Outside in the rain", these three songs alone make it more than worth owning. Those three songs would MAKE any Styx album a stand out (much as "Crystal Ball" did for the album of the same name, and "Renegade", and "Blue Collar Man" did for "Pieces of Eight). I don't know if this CD was ever re-issued along the way, but my A+M copy still sounds great even by today's standards.

On a side note, I also remember seeing Tommy on MTV back in 1984 talking about the GWG's video. He said they originally made a video with Tommy and his band jumping up and down and bouncing around all over the place. He said after he'd wathced it, he felt sick about it and so they re-shot the video with the black and white, filmed in one take with no breaks in the video, version. Yes, I do believe this is Tommy's most solid solo effort, and still feels great to listen to 21 years later.