Going for Broke

Eddy Grant | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B00000DS0V
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #261,950 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Eddy Grant's best work., September 14, 2003

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Justo Roteta (Los Angeles, California United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Going for Broke (Audio CD)

This 1984 release was Eddy's best project and included the very popular hit "Romancing The Stone" which made it onto the dance music, rock, R&B and reggae charts simultaneously. This was also his most prolific project with songs like "Ire Harry", "Rock You Good" and "Come On Let Me Love You" serving as fine examples of Eddy's eclectic musicianship and artistry.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Caribbean mellow classic, February 17, 2005

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Gary Selikow (Great Kush) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Going for Broke (Audio CD)

In 1984, Eddy Grant, already a Reggae super-star, confounded critics who thought his career was over with this funky reggae album, adding a distinctly mid-80's favour to the album, without taking way from it's fundamental reggae.

The album begins with Romancing The Stone, the soundtrack title for the adventure movie starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner, setting an exciting mood.

It go's on to the funky rap-reggae Boys In The Street, the typical Grant reggae-rocker Till I Can't Take Love No More, the moody Blue Wave and several other great hits like the catchy Only Heaven Knows , the fast-paced Political Bassa and the funky and fun Ire Harry .

A fantastic Caribbean mellow classic.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Almost as Good as Killer..., July 14, 2004

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Armando M. Mesa (Chandler, AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Going for Broke (Audio CD)

Eddy Grant made a memorable mark with the tune Electric Avenue in the early 80's (who can forget the heavy back beat synthesized sound).The next to follow was this little soundtrack ditty Romancing The Stone from the film by the same title.Infectious, memorable, highly enjoyable, and maybe overplayed during it's release in 1984... Grant has always been misunderstood as an artist by some critics who expected him to produce music strictly relating to his Jamaican roots or just plain expected his music to be pure Reggae such as Bob Marley's. Instead, Grant utilized some of the latest music/sound technology of the time and melded it with instant likeable pop, funk, a hint of R&B, and , oh yeah, some of the Jamaican-Reggae influences. This experimentation or hybrid of different styles is what made Grant the exception or stand out from the rest of mainstream Reggae and Jamaican rhythms. This is what led him to really hit different marks at the same time and crossover to several popular music formats or genres...While he may not have had one of the "best" singing voices, it was his extremely unique vocal characteristic that made him sound like no other. Some singers may not have the strongest or most flexible cords but they possess that something special no other artist does. To this day I have yet to hear any other male vocalist to have that distinguishable rough and raw edge like Grant's ! The rest of the tracks don't quite pop out like Romancing The Stone but rather have their own distinctive styles and are nevertheless very enjoyable and loaded with originality. I personally enjoyed and favored his previous release Killer On The Rampage which had so many excellent tracks (including Electric Avenue) over this release Going For Broke. Going For Broke is a good album, a very good one ideed...but it's not as highly recommended as Killer On The Rampage.