Iceberg/Kamikaze [Original recording remastered, Import]

Deke Leonard | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 19, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Original recording remastered, Import
• Label: Bgo - Beat Goes on
• ASIN: B0000071KA
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #148,133 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Razor Blade and Rattlesnake

2. I Just Can't Win

3. Lisa

4. Nothing Is Happening

5. Looking for a Man

6. A Hard Way to Live

7. Broken Ovation

8. Jesse

9. Ten Thousand Takers

10. The Ghost of a Musket Flat

See all 15 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Cool Summer Rain

2. Jayhawk Special

3. Sharpened Claws

4. Taking the Easy Way Out

5. The Black Gates of Death

6. Stacia

7. Broken Glass and Limejuice

8. April the Third

9. Louisiana Hoedown

10. In Search of Sarah and Twenty-Six Horses

See all 12 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a great recording. Don't pass this one by!, September 27, 2003

By 

Robin Reese "dr_awkward" (Rochester, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Iceberg/Kamikaze (Audio CD)

I just finished quite a scathing review for Man's "The Welsh Connection", which I ordered with this one. Unlike that one, this CD has had great care in preparing the recording for CD release. If you like the Man band, do not pass up these two solo albums by Deke Leonard. Recorded when (I think) Man was at their peak. Great writing & tight playing. Even if you've never heard of this guy, I bet you'll like it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Two great albums. It doesn't get any better than this., January 22, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Iceberg/Kamikaze (Audio CD)

This 2 cd compilation of Deke's first two solo albums truly contains some of the finest music ever recorded! I know that sounds a bit over stated, but over the last 25 years or so since I first bought these albums on vinyl I find myself returning to these albums again and again. The songs are concise little slices of life. I think I can safely say that there is not a second wasted. The music jumps out and grabs you by the throat right from the start and doesn't let go. Deke's guitar playing shimmers, shines and dances around the songs. His solos are short and to the point, not a wasted note to be heard. His lyrics are excellent throught the 2 disks. It takes a real gift to write lyrics like those in "Jesse", "Nothing Is Happening", "Broken Glass And Limejuice" and "April The Third".

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Happy now?, July 6, 2004

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lowell duluth "lowell duluth" (Manchester, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Iceberg/Kamikaze (Audio CD)

Deke Leonard is as much a national treasure (if I may call a Welshman `national`) as Ian Dury, Richard Thompson or Ronnie Lane. The tracks Hard Way to Live & I Just Can`t Win are rock classics of their kind.
What makes Deke such a vital force in rock is his driving intensity tempered with the irreverent wit always shown by the Man band and its various members and offshoots. He can sing like a man possessed, but he (and Man) are always melodic, witty and brilliant musicians.
Deke should have been more than merely a contender. Hell, he is! Why, the man`s a big hunk o` rock!
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