Jump on It

Montrose | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 17, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Wounded Bird Records
• ASIN: B00006JNE0
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #242,776 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Let's Go

2. What Are You Waitin' For?

3. Tuft-Sedge

4. Music Man

5. Jump on It

6. Rich Man

7. Crazy for You

8. Merry-Go-Round

Editorial Reviews

Montrose was the hard rock band lead by Ronnie Montrose. They issued numerous albums in the 70's on Warner Bros. Records. Jump On It from 1976 rose to # 118 on the Billboard charts. Wounded Bird Records. 2002.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The best "Sammy-less" Montrose, March 30, 2005

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Robert Dumas (Pawling, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jump on It (Audio CD)

A lot of fans say that this album, and other subsequent Montrose albums, were overlooked because Sammy Hagar left the band. Well, I actually lived through this period - I was 18 when "Jump on It" came out - and trust me: no one didn't buy a Montrose record because Hagar had quit the group. We hardly knew who he was then.

The debut self-titled Montrose album is considered a classic and featured Hagar on lead vocals. The band stumbled through its second release ("Paper Money") with part-time help from Sammy... and then he was gone. The point is, Sammy Hagar was not the icon back then that he is now. He was a good rock singer but when he left Montrose no one batted an eye. If subsequent Montrose albums didn't sell as well as the debut, it is simply because they just didn't have enough quality songs on them.

Bob James was Hagar's replacement... I had never heard of him at the time and haven't heard from since. Nonetheless, he was a fine vocalist -- not as rough and growl-ly as Hagar, but blessed with some nice rock 'n' roll pipes nonetheless.

"Jump On It" is the fourth Montrose album and the second one with James on vocals. And to me, it's the second best Montrose record overall -- after the initial debut album.

The CD opens with "Let's Go," a pulsating, driving rocker that is infectious and features some blistering guitar work from Mr. Montrose. The song begins with a propulsive drum beat and bass line that causes an almost Pavlov-like response in bringing you to your feet. James sings the hell of it. It's one of those perfect summer-time rock songs to play in your car at full volume with the top down! LET'S GO!

The title track is another great rocker, frentic and frantic, with the band playing as tight as they can get.

"Jump On It" also contains some very fine rock ballads. "Music Man" gives me goosebumps, even to this very day... James' plantive vocals ("Let me be your music...man") hit you squrely on the solar plexis. And "Rich Man," written by the late/great Dan Hartman, is just a perfect little piece of pop rock -- somewhat a precursor to what we would hear from Van Halen 10 years later.

Anyway, if you admire the guitar work of Ronnie Montrose, you probably already have the first album. For me, this is the next one you should add to your collection. (Unless you're still hung up on that Sammy Hagar thing.)

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Songs Listed Here Are Correct - Beyond That, Be Concerned, December 31, 2001

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Mark A. Malinowski (Toledo, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jump on It (Audio CD)

Any review of this album with less than 4 stars concerns me. The songs listed here are the correct titles, but in the review by Paul from Clearwater, Florida, he states otherwise. Why, I don't know. When ordering this item, do you not get the songs listed? Paul from Florida is certainly familiar with the original album cover! When ordering this item, do you receive something else? I guess the only way to find out for sure is by ordering it. If this is the "real" JUMP ON IT album, I recommend you do just that. It is rare and it is phenomenal. (I am ordering it today and I'll write back if indeed Paul was correct.)

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars NO HAGAR BUT GREAT GUITAR FROM MONTROSE AND CREW, September 23, 2002

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The Wedge "wedgeworld" (Santa Barbara, ca United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jump on It (Audio CD)

A great album frequently overlooked because Sammy Hagar was no longer in the band. However this album is a good rock album from Montrose and finally available as a domestic print cd. Also now available are WB presents and Open Fire, both great albums.