Last of the Runaways

Giant

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 27, 1994)
• Original Release Date: 1989
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: A&M
• ASIN: B000002GIN
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #92,234 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. I'm a Believer

2. Innocent Days

3. I Can't Get Close Enough

4. I'll See You in My Dreams

5. No Way Out

6. Shake Me Up

7. It Takes Two

8. Stranger to Me

9. Hold Back the Night

10. Love Welcome Home

11. Big Pitch

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Giant featured the late Van Stephenson of Blackhawk on backing vocals and keyboards. The Huffs writing and playing comes through on this album and their other two albums for different labels that track the band from their California beginnings to their Nashville sessions with just about every major album over the past couple of years. Universal. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rock on!, November 17, 2002

By	"pegelyn" (Crestline, CA United States) - See all my reviews

Well! This was a treat! I remember listening to Giant back in the early 90's and had recently been thinking about the song "I'll See You In My Dreams". I bought this CD and was treated to the best thing I've heard in a long time. There were a lot of "Hair bands" out there when this album was released such as Damn Yankees or Winger who were great. Giant was right up there with them in quality and class. This album has two of the best power ballads that ever were: "I'll See You In My Dreams" and " Love Welcome Home". Besides those two, every song on this album is totally listenable, if that's even a word. The music is so well-balanced between vocals and instruments that you can actually enjoy the singing without being bowled over by overly dramatic instrumentation. Needless to say, I really like this album. I have yet to hear their other album, but I can tell you that it's a shame that Giant disappeared from the scene so quickly. However, Dann Huff is currently a dominant force in the Christian music industry adding his class and talent to a growing genre'. You'll definitely enjoy this group and this album if you give it a chance.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A REDISCOVERED BUT NOT FORGOTTEN TREASURE!, October 26, 2002

By	"wil_wildman" (Whitehorse, YT CANADA) - See all my reviews

I first bought this album back in 1990 because of the song "I'll See You In My Dreams", but I soon discovered that the whole album was a winner and that this band was about more than just this one song! GIANT was one of the few really good bands that emerged from the music scene of the late 80's and early 90's that seemed to know how to write and to perform(not to mention actually knew how to play more than three chords), and in my opinion, should have recieved more notoriety than they did. I can think of a number of groups who were more popular and sold more albums & singles than GIANT, and who knows what happened to most of them. To put it mildly, a lot of garbage music came out of this era, but the album "LAST OF THE RUNAWAYS" by GIANT isn't one of them!
As I said, I enjoy pretty much every song on the album. Among my favorites are "Innocent Days", "I'll See You In My Dreams", "I Can't Get Close Enough", "No Way Out", "It Takes Two", and "Hold Back The Night", but my absolute favorite I would say is "Love Welcome Home". I get chills everytime I hear it. How DANN HUFF & COMPANY came up with this one is one of the great mysteries of life, but it definitely sums up what all of us hope to feel when we have finally found that one great love in our lives.
To sum up, this is a vital piece of music important to anyone that is a fan of 80's & 90's Rock & Roll. I hope that the music of GIANT will find new listeners in the 21ST Century!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Huff Brothers do it again., June 2, 2005

By	Blues Hawk - See all my reviews

If Dan Huff had not been such a great producer (Wynnona/Keith Urban/Montgomery Gentry/ Trace Atkins/Jo Dee Messina) he could have been a Rock Star. His playing has earned him the CMA's Award for "Best Musician in Nashville" and this album shows why.

I read the review by this Don Scott guy and would ask him which Bill Lane he is speaking of as I know 5 myself and all of them are guitar pickers. There is the Bill Lane from the Boston area, Bill Lane from LA and NY who is an engiineer, and Bill Lane of Bleu Lane in Nashville who is daggone great guitar player. Some one told me that David Huff was slated for producing Bleu Lane's first major label release. This in no way approaches this guys comments but from where I am listening the Huff's did a dadgum great job on their own before any affilliation with Terry Thomas too.

Giant featured the late Van Stephenson of Blackhawk on backing vocals and keyboards. The Huffs writing and playing comes through on this album and their other two albums for different labels that track the band from their California beginnings to their Nashville sessions with just about every major album over the past couple of years. Again this album shows why.