Marauder

Blackfoot | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Atco
• ASIN: B000002IAF
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #47,063 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Media Type: CD
Artist: BLACKFOOT
Title: MARAUDER
Street Release Date: 04/11/1989
Domestic
Genre: ROCK/POP

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GEN. BLACKFOOT AND HIS LAST HURRAH, January 29, 2000

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cd-heaven (ROCK CITY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Marauder (Audio CD)

The last in a trio of awesome, inspiring, southern rock albums. Blackfoot proved to be one of the finest southern rock outfits ever, and to me, are a very close second behind Skynyrd. Richie Medlocke and his immortals rock out one last time, even tho the rattlesnake might have lost some of it's bite on this one, there's still plenty here to make ones ears sting. Maurader is probably a bit more commericalized than the two previous records, largely noticealbe is the radio smash Fly Away. It's a great song in all, but maybe a bit to melodic. With that aside, there is still raging fire in songs like Rattlesnake Rock N' Roller, Good Morning, and Too Hard To Handle. Blackfoot offers up some of it's best songwriting to date on the moving Diary Of A Working Man and Searchin', both excellent songs. This is a terrific album, and the last worthy classic one the original Blackfoot line-up would ever make.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Long live Blackfoot, October 25, 2001

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Dave Kelley (woodbury, mn United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Marauder (Audio CD)

All great bands seem to have a trio of albums or releases that establish their reputation. Aerosmith for example had "Get Your Wings", "Toys in the Attic" and "Rocks". For Blackfoot every fan cherishes "Strikes","Tomcattin'" and "Marauder." Marauder is the best album of the Blackfoot trio. Starting out with the head banging "Good Morning", complete with a ghoulish Rickey Medlocke laugh, and finishing with a song every one can relate to "Searchin'" this album is a solid effort by this unheralded band. The only song that is a slight let down is "Rattlesnake Rock n Roller" which tries to cash is on the sucess of "Train Train." "Diary of a Working Man" is my favorite Blackfoot song. The lyrics tell the story of a man who has lost the only thing that mattered in his life, his wife. Now the working man decides that there no option except to take his life. This is a tragic song but it grabs the listeners attention as the listener envisions this man's life flashing before his eyes as he reaches his final decision. As a group that prided itself as being a hard working band this songs shows that Rickey Medlocke and Jackson Spires realized there is more to life than work. It is hard to believe this album is twenty years old, but the songs still remain poignant. One has to chuckle when a hand clap is recorded in the background of the song "Too Hard to Handle" after the lyric "he caught a case of unlucky love."

Overall this album is the best release from one of the most under appreciated rock bands in America. Long live the Blackfoot legacy.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Blackfoot's Best !!! Diary of a Southern Hard Rock Band., April 15, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Marauder (Audio CD)

I know most avid Blackfoot fans consider the Band's earlier album "Strikes" as their best, and while that album is a classic, I think this album is even better. From the opening quitar whine of the rockin' "Good Morning" to the Shorty Medlocke intoduction of "Rattlesnake R 'n' R" this album is wall to wall great southern rock. The stand out cuts are 1)Good Morning - a hard driving ode to the business man of today (or yesterday if you weren't born until the 80's) 2)Payin' For It - a Great Hard Rock w/ Harmony ode about "ladies of the evening" [Note: this is my all time favorite Blackfoot song ] and 3) Diary of a Working Man - a haunting look at a broken man driven to suicide [Note: my son's favorite Blackfoot song]. This was the first Blackfoot album I ever bought so i'm sure that had something to do with my special affections for this one. This was probably the pinnacle of Blackfoot's career. They were very big in the UK and Europe at this time and released a live album (not released in the US) recorded during the Maurader tour. After that. around 1982, the group decided to add keyboards to the group, changing the sound from a rough, gritty southern rock sound to a more polished sound. The man they chose for that job was the keyboard "wizard" Ken Hensley of the legendary Rock Band "URIAH HEEP". While the new sound was excellent (I, for one, loved the 2 Hensley albums "SIOGO" and "VERTICAL SMILES") I think long time fans didn't take kindly to the changes, and the band slowly began to lose it's steam. So, for a great rock trip down the southern memory lane, pick up Marauder and give it a spin - I know you won't be disappointed!!