Native Son

Loggins & Messina | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 1, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sbme Special Mkts.
• ASIN: B0012GN2GU
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #257,908 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Sweet Marie

2. Pretty Princess

3. My Lady, My Love

4. When I Was a Child

5. Wasting Our Time

6. Peacemaker

7. It's Alright

8. Boogie Man

9. Fox Fire

10. Native Son

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars The Right Time For This Duo To Go Their Separate Ways, March 4, 2003

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Eric R. Last "misterrockobscurities" (San Bruno, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Native Sons (Audio CD)

Over the course of their 5 years together, Loggins and Messina released 5 albums of original studio material. The last of these, "Native Sons", was by far the worst. And as much as I loved the first four, listening to this lackluster album makes me think it really was time for these guys to go their separate ways. Though it's not easy to say exactly what is wrong with this album, there are some clear differences from the earlier material. For one thing, there are some personnel changes. Long time collaborators Al Garth (violin, horns) and Michael Omartian (keyboards) are gone. The resulting overall sound is much more lite-rock/pop. The country influences have been downplayed, the band seldom jams, the playing is almost never "hot", and Jimmy Messina's excellent guitar work is barely in evidence. Instead, we get more flute, less sax, more string orchestration. The vocal sound leans more heavily on hired-gun harmonizers. In fact, Messina doesn't sing at all on most of Loggins' songs. To me, it seems that the songwriting doesn't hold up as well, either, although perhaps it is the arrangements that make me feel this way, rather than the songs themselves. A lot of the changes in the sound would later be further amplified on Kenny Loggins' early solo albums, so if you like those a lot you'll probably like this album more than I do. But if, like me, you find Loggins as a solo artist less appealing than Loggins & Messina, then you may very well be better off passing on this one.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Lady my Love, April 4, 2009

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John Larrick (Olathe Kansas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Native Son (Audio CD)

I bought this album because of the single "My lady My love". I remember when I first heard it and thought it was so special that I had to have it. I thought the instrumentation was excellent and the lyrics really captured a feeling that I had for a girl I was dating. As with much of the music I listened to at the time it was very uplifting and positive.
This song I felt was the best of L&M and I listened to it repeatedly. I don't really know what genre it is but it had a feeling similar to another of my favorites at the time, " Smoke of a distant fire" by the Sanford Towsand band. These songs bring back such great memories and make me wonder why most of the pop music today is dominated negative lyrics and no musicality. Where has all the uplifting, positive, hopefull music gone??

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not there best, but......., September 23, 2006

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P. Christmas (Stow MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Native Sons (Audio CD)

I have most if not all of Loggins and Messina's work. Together, I feel they did their best work. This album was not a chart topper but has some of the best stuff they ever did. Pretty Princess puts chills up my spine everytime I hear the horns in it. I have had this record for years and am finally upgrading to a CD. If you don't have this album and are a fan, you should buy it. You will be very happy you did.