Nils Lofgren

Nils Lofgren | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Label: Rykodisc
• ASIN: B0000009MX
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #259,101 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Be Good Tonight

2. Back It Up

3. One More Saturday Night

4. If I Say It, It's So

5. I Don't Want to Know

6. Keith Don't Go (Ode to the Glimmer Twin)

7. Can't Buy a Break

8. Duty

9. The Sun Hasn't Set on This Boy Yet

10. Rock and Roll Crook

11. Two by Two

12. Goin' Back

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Why Nils is the guitar player's guitar player, April 7, 2002

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James M Foley (Riverdale, Nilsland United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nils Lofgren (Audio CD)

People say the 70's were bad for music except for the emergence of new wave and punk. With disco at its peak(?) it was a tough time for rock and roll. Then there was Nils. His first solo album after Grin and work with other artists, this album showed the amazing talent that still stuns live audiences around the world. From this session arose the now legendary Back It Up!! authorized bootleg album, the only promo I have seen that said not for sale or DISTRIBUTION. In other words you knew you were blessed to get it or hear it. It was radio station only at the time. Nils shows his wide range of styles and his keen sense of emotion expressed through his ax. Rolling Stone reviewed this work at 4.5 of 5 stars when it came out and called it Suburban rock because it expressed the angst and lives of middle class kids. Piano work on "The Sun Has Not Set (on this boy yet)" and Going Back are still very inspirational. "I Dont want to know", Duty, One More Saturday Night,Two by Two and "If I say it its so" show the ups and downs of relationships.The rockers Back it up and Keith Dont Go are now legendary. Performing back flips while playing guitar seems unnecessary but that is what makes Nils the consummate showman. Bruce Springstein, Neil Young and Ringo Starr have their pick of guitarists to front their bands but they prefer Nils. If I were only allowed to own one commercial CD for the rest of my life, this is it.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars brilliant artist, October 7, 1999

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eyal ([e-mail]) (israel) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nils Lofgren (Audio CD)

nils ,along with steve van zendt,is one of the best guitarist that the music business has ever seen. very very underrated in the u.s which is unfortunate. one of best rock n rollers .thanks to nils it is even a greater experience to see and listen to the boss.love you nils!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great record by a great artist!, April 20, 2005

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Vince Whirlwind (Chatham, NJ USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Nils Lofgren (Audio CD)

This 1975 debut album by Nils Lofgren as a solo artist (formerly a member of Grin) is one of my favorites and contains great singing and even better playing. The band featured ace drummer Aynsley Dunbar, whose tasteful and solid playing laid a bedrock that Nils built some great songs on top of. "If I Say It's So," "Rock 'n' Roll Crook" and "I Don't Wanna Know" are wonderful, and Nils version of Carole King's "Goin' Back" is one of the best covers I've ever heard. The guitar and vocals on "Two By Two" are haunting. The 1976 follow-up album, "Cry Tough" contained some left over tracks from these sessions, like "Incidentally, It's Over," as well as newer tunes like the title track and "It's Not A Crime," which featured the exceptional talents of Al Kooper, Chuck Rainey, and Jim Gordon.
I WANT "CRY TOUGH" ON CD! AND I WANT IT NOW!