Not Shy

Walter Egan

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 23, 1993)
• Original Release Date: 1978
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Razor & Tie
• ASIN: B000002Z7W
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #226,661 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More Than a One Hit Wonder, October 27, 2000

By	Melvin Ah Ching (Honolulu Hawaii) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

OK. Everyone knows Walter Egan for his hit "Magnet & Steel." Indeed it is a great song. You'll be treated to some great pop-rock stuff here. Besides the hit, tracks that should have been hits are also included: "The Blonde in the Blue T-Bird" is one of my favorites and for some reason it makes me think of Suzanne Summers in the (white) T-Bird from the movie "American Graffitti." The track "Hot Summer Nights" was probably the next single from this album, but guess what? A group called "Night" released it and that version became the hit.

Now that this is on CD, Walter's "Fundamental Roll" and "Hi-Fi" should also be issued.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A desert island disk!!!, October 6, 2000

By	Scott Smith (Olathe, KS United States) - See all my reviews

I first bought this album back in the 70's and became an instant fan! The "Not Shy" album rates as my favorite album of all time! Every song is a winner, not just two or three songs. They are timeless, uplifting, bouncy and harmonic. Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks helped produce this album and while their influence shows, Walter's talents help push this album beyond just a Fleetwood Mac clone. Put this cd into your car's cd player and you will be singing along to "Blonde in the Blue T-Bird" and "Finally Found a Girlfriend."

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Magnet & Steel" was just the tip of the iceberg here..., July 31, 2004

By	T. LeBaron "Todd LeBaron" (NH) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Walter Egan on his solo projects was pure California sunshine, with a bit of well-utilized help from his friends Lindsey Buckingham & Stevie Nicks, so some of the material tends to sound close to Fleetwood Mac in overall style. Not that there's anything wrong with that! This is some of the finest stuff from that era and really has held up well over the years. Do yourself a favor: if you purchase this album, you owe it to yourself to hunt down his first, "Fundamental Roll". Together these two albums are excellent, fun to listen to and totally captivating from start to finish. If all you think of when you hear the name Walter Egan is "Magnet & Steel", you're really cheating yourself. Songs like "The Blonde in the Blue T-Bird", "Hot Summer Nights" (and his version far outshines the hit single version by Night a year or two later, HIS is the one that should have been screaming out of billions of radios) and from the earlier album, "Only the Lucky", "Tunnel O' Love" and "Yes I Guess I Am" are just proof that there needs to be more justice on the charts and on the air. In a more perfect world, every one of these songs would be huge hits. There are unsung heroes apart from their one huge solo hit single...Jay Ferguson is one...Walter Egan is definitely another. Buy this album, You deserve it.