Oceanliner

Passport | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 19, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 1980
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Wounded Bird Records
• ASIN: B00005LN6I
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #333,333 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Departure

2. Allegory

3. Ancient Saga

4. Oceanliner

5. Rub-A-Dub

6. Uptown Rendezvous

7. Bassride

8. Scope

9. Seaside

Editorial Reviews

This 1980 album charted for Doldinger and co., and included the tracks Departure; Allegory; Ancient Saga; Oceanliner; Rub-A-Dub; Uptown Rendezvous; Bassride; Scope , and Seaside .

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Right Up There With "Sky Blue"!, June 26, 2003

By 

Andre' S Grindle "Funk Meister" (Bangor,ME.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Oceanliner (Audio CD)

It's the 1980's and Passport have something to say.
The opening "Departure" gets the ball rolling with a super dance number while "Allegory" tones things down a bit.Most notable are
the exciting tital song,the major-key and dancable "Rub-A-Dub"
and "Seaside" but one shock is the all-to-brief and somewhat out
of place "Scope",a two and a quarter-minute blast back to acoustic jazz that demonstrated the musicians roots as well as their place in the larger musical spectrum.This is not Passports
greatest later album-that would be "Man In The Mirror" (see my
review",but it's a very close second and although musically
dissimilar in many ways should be purchased alongside that and
the also noteworthy "Earthborn" from '82.Breathtaking!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Ouch, a Passport lemon!, March 20, 2002

By 

Oliver Towne (CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oceanliner (Audio CD)

I dig much of what Doldinger and his various Passport bands have done. (See my review of Passport To Paradise.) Unfortunately, this album is not one such case. Apparently, either Klaus or Atlantic decided to try to cash in on the disco craze with a bunch of "four-on-the-floor" drum beats, predictable major key melodies, and--oh, yes--vocoderized singing. But like most such attempts by jazz and/or fusion artists, the results were lame. (I knew there was a reason I got into new wave and punk around that time.) Having recently rediscovered my fondness for early Passport, and not having any reviews to go by, I took a chance on "Oceanliner." Don't you make the same mistake.

5.0 out of 5 stars One of their best, December 19, 2010

By 

Gregory P. Alford "Senior Consultant" (Chicago Suburbs) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Oceanliner (Audio CD)

I am a fan. So far, there is not a single Passport album I have not enjoyed. I hope you will, too.