Right Back at Ya

Michael Stanley, Michael Stanley Band | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 26, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Razor & Tie
• ASIN: B000002Z6Z
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #101,829 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Rosewood Bitters

2. Let's Get the Show on the Road

3. One Good Reason

4. Strike up the Band

5. Midwest Midnight

6. Nothing's Gonna Change My Mind

7. Why Should Love Be This Way

8. We're Not Strangers Anymore

9. Lover

10. He Can't Love You

11. In the Heartland

12. Somewhere in the Night

13. Falling in Love Again

14. In Between the Lines

15. Someone Like You

16. My Town

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great "Best Of" CD By A Phenomenal Band!!!, July 23, 2004

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Jukebox Graduate "gleep28" (Parma, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Right Back at Ya (Audio CD)

This was the first compilation CD of reissued Michael Stanley Band material. At the time, it was wholeheartedly welcomed as most of us thought that we'd NEVER see the entire MSB catalogue on CD. But thanks to Razor & Tie, eventually the whole MSB catalogue was reissued on CD.

That being said, this is a great CD for new fans of MSB or for those looking for a MSB "Best Of" CD. Sound quality is great, and the song selection, for the most part, is impeccable.

A "More Of The Best Of" MSB disc followed this release, entitled "Misery Loves Company, More Of The Best 1975 - 1983".

here's a review of the songs on this cd:

1. Rosewood Bitters - The first song on the first side of the first Michael Stanley album. Nice early version recorded back in 1973.

2. Let's Get the Show on the Road - Taken from the second Michael Stanley album, Friends & Legends. Eventually evolved into a MONSTER live song (check out the "Stage Pass" album!!!).

3. One Good Reason - From Ladies Choice (1976). A nice version, but I prefer the live version found on "Stage Pass".

4. Strike up the Band- From Ladies Choice (1976). A nice version, but I prefer the live version found on "Stage Pass". Evolved into a show-closing rocking encore song.

5. Midwest Midnight - Taken From "Stage Pass". Michael calls this the most honest songs he's written. I'd have to agree.

6. Nothing's Gonna Change My Mind - Also from "Stage Pass". Not much to say except that is a BEAUTIFUL song.

7. Why Should Love Be This Way - From "Cabin Fever" - A nice ballad that should've been a hit. It wasn't.

8. We're Not Strangers Anymore - From "Greatest Hints", a joke that seemed to pass by most people. A moving rocker.

9. Lover - From the "Heartland album. A perennial favorite. Great to hear live with the crowd singing the "Thank God for the man who put the white lines on the highway" lyric.

10. He Can't Love You - Also from the "Heartland album. This Kevin Raleigh song brought much attention to MSB. A GREAT video for this song was filmed in and around Cleveland. A radio staple.

11. In the Heartland - Oddly not from the "Heartland" album, but the "North Coast" album. This song flat out rocks. Another should've been a hit.

12. Somewhere in the Night - From the "North Coast" album. A great song that gets even better live.

13. Falling in Love Again - A heartfelt love song from the "North Coast album. Why was this song NOT a hit?

14. In Between the Lines - A blazing rocker from the "MSB album.

15. Someone Like You - From the "You Can't Fight Fashion" album. Simply put, NOT one of my favorites. A song that starts nowhere and then takes forever to get there.

16. My Town - From the "You Can't Fight Fashion" album. A great rock song, about MY Town, and likely yours as well. This MSB song appears on more compilation CDs than any other.

This is a GREAT place to start your MSB CD collection. After you fall in love with these songs you can start filling in the missing pieces with the CDs reissues of each MSB album.

Buy this, put it in your car stereo, go riding, and CRANK IT UP!!!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Music!!!, December 16, 2005

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Jordanny (Las Vegas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Right Back at Ya (Audio CD)

Although non-inclusive, this is a very good album. If you were in NE Ohio in the 70's or 80's, you'll remember EVERY one of these songs. If not, you'll enjoy this anyway. Without question, Michael Stanley was the top local ( and, midwestern regional) band during that period. That record companies turned such a blind eye, is crazy. Rolling Stone magazine, in their History of Rock, called them them, in essence, the 'best american band that never became huge stars'. Listen, and you may well wonder, too.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MSB - The most unknown GREAT band in America?, July 21, 2001

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Justin A. Dublikar (Canton, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Right Back at Ya (Audio CD)

This is a great album for any fans looking for a great rock band from the heartland of America. But, I suggest checking out other great MSB albums too...

Stagepass: to hear the early LIVE sound that made MSB so great in concert

Heartland

Cabin Fever

MSB

and the second volume of greatest hits....