The Rock [Import]

John Entwistle | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 5, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Griffin Records
• ASIN: B000001LK5
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #630,453 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Stranger in a Strange Land

2. Love Doesn't Last

3. Suzie

4. Bridges Under the Water

5. Heartache

6. Billy

7. Life After Love

8. Hurricane

9. Too Much Too Soon

10. Last Song

11. Country Hurricane

Editorial Reviews

Dubbed the 'lost' Entwistle album, The Rock was originally recorded in 1986 but not released until ten years later and then only in the US. Features Zak Starkey on drums. Castle. 2006. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars The Ox buries himself in '80s shlock-rock, October 27, 2006

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T. Sileo (Charlotte, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rock (Audio CD)

The whole appeal of John Entwistle's work was his darkly-humoured writing, thunderous bass, and distinctive yet very capable vocals. None of this are easily found in The Rock, recorded in the mid-80s. It is chock-full of musical cliches from the era, both musically and lyrically (stock guitar riffs and synthesizers, trite lyrics).

It's really an Entwistle album in name only, as he wrote only 4 of the original 10 songs, defers lead vocals to Henry Small, and shows none of the musical complexity of his Who or '70s solo work. It does rock a bit, though, in a mindless way. And the review above is right, 'Love Doesn't Last' is the best song on the album.

If you want a better sample of some of his later work, get the 'Left For Live' set.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars buy it for track 15 and a tribute to the greatest!, February 23, 2006

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Roy R. Geurts - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rock (Audio CD)

Love doesn't last is a great song in demo version and why not spend a few bucks for the greatest bass player that ever lived. A true genius and a wonderfully twisted individual.

3.0 out of 5 stars Sorry, only 3 songs penned by John Entwistle here !!, July 4, 2011

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Luile "Luile" (PTY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Rock (Audio CD)

Only 3 songs from THE ROCK were penned by John Entwistle, and those 3 are the best. He does not sing, a former PRISM singer, does the job. This album does sound like the PRISM of the 80s when Eric Small, took over the lead of this great canadian band. The best songs are of course, penned by Entwistle: LOVE DOES NOT LAST, LIFE AFTER LOVE and LAST SONG (a nod to THE WHO). The best song here is LIFE AFTER LOVE a perfect song for ROGER DALTREY to sing. A 2005 re-edition adds 5 bonus tracks:
1. Casualty (Out-Take)"
2."Light In The Dark (Out-Take)"
3."Break Your Heart (Out-Take)"
4."Love Doesn't Last (Demo)"
5."Heartache (Early Version)

The original album remains unreleased since according to John Enrwistle, something happened with the record company and the authorities got the tapes.