Sailover (Dig)

P.F. Sloan | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 22, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Hightone Records
• ASIN: B000GW8QFS
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #221,916 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars UNEXPECTED TREASURE, August 24, 2006

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This collection is a tight, contemporary treatment of new and revisited songs by PF Sloan. Each song is carefully crafted, with an excellent, rich collection of supporting players and superb production. This CD is not a hastily assembled effort put together to support a revival tour. The reviewer from Amazon is either off base or has an ax to grind. This music captures much of the energy that many of us felt as youths exposed to music in the mid-sixties. Young people today might find many of the compositions vital to them as well. The new selections on this CD are not throw-ins but reveal a still creative and insightful artist. The guest performers on some of the verses blend in naturally with the songs and add a great deal without being forced. This CD should provide considerable enjoyment for some time.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Return of the Missing Man, September 20, 2006

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Lee Armstrong (Winterville, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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P.F. Sloan's new "Sailover" is a welcome reprise by a songwriting legend. "PK & the Evil Dr Z" is a Dylan-homage from Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues" era. Sloan talk-sings and talks about a Dylan concert in a rambling story for P.F.'s friends from Planet Mirth. Two of Sloan's oldies are also favorites here. Lucinda Williams joins him on "Sins of a Family" that pumps furiously with Tom Hambridge's juicy drums, "The stone's been cast & blood's thicker than water." Felix Cavaliere from the Rascles joins P.F. on the Grassroots' hit "Where Were You When I Needed You." The tune pumps tightly with a chorus rendition that makes it sound fun to feel so bad, "You're looking good, it's hard to fight it; but it's no use explaining, baby, I've already decided that living with you is worse than without you." Other tunes also have their appeal. "Hollywood Moon" is a sweet shuffle with Becky Hobbs' piano plunking out a bit of barrelhouse on the bridge, "Is this face for rent?" "Love is 4Giving" is also another original piece with a great P.F. guitar part, "Like a history train pulling out of the station with no destination in sight." 35 years ago Jimmy Webb sang, "I have been seeking P.F. Sloan, but no one knows where he has gone." "Sailover" is a welcome return from that missing man. Enjoy!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of the Great Songwriters of the Sixties is Back, November 2, 2006

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Zenguy1213 (Southfield, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews

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I was a big fan of this songwriter back "in the day" and was pleasantly surprised to find out that he was putting out a new album. The new version of "Eve of Destruction" (with Frank Black sharing vocals) sounds great and is just as relevant today as it was during the Cold War years of the War in Vietnam. I was especially pleased to see the inclusion of "From A Distance". The original version of this song was released in 1966 and never received the exposure that it should have. (It appeared on an anthology released by Rhino Records a while back but is now out-of-print.) Anyway, it's good to hear from you again Mr. Sloan!