Souther/Hillman/Furay [Import]

The Souther Hillman Furay Band | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 30, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Wea/Elektra
• ASIN: B000009FGJ
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #445,135 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Fallin' In Love

2. Heavenly Fire

3. The Heartbreaker

4. Believe Me

5. Border Town

6. Safe At Home

7. Pretty Goodbyes

8. Rise And Fall

9. The Flight Of The Dove

10. "Deep, Dark And Dreamless

Editorial Reviews

1974 debut on Elektra by this country rock sextet featuringJ.D. Souther, Chris Hillman (The Byrds, The Flying BurritoBrothers Band) and Richie Furay (Buffalo Springfield, Poco).Originally released on Elektra, the album reached #11 in theU.S. & features 10

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars That Fleeting Moment in Time.., February 11, 2000

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Doug Smyth (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Souther/Hillman/Furay (Audio CD)

This album was a terrific debut for what should have been a long list to follow. The talent of all 6 members, 7 with Joe Lala on percussion was incredible. I have NEVER heard another voice in concert as full, pure, and powerful as Richie Furay's. Believe Me is a great tune for Furay as is Fallin in Love. Hillman's Safe at Home and Heavenly Fire show two side of Chris' talent , and Souther shines with Pretty Goodbye, Border Town and Deep, Dark & Dreamless. Listen to the harmonies on Heavenly Fire... WOW! In the vien of CSNY, Eagles, Poco and the Byrds. These guys could sing with the best of them. I saw them in '74 at the Capitol Theatre in passaic,nj. The played everything! SHF's, Byrds', Burritos', Poco's and JD's til they ran out of song they knew.WHAT a NIGHT! and Richie's voice....unmatched! Like the Band and The Allmans, the album doesn't quite give the listener the full power of how they sounded in person.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Super Group makes a super debut, August 31, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Souther/Hillman/Furay (Audio CD)

When David Geffen finished putting his super group together by coaxing Richie Furay to leave Poco, he must have had high hopes for his creation.Although the group never broke through commercially, or jelled as a unit, you would never know it from this sparkling debut album. The album starts off in high gear with Furay's highest charting single Fallin' In Love. Over Al Perkins searing guitar and Jim Gordon's thundering funky drums that fabulous tenor wails clear into your soul. Good Feelin's are his trademark and Richie turns it up a notch for the rest of his bandmates. Fortunately they are up for the challenge. Chris Hillman does a fine turn with Heavenly Fire, a slower country rock tune with Al Perkins turning in a heartfelt performance on Steel guitar. J.D. Souther, the silent Eagle, takes the reins next with a gritty Heartbreaker. When he sings "he's Mr. Deliver, he'll never let you down" he's operating in that territory he knows so well, a mix of swagger and cynicsm set against a California that later was immortalized by the Eagles. All in all, the ten songs here are all gems. Chris Hillman's highlight is the burner, Safe at Home.A cautionary tale, Chris sings of that same Southern California scene, advising a young lady that she'd be "Safe at Home, momma don't you call me on the telephone". Jim Gordon's drumming on this album is nothing short of incendiary , he really puts his stamp on the groups sound. Listen to the band's follow up album Trouble In Paradise. While the title track aptly describes the band's demise the first thing I noticed about the record was Gordon's absence. Replaced by Ron "Crunchy" Grinel the drums are sufficient, but never more than ordinary. Rounding out this debut, Paul Harris' keyboard work shines on nearly every track.Teh album boasts a great mix of dobro, steel guitar and Hammond organ. Two songs near the middle of the stand out, Bordertown and Pretty Goodbyes. The former is kick started by Jim Gordon, laying down a hefty groove for the band to wallow in, and the latter is a beutiful acoustic break up song featuring vocal harmonies that rival the best work of groups like Poco. Furay sounds absolutely anguished when he sings on Flight of the Dove, " If I say to you, I just can't get through apathy, it's killin' me !" Hard to believe that just two years later he would be singing the title track to his first solo album, "I've Got a Reason, for livin' each day, I've got a Reason for makin' it pay ". In short, this album is as good as anything ever put to tape by their better known peers, The Eagles. Joe McSpadden

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I Keep Going Back to This One, December 13, 2000

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Brian Gigee (Pearland, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Souther/Hillman/Furay (Audio CD)

I moved south from Ohio to Texas at age 18 in 1972. It was a great time for music makers and music lovers. I've done both. Over the next 5 years I compiled 3 crates of records with everything from America to Z.Z. Topp. Out of all of those records, I find myself going back to this one over and over. If you are looking for harmonies, guitar licks, driving drums as well as sweet melodies to soothe the soul, this is a CD you'll find yourself going back to over and over again as well. "Heavenly Fire" will uplift you. "The Heartbreaker" will redeem you and "Rise and Fall" will help you greet another day. I have grieved for years that these guys only cut two albums. The music world deserved more.