Upside Downside [Import]

Mike Stern | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Atlantic UK
• ASIN: B000002IJD
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #98,619 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Upside Down

2. Little Shoes

3. Goodbye Again

4. Mood Swings

5. After You

6. Scuffle

Editorial Reviews

CD reissue of the Jazz guitarist's 1986 album, his official debut as a bandleader. Featuring musical assistance from Jaco Pastorius, David Sanborn, Bob Berg, Dave Weckl, Steve Jordan and others. Wounded Bird. 2007. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding performance, October 7, 1999

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James R. Newman ([e-mail]) (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Upside Downside (Audio CD)

In my opinion this and "Between the Lines" are Mike's best works. Maybe I'm biased since Dave Weckl plays on both of them. This album is filled with beautiful music that anyone can appreciate.

I've had this on cassette for years and just had to have it on CD. Mike displays his talent with super clean and very dirty guitar playing that any Stern fan, or music fan, will enjoy.

All in all this album is a must for anyone who appreciates great music performed by great musicians!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars take notice!, October 11, 2005

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Shawn (IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Upside Downside (Audio CD)

Stern was known for his work in the late seventies with Blood, Sweat and Tears and a brief tenure in the Miles Davis in the early eighties.

It was this album that really displayed the full scope of his talents. As pal Brecker put it, "Sten is a prolific composer." This album really displays his talents as both a composer and player as well as any.

While the running time is a bit short, but there's a lot to like here. Stern's guitar sings on the ballads, and is smoking hot on numbers like Scuffle.

I find this a more consistently powerful disc than some of his later releases...

Shawn

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars loose & tight - excellent, March 25, 2002

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S. Guernsey "sguernsey" (North Yarmouth, ME USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Upside Downside (Audio CD)

This is Stern's debut solo outing and it finds him in excellent company with fellow fusion guitarist Hiram Bullock at the producers chair. The compositions are interesting and varied. The individual performaces are very good and the album sounds like a tight band. Stern's amazing solo on the Jeff Andrews (bass) composition "Little Shoes" alone is worth the price of admission. I find Stern's overdrive tones more organic - sweeter - here than on his newer work. Highly recommended.