Walk on Fire

Royal Crown Revue | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 20, 1999)
• Original Release Date: July 20, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Side One Dummy
• ASIN: B00000JCRN
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #159,230 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. She Walks On Fire

2. Watts Local

3. Trapped (In The Web Of Love)

4. Watcha Doin' Tonight (Sam's Calling)

5. Besame Mija (Baille Para Qui)

6. The Stranger

7. Hey Sonny (Where'd You Go?)

8. A Bronx Hello

9. Beware

10. One Eyed Cat

11. Take A Long Drink For Me

12. Mr. Meschugge

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A kinder, gentler, RCR, September 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Walk on Fire (Audio CD)

RCR seems to have moved away from the fast swing of Mugzy's Move (by far their best!) and towards a jazzier, more melodic aproach to their songs. The songs work well, and at least they're enjoyable to listen to, but Eddie Nichols is forced to rely on singing the songs "straight" and not resort to his "gangster" gimmick voice. On the previous 2 CD's Eddie's vocals were strong and melodic, but on this CD he sounds unsure of himself. When I first heard this CD I thought that somehow a "lost" RCR CD had been re-released. The drums don't sound nearly as big on some tracks, and the guitar is muddy. I still like the tracks, my favorites of which is "Hey Sonny (Where'd You Go?)", "Watts Local", "A Bronx Hello", "Trapped (In the Web of Love)" and "Beware" (which has Eddie's best vocals). "Watts Local" sounds like Mighty Blue Kings with a better studio sound. Overall this CD is much like The Contender with slightly worse sonics production wise. This CD almost feels like songs leftover from The Contender. RCR is still my 2nd favorite swing band (next to Big Bad Voodoo Daddy), but I long for RCR to come out with more songs like Zip Gun Bop, Mugzy's Move, Datin' With No Dough, Honey Child, etc... Oh well, I still would like to see them perform these songs live. The only song I can do without is "Mr. Meschugge" which gets a little bit silly and gimmicky. I would suggest that on their next CD, they get a producer like Ted Tempeleman, to push Eddie's vocals on some songs, and give RCR a fuller sound like they had on Mugzy's Move.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars File this one under, great music, December 12, 1999

By 

Doc Tie Head (Minneapolis) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Walk on Fire (Audio CD)

People seem to get so caught up this whole swing thing. RCR is not a swing band, they are a band who swings. Swing is not about lindy tempo dances beats, loud horns or zoot suits.

Swing is a feeling, an attidute, and a way of carrying yourself musically. Wynton Marsalis is always talking about "the swing, the swing, the swing."

RCR is hands down my favorite band. Period. I have had the honor of meeting the guys in the band a few times after concerts, and these guys did not get caught up in the whole swing craze, because they didn't want to. They lead all the other pretenders to the pearly gates of gold records, MTV, and Halftime shows. They could have gone that route, but they turned their backs, and went the road less traveled.

God bless them for that.

I bought this album at 12:01 of the release date, and I was blown away by it.

Keep it up, guys.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Their Best Yet, October 31, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Walk on Fire (Audio CD)

There's nothing to say about this album except "Amazing!" Once again RCR proves why they are the best band that is carelessly lumped into the category of "swing." Sorry Lindy Hoppers, if you're looking for an album full of songs that sound the same with up tempos, check out Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. This album is so diverse, there's no way I can describe it in such a small space. Thank God they left Warner Brothers so they can do their own thing artistically (they were NOT dropped despite what a previous review stated). The only thing better than this album (which they recorded miraculously in three days!) is hearing them live..check 'em out on their fall tour. To Eddie, James, Daniel, Veikko, Mondo, Bill, and Scott my hats off. A masterpiece.