Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet

Rick Springfield

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 23, 1995)
• Original Release Date: 1982
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000002WFG
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #121,144 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Guilty Pleasure, August 28, 1999

By	M. Norris "Seattle Fan" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

While this is a classic Rick Springfield album, this is also the album that sealed Springfield's fate as a bubble gum pop star. Just a look at the track listings--"Calling All Girls," "How Do You Talk To Girls" and "The American Girl"--will tell you who this album was written for. Still, this is also the album that produced "I Get Excited," "Don't Talk To Strangers" and "Kristina," a song which has been given new life during Springfield's 1999 KARMA Tour. This is also the album that contains "April 24, 1981," a song Springfield wrote about the death of his father and the beginning of a theme that runs throughout the rest of his later work. Add this CD to your collection. At its worst, it's formulaic pop. At it's best, it's a guilty pleasure.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rick's Finest Hour, January 7, 1999

By	Vince A. Martinez (Northern California, USA) - See all my reviews

"Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet" is Rick Springfield at his best! This album, the follow up to his mega-selling "Working Class Dog" features some of Rick's best work to date. Songs like the albums hit single "Don't Talk To Strangers" as well as others such as "Just One Kiss", "What Kind of Fool Am I", "I Get Excited", and the should-have-been classic "Still Crazy For You" showcase Rick's ability not only as a talented singer, but as a songwriter in his own right. There is a song here entitled "How Do You Talk To Girls", I remeber hearing this song first by actor Scott Baio (Chiachi from Happy Days), but Rick's version is much more, well, 'listenable'. This album is definitely a must for anyone who loved this type of 80's pop, but should also take its place in any record collection.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Typical 1982 Album, March 20, 2001

By	susumu-5 (Japan) - See all my reviews

Guess what is my #1 favorite? Not What Kind Of Fool Am I, nor Don't Talk To Strangers which became huge hits in the US.

I really like Kristina it really rocks!! But even Rick has not yet escaped the trend of 1982. Dance Pop yielded to hard rock. Rick has secured his positon between hard melodic pop rock bands (such as Styx, Boston, Journey and Survivor)and blues or country flavored rockers (such as John Cougar Mellemcamp, Bruce Springsteen and Bob Segar and The Silver Bullet Band).

The album is nearly as enjoyable as Working Class Dog.