Lightning Strikes Twice

Molly Hatchet

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 30, 1989)
• Original Release Date: 1989
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B000008IJX
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #105,051 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This is a different pace, missing Hlubek's influence, but good!, September 9, 2005

By	Jason Horstman (Lima, OH) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Lightning Strikes Twice (Audio CD)

This album was the first for Bobby Ingram, and first for Molly Hatchet without Dave Hlubek. The album takes on a more traditional approach to Southern Rock. Gone are the heavy sound of the triple guitars, but there are still some harmony leads. What this album has done is put keyboardist John Galvin on a pedestal, and takes on more of a blues based Southern "boogie woogie" feel, more like Skynyrd. I know a lot of people do not like this album, because it doesn't sound like the traditional heavy Molly Hatchet of the first 4 albums, but songs like "There Goes the Neighborhood" and "I Can't Be Watching You" are actually quite good. Probably could have pulled this off more effectively with less horns and female background vocals, but it's fun to listen to.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite Molly Hatchet album, November 18, 2003

By	Scott (Detroit, MI) - See all my reviews

When I got this CD, I couldn't take it out of my player. Every tune is a gem. It's not as gritty as some of the earlier releases, and doesn't have the triple guitar sound of the earlier albums, but it is very polished sounding and is definitly the most melodic of all of their work, in my opinion.

John Galvin get put way up front in the mix with his keyboards and gets to sing with the amazing Danny Joe Brown, on Goodbye To Love. Bobby Ingram and Duane Roland do some great guitar work in tunes such as There Goes the Neighborhood and Take Miss Lucy Home.

There are a couple of ballads, but for me, the highlight of the album is the tune I Can't Be Watching You. It has some great piano work by John G and has a very jazzy feel to it.

To me, this is what southern rock is all about, guitars, a great singer, awesome piano work, and mostly, the story that is being told.

5.0 out of 5 stars Lost Southern Rock Gem, February 16, 2009

By	Teddy6 "Teddy6" (New Jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lightning Strikes Twice (Audio CD)

This is one of their best recordings, and should have been given more PR. Ironically, it's also the last one where DJB is on the lead vocal. While missing the "three guitar attack", John Galvin puts his own stamp on the music, with great keyboard arrangements. From great soulful ballads, to the hardest of rock, Molly Hatchet are the only heavy band in Southern Rock, period.

Danny Joe Brown and Jackson Spires, you're missed brothers (RIP).

Keep Rockin'-*