Wednesday, August 06, 2014
TRACKLIST:
Artist : ZZ Top
Country : USA
Release : Afterburner [Remastered]
Year : 1985
Genre : Hard Rock
File Type : mp3 320
Info:
'Sleeping Bag' sets the tone for the rest of the album. The first thing that you'll notice is that the drums are completely mechanical, and that the bass never quite seems to kick in. Is it hidden behind something, or is it just not there? You won't be figuring this out for the whole of the disc, but it doesn't really matter, because its sonic area is obliterated by Dusty Hill's keyboards whether it's there or not. The synths are all over this disc. As 'Sleeping Bag' continues, Gibbons' guitar comes in, and starts to drown out the keyboards a little too. If I had any major complaint about this album, it's that it is simply too much most of the time - it's loud, and everything seems sort of piled on top of everything else. Whether everything works is a different story, but there's almost no interplay with the band here. The keyboards have been laid on top of Frank Beard's programmed drums, and Gibbons seems to have come in and soloed over it all.
