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NOT AS GOOD AS EXPECTED. STILL ENJOYED SOME OF THE SONGS. OK MUSIC, THOUGH. VICKI
I think they are the most underrated band of all time. Leroux is the best band of all time. I saw them personally at City Stages in Bham,AL this year and they rocked my entire face off. I say they should go on a reunion tour. If they hadn't broken up they could have gone down in history as the greatest band of he universe.
The musicianship is unmatched. It's the kind of music that gets better each time you hear it. As a music fan with hundreds of CD from a wide range of artists, I must admit that this is my favorite album of all time, one that I never tire of playing. Although Capitol and RCA have been reluctant to re-release the four original gems that are collecting dust in their vaults, you can relive the excitement with this collection, which has excellent production values, thanks to the quality of the original recordings, and Razor & Tie's great digital transfer. This prolific group is perhaps the most underated band ever to record on a major label. As they toured hard, dancing outside of superstardom in the late 70's and early 80's, they wrote, produced, and recorded an incredible catalog of music that ran the gamut from cajun rock, to pop, to soaring power metal/wall of sound ballads - all of it full of intelligent lyrics, melodic bass lines, crisp guitar licks, and some of the best three part harmonies ever put to tape. Further collections are available at laleroux.com. Regardless of your tastes in music, I think you will be impressed, if not amazed.
The last unreleased on CD album, "Keep The Fire Burnin'" arrives on CD for the first time in July 2002). LeRoux was and still is an excellent band. For all but the most ardent fans, like myself, this compilation is the best. Over the past few years, almost all of their individual albums have also been released on CD. (You just have to work a bit to find them.small releases on small labels. It's an excellent sampler of a band that spent years supporting a number of major touring acts, but never seemed to ascend to the limelight themselves. In my humble opinion, the only glaring omission from this collection is "Mystery" from the 1980 album "Up", but beyond that this is an excellent and very representative collection.
For those of us in the South who loved their music, this collection simply teases us. For those who love this band, this is all that is left, and this CD was wonderful. It is too bad the origional 2 albums are not available on CD, because they were fabulous. Too bad LP's don't last forever, since mine are over 20 years old, and they sound like it. For those who remember the origional LP's, this collection falls short of representing a fabulous band with incomparable talent. We miss you Jeff Pollard.
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