Search - Clarence Clemons :: Rescue / Hero

Rescue gets a solid 4 stars to Hero's 2 stars!

Jeff Sica (jcs99@webtv.net) | good old USA | 10/24/1999

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Having both of these releases on vinyl for years, I've really enjoyed the clear, crisp sound of both on CD. The raw strength and R&B power of RESCUE certainly outshines the pop commercialism of HERO. Clarence's rock and roll saxability is starkly evident on both, but a little too bubblegumish on HERO. J.T.Bowen's raw vocals on RESCUE wonderfully complement Clarence's powerful sax. One can only wonder what else we may have gotten out of the Red Bank Rockers (a superb "bar band" on the Jersey music scene in the early '80s) had they assembled a second collection of their rock/R&B fused sound."

YOUR IPOD WILL SMILE: ROCK & SOUL PARTY TOGETHER

William R. Keyes | Los Angeles, Ca, USA | 08/28/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is A+ party soul music. Okay, I don't know HERO very well, except for the very nice single "You're A Friend of Mine." But RESCUE --- Wow!! An amazing and overlooked album, brimming with soul. This is an album I bought on vinyl back in the 80s and kept checking back to see if it was out on CD for more than decade. Check out "Money to the Rescue" and "A Woman's Got the Power" for starters. Classics that hold their own with Atlantic-Stax. Cut in the mid 80s, this is great 60s-70s dance music, the ballads are fine make-out music. Note: Clarence does not do the vocals, but he wisely found a singer who's as good with his voice as the big man is with his sax. I'm embarrassed I can't recall his name, because he belongs in the pantheon with Otis, Sam & Dave and Wilson Pickett. If you love soul, you will love this album. If you love Springsteen and Seger and Mellencamp you will love this album."

Should not sing

bobo | AZ | 02/24/2009

(1 out of 5 stars)

"I got the cd for the sax, which he doesn't play much. Most people who sing on the cd, can't."