Search - Ray Mason Band :: When the Clown's Work is Over

ONE OF OUR BEST UNKNOWN SONGWRITERS

Patrick Earley | Edmond, Oklahoma USA | 01/26/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I'm giving Mason 5 stars. Not only for this album, but for all the quality albums he's made over his career. He's never dissappointed me. His band sounds like somebody you swear you've heard before, but you can't quite put your finger on who it is. That's because he incorporates the sounds of everybody that's influenced him over the 30 years he's been writing songs. Mason has written some great rockers on this album, such as "Up But So Loose", his hardest rocker to date is "Wrong Side Of Real", and my favorite on here "Personal Last Call", with a great flowing organ line. If you like straight ahead rock and roll, no gimmicks or sound effects (none needed), then start right here with the master of the great hook. This is a man so respected in the music business, that there's already been a tribute album made of him, and he's not even dead! Highly recommended listening."