This is one of two Kenny Loggins albums that I own (the other being Nightwatch), and my general reaction to each was about the same. Loggins has a powerful, if histrionic tenor voice and aims for a middle of the road rock sound. His lyrics are shallow, motivational tripe and his songs are simplistic with overwrought guitar solos. Still, on his best singles ("Danger Zone"), he does manage to achieve a certain cheesy appeal. On both albums, I enjoyed three or four songs, but ultimately had to conclude that the bad outweighed the good.
For what it's worth, this is probably the slightly better of the two records with at least four songs, that although dumb, are still enjoyably hooky (for the sake of posterity, these are the leading two tracks on each side in this case). On Nightwatch, Loggins tried his hand at a longer, prog-influenced song, which failed miserably, and on this album, he keeps everything short and sweet. Unfortunately, he ends each side of the album with a string-backed ballad and although the consistent level of cheese is somewhat tolerable when Loggins is rocking, it is unbearable when he tries his hand at ballads. So in the end, this is a blue bin record, and I have to say that Loggins is one of those artists for whom a greatest hits compilation would be more than sufficient.
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