Chhessy, cheesy, cheesy

I loved the early hard rock GFR. Heavy loud bass and screaming guitar. The songs and playing were basic but fun. I also liked the later albums such as "we're an american band" "phoenix" and "Shinin on" hey even Born to die, but this....ugggh, bubblegumtrashyhornblowincommercialmidstreamrubbish. Forget this one please and listen to any of the others.

Not Great, not terrible either.

I heard alot of negative reviews about this cd so I almost didn't buy it. Not as bad as I thought. A little cheesy at times. Nothing like there first 5 albums which were great. But, by far is not there greatest cd either. Watch Granny run run sounds like grandpa got viagra. Of course this album was released in 1974, before viagra existed. Now I have all GFr's albums (except for there early 80's releases). Much more to Gfr than the capitol series. Very interesting band, glad I got into them. Mark Farner was very political as well. Wonder what his take would be on the happenings on the iraq war?

ONE OF THE BEST ALBUMS BY THE QUARTET FUNK

Along with the unpopular "BORN TO DIE" album, this is one of the best album they recorded with keyboard player CRAIG FROST, although the cover and title of this album (something I thought Don Brewer might have come up with)is silly, if not stupid. Additionally, I thought lyrics to the title track went to far. Anyway, my 2 favorite songs on this album are "MEMORIES" and "BAD TIME;" however, they would have sound better if CRAIG would have played the mellotron instead of the band using an orchestra. The first song is a great beginner and "RUNNIN" is a great rocker. Furthermore, MARK FARNER'S voice on "LIFE" reminds me of MICKEY THOMAS of JEFFERSON STARSHIP, and "LOOK AT GRANNY RUN" and "WHY" are great tunes. "GOOD AND EVIL is a good psychodelic rhythm and blues rock tune. Unfortunately, the last song "SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL" is my least favorite song of just about everything I have heard from them. Whoever orginally wrote this may had a point, but I never liked the way it sounds. "BAD TIME" would have been a better closer for the album. When I downloaded this off NAPSTER, I switched the order of the last 2 songs because of my personal choice. More importantly, I can understand what Mark Farner's divorce put him through because I know how it feels to lose somebody you love and are really in love with. Furthermore, I also think MARK, DON ,MEL, AND CRAIG should have recorded a GFR cd with Mark writing about the war with IRAQ.