The
fourth Heartsfield album carried on the evolution in their sound, and
as the band grew musically, they experimented with new flavors and
styles.
"I Like It A Lot," "Rock and Roll Farm," "Lost Love," and "Let
The Music Play" covered the hard rocking side of the band. "Lost Love"
charted on Billboard and kept the band touring extensively, opening up
shows with harder rockin' bands such as the Doobie Brothers, Eric
Clapton, Ted Nugent, Fleetwood Mac, and even Kiss. Lots of jammin',
blazing guitars, and huge harmonies made the evolving band win over
audiences of a wide variety of tastes and made them pretty darn
universal.
The band had inside jokes about this record and the style
variances, calling the songs by names such as "Rolling Heartsfield,"
"Earth, Wind, and Heartsfield," "Waylon Heartsfield," and "Skynard
Heartsfield." Yee Haw!!
"All For Nothing" had a fine Texas Swing feel with fiddle and
pedal steel sounding like Austin, Texas. "Another Night Alone" reached
into a R&B somewhat jazzy groove like Little Feat, and "Seeds Of
Doubt" is a lamenting ballad drenched in emotion. On "Let The Music
Play," the band returned to adding a horn section that kicked the song
up a notch. "Southern Girl" was the only song Heartsfield ever recorded
by an outside songwriter and is a sweet southern rock ballad.
This was the last album by all the original members so, as fate
would have it, the title became prophetic. Some of the album was
recorded at the legendary Wally Hieder Studios in San Fransico, where
everyone from the Jefferson Airplane to the Grateful Dead recorded. The
rest was recorded at the Automatt (Automated Recording Studio) in San
Fran, the first fully automated studio in the country.
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Track List
- I Like It A Lot / P. Lucafo / 3:45
- Southern Girl / P. Wells / 5:58
- All For Nothing / G. Biela / 3:31
- Another Night Alone / F. Dobbs & A. Baldacci / 4:40
- Let The Music Play / P. Jordan / 4:45
- Lost Love / P. Jordan / 5:45
- With These Tools / F. Dobbs / 4:55
- Rock & Roll Farm / P. Lucafo / 4:18
- Seeds of Doubt / F. Dobbs / 5:19
- Total Running Time: 42:57
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