Rick Springfield - Written in Rock: The Rick Springfield Anthology
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Free Music Review: + 1/2 stars...More Than Just Another Pretty Face
Hit: 4 Stars
With the success of his 1972 hit "Speak to the Sky," Capitol Records tried to market Rick Springfield as the next Donny Osmond. As a result, it would be nine years before his breakout hit--the million-selling chart topper "Jessie's Girl"--made him one of the most popular artists of the Eighties.
During that decade, Springfield would land sixteen songs in the Top 40, including hits like "I've Done Everything for You," "Don't Talk to Strangers," Affair of the Heart" and "Love Somebody." And he wrote nearly all of his own material. [The only hit he didn't write himself was the Sammy Hagar-penned "I've Done Everything for You."]
While nearly all of his hits were recorded for RCA, this anthology also includes his Capitol hit "Speak to the Sky," as well as material from his Columbia and Chelsea albums. There's even a cover of the Beatles "Eleanor Rigby" from 1970 by his first band Zoot. Zoot also recorded "Speak to the Sky," which went to No. 1 in his native Australia, but he rerecorded the song for release in America. [The only missing hit is the 1985 novelty hit "Bruce" (recorded in 1978), where Springfield expresses his concerns about being mistaken for Bruce Springsteen.]
While forty-two tracks may seem excessive, it's necessary to adequately cover the career of an artist whose recording career spans over three decades. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Free Music Review: Set in Stone and Written in Rock.
Hit: 4 Stars
Although Rick Springfield has been making records since the 1970s, his career didn't reach platinum heights until the 1980s, during which he enjoyed fame as both a hitmaker and as Noah Drake on daytime TV's "General Hospital." During the first half of the latter decade, he consistently whipped out catchy pop rock confections like "Jessie's Girl" (for which he won a Grammy), "Don't Talk to Strangers" and "Affair of the Heart" while competing with George Michael and Simon LeBon for teen idol supremacy. But like most pop stars who owe much of their success to MTV and Tiger Beat, Springfield was dismissed by some as a lightweight getting by on good looks. The truth is, many of his hits stand well enough on their own merits. "Written in Rock" is the first-ever compilation that surveys his entire recording history on two CDs, and it's a generous serving that has all the hits and more. In addition to the previously mentioned singles, we also get lesser-known tracks like 1983's "Souls," the tearjerker 1981 album cut "Inside Sylvia," the underrated "Honeymoon in Beirut" and "Love Somebody," taken from his long-forgotten movie "Hard to Hold." Of course, the tracks are remastered, and we get some liner notes from Mr. Springfield himself. Rick's hitmaking days are long gone, but "Written in Rock" is an overdue collection that does him justice. A 1980s guilty pleasure that's more pleasure than guilt.Free Music Review: a charmer
Hit: 4 Stars
Being a Rick fan I have almost all of his albums, except Zoot and this is a pretty good collection of hits. I like that he personally wrote something about each song, giving us a little insight to what he meant when he wrote them. I learned some things I never knew about Rick before! Thanks Rick for reaching out to your fans because this is what makes you great!