Steve Perry - For the Love of Strange Medicine
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Free Music Review: Terrific Medicine!
Hit: 5 Stars
Really enjoy listening to Steve Perry outside of Journey. Love all the songs with that Voice. Missing You live is Wonderful.Free Music Review: Truly one of the best voices of all time!
Hit: 5 Stars
There is not one bad song here. It really is relaxing and heart warming. Love this album.Free Music Review: I did not like this album when it first came out in '94...
Hit: 4 Stars
Repeat. I did not like "Strange Medicine" when it came out in '94.
However, I was in for a big shock with this reissue. I initially bought this just for the picture booklet, which contains many good pics of Perry from the FTLOSM promo shoots; it's a worthy, wonderful companion to the CD. But the shock? Perry remastered the album. As in, "remixed it". As in, CHANGED IT.
Holy crap, I like it.
I'm listening to it now. The mix sounds much better than the original (listen to the intro to "You Better Wait", and you'll see immediately what I mean). The instruments are more balanced, the sound is clearer & cleaner. I'm digging it all over again, and it wasn't on my top list of favorite albums to start. Just for the remastering, this album is well worth the cost for Journey & Perry fans.
On the extra tracks, I disagree with the previous reviewer on one point. The extra tracks are a mixed bag; the live "Missing You" was initially aired for the Steve Perry Fan Club fans over the fan club's hotline; it's a serviceable performance, but not really Perry's best. "If You Need Me, Call Me" and "One More Time" were initially released as extra tracks to the singles from the original release of FTLOSM -- if you haven't heard them before, they are wonderful tracks that showcase Perry in two completely different vocal moods and make the most of his vocal gymnastic stylistics.
"Can't Stop", though, is junk. On the surface, the song is Perry trying to sing raunchy sex to a lover ("trying" is a very apt word, here). However, it's not blues scatting -- if that's what Perry was trying for, he fails miserably. The vocals suck -- what vocals there are. No grown man I know would use the word "coochie-coo" seriously in any sexual situation -- at least, use it and not get laughed out of the bedroom. The lyrics would fit into any fanfic pr0n in any fandom, and show about the same level of writing. The song is a sop to what Perry thinks his female fans want -- unfortunately, it sounds as if he took the worst of fanfic pr0n as his cue. It's cutesy euphemistic crap that ignores honest, raw sexuality and substitutes crappy, uninspired vocals for true emotional edge.
When we reach a point where Steve Perry is writing his own pr0n, armageddon can't be far behind.
Free Music Review: If you love Journey you'll love this....
Hit: 4 Stars
If you are a Journey fan then you will like this work by SP. He has an amazing voice and you get it all on this CD in the classic SP style. Check it out!Free Music Review: lacks the magic of Journey
Hit: 2 Stars
This 2nd solo effort by Steve Perry ex-lead singer of Journey is so-so. It lacks the originality of his 1st solo album Street Talk. Without his Journey bandmates to pull him out of long painful ballads, this album is dreadful. There are a few standouts like You Better Wait which has a catchy hook. Most of the others did not match the rocking magic of Journey. Instead of a solo work, Perry should return the mothership of Journey and pump out more great tunes.