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By Mark S. Thornberry
Gamecock Staff Writer
A more appropriate title for this
album might well be something to
the effect of "Kenny Loggins' FM
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Sampler it offers some surprises,
both good and bad.
Side one opens with the title
track, "Nightwatch," which
sounds like Kenny Loggins a la
Gino Vannelli. Surprisingly enough
the result is very pleasing to the
ear. The mixture of reverbed
vocals, synthesizers, dynamite
saxaphone and lead guitar, and
various percussive instruments
blend into a haunting, mellow tune
that is probably the strongest cut
on the album.
So much for a good start. The
remainder of side one is a total
letdown. "Easy Driver" is a
mediocre rocker that is only saved
from total oblivion by some fair
lead guitar work. "Down'n'Dirty"
provides the token blues cut for the
album with a heavy bass line,
battling lead guitar and blues harp,
and vocals that go from throaty
Dave Mason-style bass to stingy
falsettos and nothing in between.
The final cut on side one is a
remake of Joe South's moldy goldy
"Down in the Boondocks," and
from the way it sounds it should
have been left in the boondocks
on campus
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where it belongs. An attempt to
update the song by giving it a
cajun-Dr. John flavor only results
in a waste of good vinyl.
"In an overview,
Nightwatch is not bad;
its major problem
being a lack
of continuity."
Side two opens with "Whenever I
Call You 'Friend'," co-written with
Melissa Manchester. The song
begins with some boring Beach
Boys-type harmonies and continues
to be boring through the first
two verses. The song becomes
much more interesting after this
point as the music takes on a light,
bouncy tempo and you suddenly
realize that the female voice you
are hearing alongside of Kenny's
belongs to Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood
Mac. Overall it is a good song
with Top Forty possibilities, but
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the two powerhouse vocalists get a
chance to stand out.
The next two cuts are nothing
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Home," and "What a Fool
Believes" sounds amazingly like
early Todd Eundgren?tinny
keyboards, high-pitched vocals
and all.
The last two cuts of the album
are more of what one would expect
from Kenny Loggins. "Somebody
Knows" is a hard driving rocker
whose guitar work borders on
heavy metal and is only held back
from being so by Brian Mann's
piano work. The final cut,
"Angelique," could be called
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melodramatic. Probably ranked
just below the title cut for best cut
on the album, "Angelique" jumps
back and forth between light,
moody flutes, bells and accordian
to heavy, brass sections. The song
is highlighted by an excellent
Spanish guitar stanza.
In an overview "Nightwatch" is
not bad; its major problem being a
lack of continuity. Kennv I serins
has tried to put too large a
diversity of music into a single
album. As a result the tunes that fj
are good are excellent and those
that are bad, stink.
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