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A, 'In the 1 blazing c By Evan Gordon Gamccock Staff Writer Pat Benatar is an amazing lady who could very well be the rock queen of the 80's. On her debut album, In the Heat of the Night, her voice has an amazing range that sounds at times like Olivia Newton-John and at others like Patti Smith or Deborah Harry of Blondie. In the Heat of the Night could be the best debut album since the first Boston album. However, the record should have been called Heartbreaker instead. The title cut is jusi a mediocre tune tor this album. It contains some backup vocals which really are not necessary and actually ruin the song. It sounds like Yoko Ono is tied up in the studio in a sack., THE SINGLE from the album, "Heartbreaker," is great. It is quite commercial and has been overplayed tr^ipeiidoMsly, but still it is a gratrirtfcker aftd-shows Benatar's potential.' One of the most impressive songs on this album is "My Clone Sleeps Alone." One would think by the title that this would be a punk rock number, but it is just the opposite. "Clone" starts out slowly, but then changes pace and ends up being a powerful rocker. This should have been the single off the album, but it lacks the commercial qualities of "Heartbreaker." THE STORY OF Pat Benatar is Gigolo from page 8 me uidici iai. juiiii otiiicy s photography brings Schrader's deliberate framing to vibrant life, and Giorgio Moroder has followed his Oscar-winning score for Midnight Express with another electronically-produced marvel. THE THEME SONG, "Call Me,M performed by Blondie, sets the mood for the entire piece and is I caoun Ciiuu^ii iu uuy UiC SUUI1U* track the second it reaches the market. American Gigolo is the first must-see film of the 1980s and if all young ladies react to Gere in the same way as the ones I've talked to, it could do for him what Blake Edwards' 10 did for Bo Derek. In fact, it could work wonders for Hutton, too. She looks smashing and acts better than I ever thought possible. H P^))1* K corn "S : 8 ^tEART H jj| Same Heart with |?j f ij Diamond $10.95 p Mt Offer ends Feb. 1 2 p ^ 1 JEWELRY a 2999 fUtt Spring* Rd iN 8 ? WkJ&f HBP ^JP ."IMp . 1 tt> i MHHgHI^K*^^'; *St^^f^oynami^Pa^Benatar -jegt of the lebut for P the age-old saga of overnight success. Her break came when sne auditioned at New York's famous showcase for young talent, Catch A Rising Star. Club owner Rick Newman remembers the night. "It was 2:45 in the morning. We had 30 performers and she was number 27. I was on thp nfhpr siHp nf tho room drinking with some friendsthen I suddenly heard this voice!" Newman began booking her regularly and eventually became her manager. Benatar's band provides superb support on the album. The band ' There are a lot of i releasing new materii I ICI lOillw 4a iwm ? uuwuny luiii lU UI5UU Of" try rock and roll.' consists of Neil Geraldo (lead guitar.keyboafds), Roger Capps (bass), Scott St. Clair-Sheets (rhythm guitar) and Glen Hamilton (drums). Capps is an old friend of Benatar's and wrote two songs with her?"We're So Sincere" and "My Clone Sleeps Alone." There are also some electrifying versions of John Cougar's "I Need A Lover," Nick Gilder's "Rated X" and Alan Parsons' "Don't Let It Show."* 11,11 I HI MMIIIIHI IIII II mil l^HAS NEVER < j JOSEPH BRFNNER w?% "monn He's the highest paid V I lover in Beverly Hills, lEEsaiB] ii - 8^- I i JHK ^ "*?aE 1 ~ --p^i* .jt i mKb Night''at Benatnr THERE ARE A LOT ot new female vocalists releasing new material every week. They usually turn to disco or country ; very few try rock and roll. Benatar explains why she did: ,4I hardly ever listen to other female vocalists. It's British male rock singers I most admire?people like ' Robert Plant Roger Daltrey, and Lou Gramm. I try to be strong and masculine on stage like them, but somehow it comes out being very iciininne. But not the delicate sort of femininity that dominates pop new female voaclists al every week. They country, but very few i ?. j music today. Pat Benatar is here I fn onrl ??/>ll iv i wn anu i uu. one willlllClliOf "Low-key or laid-back I'm not. A . lot of women singers today seem to be saying, 'If you love me, then hurt me, I'll die.' I say, 'If you love me then hurt me, I'll kick you r ass!' In the Heat of the Night, on Chrysalis records, has also has a great deal of commercial success, staying in Billboard's Top 100 for j 16 weeks. I GONE THIS FAR j A "She will y raise your blood pressure!" j ?Playboy. Magazine lequirr ichard Gere mren Hutton B ?? 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