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'Wonderland'
By Marc Fink
Nils Lofgren rocks back to his old style of
solo album with "Wonderland."
Like most Lofgren solo albums, his
seventh offers a few dynamite tunes set off
with average rockers and a couple of
clinkers. Although threatening to be the next
Peter Frampton ? archetype, tenor-voice,
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Stone ? Lofgren can't get his rock 'n' roll
goals straight: does he want to be an adolescent
idol or not?
Besides the Frampton comparison,
"Wonderland" invites Bruce Springsteen
comparison with "I Wait For You," which
coud be sub-titled "Darkness On The Edge
Of Town, Revisited." Capturing Springsteen's
best album in one cut guarantees that
"I Wait For You" is one of the better songs
on the album.
THE OPENER, "Across The Tracks"
also has the Asbury influence, a fiery guitar
and harmonies from the"House of Everly,"
assisted by Edgar Winter. The song about
love on the wrong side of town says, "If my
dad ever caught me kissing her, he'd shoot
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Two other tunes should also get radio
airplay, the title cut "Wonderland" featuring
piano and percussion on Lofgren's
perception of paradise, "No one ever has to
raise a hand in a Wonderland,' and the
album closer, "Deadline," with an enticing
guitar hook and one of the better solos on the
album.
Of the mellower tunes, "Into The Night"
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Lofgren outside of his genre, and the only
song not written by Lofgren, "It's All Over
Now" the Rolling Stones' smash of the past
by Bobby Womack, which flounders. Your
favorite bar band has a better version of
"It's All Over Now" than Lofgren.
BACKING LOFGREN on "Wonderful"
are Kevin McCormick, bass and harmonies;
Andy Newmark, drums; Robbie Kondor,
synthesizers; and Jim Maelen, percussion.
One of the reasons 44Wonderland" is better
than his last solo album is the replacement
of Jeff "Skunk" Baxter as producer. While
"Night Fades Away" was dedicated to Vietnam
veterans, "Wonderland" is dedicated to
dead Pretenders Pete Farndon and James
Honey man Scott.
"Wonderland" displays the Lofgren talent
that brought Grin, his band of the early
1970s, critical a:claim, but in lesser quantity.
As Neil Young's main man on the "Trans"
tour, Lofgren was a pesky bolt energy; on his
solo albums he often appears half-hearted.
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