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Genre:
Rock
Release Date: 06/10/1997
As this collection attests,
Firefall was a group in which the whole was less than the sum of its parts. In this case, the parts happen to be former members of
the Flying Burrito Brothers,
Byrds, and
Spirit. Nevertheless,
Firefall embarked on a mellow
country-rock/
pop path that would spur critical grimaces but commercial fortune during a short period in the late '70s. The group's only Top Ten hit,
"You Are the Woman," a saccharine soft rocker buoyed by studio-heavy instrumentation (replete with flute, courtesy of member
David Muse, is the centerpiece here.
"Just Remember I Love You," the group's second biggest hit (which fittingly went number two on the
adult contemporary chart) is more of the same, while
"Strange Way" tries to be angry but only comes off as a mildly peeved, bantamweight
Crosby, Stills and Nash. Remarkably, there are seven more songs on this "best-of."
~Erik Hage, All Music Guide
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