Ian McDonald

"Drivers Eyes" (CDR)

  1. "Overture"--instrumental (2:34)
  2. "In Your Hands" (4:19)
  3. "You Are a Part of Me" (5:04)
  4. "Sax Fifth Avenue"--instrumental (4:20)
  5. "Forever and Ever" (5:08)
  6. "Saturday Night in Tokyo" (2:52)
  7. "Hawaii"--instrumental (5:14)
  8. "Straight Back to You" (4:46)
  9. "If I Was" (4:28)
  10. "Demimonde"--instrumental (3:28)
  11. "Let There Be Light" (3:22)

An interesting solo album by the former Foreigner keyboardist. Quite a mix of tunes here, with the instrumentals being easy-pop jazz numbers, while the vocal tracks vary from dorky pop tunes ("Saturday Night in Tokyo", EEEYYUCCHH!!) to fairly good power rock. Three guest vocalist appear here: John Waite, John Wetton & Lou Gramm -- the Lou Gramm tune, "Straight Back to You", sounds JUST LIKE early Foreigner!! (Gee, I WONDER WHY????) The other songs are sung by Ian, who has a pretty weak voice, I'm afraid. Overall, though, this album's a nice departure from my normal musical tastes, and especially nice to get on CDR (with faithfully copied artwork & liner notes, to boot!) since it's only available as a really expensive Japanese import.

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