Audio CD review:
Jeff Beck - Flash

Jeff Beck - Flash

Band: Jeff Beck Title: Flash Rating: Release Date: 25 October, 1990 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Ambitious 2: Gets Us All In The End 3: Escape 4: People Get Ready 5: Stop, Look And Listen 6: Get Workin 7: Ecstasy 8: Night After Night 9: You Know, We Know 10: Nighthawks 11: Back On The Streets

Customer Reviews Impossibly lame He even buys into the then-budding industrial trend with "Ambitious"; indulges himself in hair-metal cheese on "Gets Us all in the End"; and introduces "Escape" with drum machines, synthesizers, and. It was the mid-'80s, so I guess even Beck decided he'd dive headfirst into the gimmicks of the day, with the sterilized "heavy" guitars and the booming drums. . . vocoder. It doesn't help that it launches into '80s generic funk mode afterwards. "Stop Look Listen" follows the same path: cheesy overbearing synthesizers dominate, the vocals are laughably overdone. Is it supposed to be danceable? Because I'm not dancing. But at least it's not as bad as the record's nadir: the robotic dance track "Get Workin'", a poisonous stew of '80s clichés; "Ecstasy" could've been at least decent if it weren't for the synthesized horns and artificial handclaps. By the way, are artificial handclaps not the stupidest things ever? I've already railed against them multiple times, though, so why repeat myself? Crappy song, that's the point. And that might not even be as bad as the "atmospheric" "You Know, We Know", with its sterilized, heavily altered guitar; or lame synth-pop duds like "Nighthawks" and "Night After Night". Then there's "Back on the Streets", a forced attempt by Beck to rock out. I don't know why Beck rocking out could conceivably feel forced, but then this record defies the laws of nature. The lone song worth listening to at all is a hit cover of "People Get Ready", but that's more for guest Rod Stewart's vocals and Beck's own guitar solo than the production, which is just like the rest of this. So yeah, one good song of eleven. Not a recommended purchase at all. Not A Bad Album If you can get past the dated sound & heavy production, there are actually a few really good songs on it. Flash got bashed by alot by critics & hardcore fans but in reality, it's really not bad at all. Especially "Ambitious", "It Gets us all in the End" & my all time favorite JB song - "People Get Ready" which features Rod Stewart delivering some Amazing vocals. If you like the 80's and enjoy impressive scorching guitar solos, you can't go wrong with this album. stinker I've listened to Beck since '75,bought every thing I could find he plays on including this farce and seen him live many times but nothing can save this one. PU Jeff, If funk was where you wanted to be when you made this album you should have called Bootsy up and set a date. Stinko lyrics, cornball sound. Of course if your a fan of COMMERCIAL 80's pop/funk aka madonna you probably would like this . And if you don't believe me check out how many copies of this CD are availabe used for 5 bucks, somebody knows something. If I could strip the guitar parts out and set it to different music I would because,yes I love HIS playing but man it's rough listening to the nonsense around it. . You can see a complete list of all Jeff Beck discography, or go back to the Jeff Beck tabs