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Pat Benatar - Get Nervous Audio CD

A fair review of the Pat Benatar "Get Nervous" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Pat Benatar reviews here, or go back to the Pat Benatar tabs.

Pat Benatar Band: Pat Benatar
Title: Get Nervous
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Release Date: 1990-10-25
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Shadows of the Night 2: Looking for a Stranger 3: Anxiety (Get Nervous) 4: Fight It Out 5: Victim 6: Little Too Late 7: I'll Do It 8: I Want Out 9: Tell It to Her 10: Silent Partner

THIIS IS NOT A REMASTERED TITLE


Despite the statement by Amazon on the second page for this album, this is the same sound recording as originally issued in the 1980's. **WARNING** - THIS TITLE IS NOT REMASTERED (For superior sound quality).

You can purchase a remastered album on a compilation issued by BGO Records (it also has "Precious Time" for 2 albums on 1 CD).
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Get Nervous CD Review
Product came in a timely manner and as descirbed from the seller. I was very satisfied.


quality songwriting, but missing something


Side one of Get Nervous is pretty good, though. Pat Benatar continued her successful career into the 80's, but as a result, the decline was beginning to creep in. In fact, it gives me the same level of enjoyment that her previous albums did. You have the radio hit "Shadows of the Night", the exciting upbeat "Anxiety (Get Nervous") and the energetic and underrated classic "The Victim".

Side two, however, is not as good. It's like the energy from Benatar's voice and the rest of the band members weren't giving it their all- some pretty weak moments can be found. "I'll Do It" doesn't belong on the album. It's a filler song for sure. "I Want Out" and "Silent Partner" are pretty good tunes, though. Mostly because of the vocal melodies which are above average, but not at the level of classic.

I guess overall I get the feeling Pat Benatar was just going through the motions of being a successful pop star, and thought she could get away with releasing an album with weaker material. Either that, or the changing times of the music scene was starting to take its toll on her career. We also can't rule out the terrible production from the 80's decade overall. Something wasn't right. .


Get Ready ,Get Set, Get Nervous
Actually she dumped the leotard look all together by this time and opted for the new wave short skirts and mini dresses, she had also married her guitarist Neil Giraldo since her last album and one of her guitarists Scott Sheets left being replaced by Charlie Giardino, a keyboardist, and thus with a new found fervor, Pat released Get Nervous. Though this site declares this is a remastered version, the powers that be have yet to release such a thing and that's a crying shame as Get Nervous is Definitely my third favorite Benatar album of all her releases (right after the first two), for her fourth album Pat had a few new things up her leotard. From the minute you look at the awesome cover artwork you know you're in for a trip. Beginning with the lead off single "Shadows Of The Night" Pat was onto a new power pop kick, luckily while mixing up the song co-producer Neil felt the song needed something at the intro and accidentally had the vocal track playing by itself, and voila he had his beginning. Not until Whitney's "I Will Always Love You" cover did another song start acapella and actually still grab you so fiercely. From the rocking pop to a keyboard infused pseudo Motown revival in "Looking For A Stranger" Pat's voice sounds better and better with each track, the third track "Anxiety (Get Nervous)" is fuelled by a rounding guitar lick that was performed straight on for all 3 and a half minutes in the days before looping. The video is hilarious, the song is infectious and hilarious and actually quite rocking. Pat turns it down a notch (at least in the beginning) for the ballad "Fight It Out" before belting every single note she has in her little frame and then turning it up to Led Zeppelin-ish rock with one of my favs "The Victim" with Pat belting and belittling "your choice of love was never very bright/ you've got a burning desire to be the victim/ you're bleeding from the soul/ you're hurting from the heart" and then one of my all time Benatar singles "Little Too Late" with its drum rolls and keyboard infusions, it's classic 80's pop and full of that Benatar attitude I love. From here the songs go into even more of a new wavey vein with "I'll Do It" and "Tell It To Her" mixing the keyboard pop with Neil's rock guitar and Pat's anger at full throttle. Interesting to me is that her only co-write on this album is "Tell It To Her" and it's about the only time you'll find one of Pat's angst ridden songs actually talking about her lover having a girlfriend on the side. For the most part she's just usually pissed cause he doesn't treat her right or did her wrong but here she's dumping the bastage cuz he's got a chick on the side, then what was my fav Benatar song for years "I Want Out" with awesome guitar, awesome breaks and beats and Benatar full on voice. The whole thing ends with a strange little ditty "Silent Partner" that begins with a barrelling keyboard whirl before turning into a super fast paced rocker. An excellant way to end one of her most excellant albums. By the way, when i was but a wee boy, the Christmas of 1982 found under my tree was one of those black tape recorders and a brand new cassette to play in it - that's right Get Nervous. I wore that sucker out. Now I own the cassette, a few copies of the vinyl (looking for the mint edition) and on CD. Now if only Chrysalis/Capitol would remaster the sucker it'd be like Christmas 1982 all over again.
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Remastered? Not from what I received
I don't believe this cd has been issued yet in remastered format as with "In the Heat of the Night", "Crimes of Passion" and "Precious Time". I ordered what I "thought" was Get Nervous Remastered and received the original cd. The format needs to be changed to "Original Recording Mastered".


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