Audio CD review:
Fastway - On Target (Reworked)

Fastway - On Target (Reworked)

Band: Fastway Title: On Target (Reworked) Rating: Release Date: 11 November, 1998 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Trick or Treat 2: Answer Is You 3: These Dreams 4: Station 5: Change of Heart 6: Two Hearts 7: Make My Day 8: She Is Danger 9: Dead or Alive 10: Easy Livin' 11: Let Him Rock 12: Show Some Emotion 13: Say What You Will

Customer Reviews This was just a bad idea! If I had heard this reworked version first I may have felt different (but not likely). The original release of On Target was excellent but this is just a butchery of it. I think the two things that kill this album are that the production is just aweful compared to the original and that the song order doesn't work. The new recordings of the "classic" Fastway stuff should have been added at the end as bonus tracks. I think Lea Hart is a great vocalist but just doesn't pull off the old stuff very well. Also, two songs were omitted from this release - "A Fine Line" and "Close Your Eyes". It seems that most everything was re-recorded with the exception of drums, vocals and some keyboards (nearly all keyboards are deleted). Some drum parts are changed, for example "Let Him Rock" just doesn't rock as hard now! Overall the mix is poor and it sounds like when it was mastered that the levels were too high since the signal distorts at times. I would say this CD is for completists only. . No King No Glory.... He can't sing this song nor can he sing any classic Fastway. Well I admit seeing that they re-recorded a few classic tracks sparked my interest until Harts terrible vocal delivery just about made me cry instantly when he shreaks out the opening line of Trick Or Treat. This band is nothing without Dave King. He is/was the most important ingredient to a smoking hard rock band. Now for the production sound on this release. It sounds like it was recorded in the giant drainage tube. Eddie's guitar sounds are processed with some cheesy effects that in no way highlight his playing. Maybe the worst song of their entire career is included here called "Dead Or Alive". This song just proves how much Dave King was an integral member of this outfit. Please don't buy this and reward Eddie or give him any ideas about making another Hart/Fastway album. The least he can do is grab Henrik Ostergood from Dirty Looks to sing any other reworking of classic Fastway. That way it won't completely suck. Wow! What a bad album! However, that's not the worst of it. Like the previous reviewer said, this is just not fastway. This is simply a terrible collection of songs. This album sounds like it could have been the sound track to a cheesy 80s high school teen flick - tons of keyboards, almost drum machine-sounding drums with tons of bad echo effects and just plain bad vocals. The focals are thin and full of sing-song pop harmonies. I'm sorry Fast Eddie, but this album has absolutely no redeeming value. . . NONE! I just want to make sure I have made it clear that this album is horrible on it's own. It does not need to be compared to other Fastway albums to be considered this bad. . You can see a complete list of all Fastway discography, or go back to the Fastway tabs