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John Fogerty - Eye of the Zombie Audio CD

A fair review of the John Fogerty "Eye of the Zombie" 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 John Fogerty reviews here, or go back to the John Fogerty tabs.

John Fogerty Band: John Fogerty
Title: Eye of the Zombie
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Release Date: 1990-10-25
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Goin' Back Home 2: Eye of the Zombie 3: Headlines 4: Knockin' on Your Door 5: Change in the Weather 6: Violence Is Golden 7: Wasn't That a Woman 8: Soda Pop 9: Sail Away

John Fogerty's "Eye Of The Zombie"
Still it's worth the bother. This album is worth owning, since appearently physically buying the cd is the only way to acquire it(rather than by download, that i could find), i'm sure due to the legendary squabbling over the Creedence rights. recommend "Change in the Weather" for the 'groove' and the whole album for the songwriting. . . good, not great, but a must have for any serious Creedence or Fogerty fan. on the whole i rank it better than "Centerfield", personally.


Eye Of The Zombie

It disappoints me when critics' comments clearly demonstrate a shallowness in knowledge of the artist and merely keep reflecting on his past performances for whatever past qualities they deem to be superior and that each and every one of the subsequent presentations must be a clone of the past. A passionate and enduring John Fogerty fan will quickly recognise that this album is an inspiring demonstration of the completeness of this man as composer, musician and singer.

Fogerty displays fortitude in choosing a wide variety of material for this album, including a hauntingly stunning instrumental (Goin' Back Home) as his first track. He surprises the avid fan by dispensing with his normal delivery to finish with Sail Away, a song of electro-magnetic quality full of eeriness and stillness in the scenario of an impending encounter with aliens.

Throughout his career Fogerty has segmented his songs into a number of categories. One such is the category of near cataclysmic fear and the unknown. Eye Of The Zombie and Change In the Weather fit into this category and are worthy of being up with the best of them. Fogerty has often depicted a strong anti establishment base to his music and lyrics, which send strong supporting messages to the underdog in our society. Two songs on this album which continue this trend are Headlines and Violence Is Golden. Both, especially the former are true blue renditions and very much in the Fogerty mould of direct, confrontational delivery of lyrics.

Soda Pop, Knockin' On Your Door and Wasn't That A Woman are a departure from the traditional Fogerty sound but give a nice balance to the album by falling into the middle ground between the softness of the first and last tracks and the traditional confrontational style.

Another highlight of the album is the bass baritone sounds developed by the background vocalists Bobby King, Willie Green Jnr and Terry Evans. The timbre in these voices blends successfully with Fogerty's aggressive falsettos (repeated again in the later Premonition concert with the Fairfield Four for Hundred And Ten In The Shade). This is pop harmony of the highest order, the background vocalists ably complimenting a great rock & roller.

In reading critical reviews of all John Fogerty albums there has been much preoccupation and acrimony about John's past involvement with Creedence Clearwater Revival. This has spilled over into comparing his voice then and now, his old songs and his new and generally what CCR did has now become a sort of benchmark to which John must aspire.

Let the new listener be informed. John Fogerty has already eclipsed the benchmarks set by CCR. His new compositions are equally as good and arguably better. His voice is more naturally Fogerty now that he doesn't have to prove himself anymore. His rhythm guitar virtuosos are incomparable.

The more you listen to this album and to his later ones (Blue Moon Swamp and Premonition - specifically the new material) the more you realise you are listening to probably one of the best composer/musicians in the history of this music. You are most certainly listening to the best voice.


Fogerty's "average" beats most others' "best ever"!
"Goin' Back Home" is a heavenly instrumental in the style of Dvorjak's "Going Home". This one's a mixed batch (hey, it had to happen sooner or later). Then he hits you with "Eye Of The Zombie", a terrific Halloween song-- where's Karl Kolchak when you need him? With its disco beat, it seems possibly inspired by Michael Jackson's "Thriller"-- but a LOT scarier! Much of the rest-- "Headlines", "Knockin' On Your Door", "Change In The Weather"-- is kinda average. I guess Fogerty has just set such a high standard for himself that his fans don't want anything less. "Wasn't That A Woman" and "Soda Pop" are actually BELOW-average. But "Sail Away" ends the album on a very pleasant note. (Now-- how many songs can YOU name with that same title? Even Stu Cook wrote one. . . ) In a repeat of history, Fogerty practically dropped out of sight after this for another 10 years! But when he came back-- WOW.


Good things and bad things on this one.
I liked this better when this first came out, despite it's somewhat bitter tone. At the time, it was great to hear anything by ths guy, and since I'm a big fan of his pretty much anything he puts out I'm going to like to some exent. But it doesn't age very well for me. He tried to go for the "modern" sound at the time, which meant using drum machines and synthesizers. So it sounds very dated to me. There are good songs on here though; "Change in the Weather", "Sail Away" and "Headlines" hold up.


The best John has ever been!
To those critics who bitched about this not being a good follow-up to "Centerfield" and especially the one who (accurately, unfortunately) said after this he'd need another comeback. . . BOLLOCKS! Just listen and you'll find out THIS is the best John Fogerty stuff you'll ever hear!.


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