Fretplay.com Grand Funk Railroad CD reviews Grand Funk Railroad guitar tabs Grand Funk Railroad CD reviews Grand Funk Railroad tabs All The Girls In The World Beware


Grand Funk Railroad - All The Girls In The World Beware Audio CD

A fair review of the Grand Funk Railroad "All The Girls In The World Beware" 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 Grand Funk Railroad reviews here, or go back to the Grand Funk Railroad tabs.

Grand Funk Railroad Band: Grand Funk Railroad
Title: All The Girls In The World Beware
Rating:
Release Date: 1999-03-02
Media: Audio CD

Tracks:

GOOD ALBUM
I RECOMENDED THIS ALBUM TO ANY GRAND FUNK FAN.


A Different Kind Of Album For GFR
While this Album upset may have GFRs hard Rock Fans with Songs like Look At Granny Run Run, Bad Time and Some Kind Of Wonderful it was an album way ahead of its time and influences people like Prince. This was GFR first the Heavy Metal Power Trio; Then the powerful hard rock quartet, and Now on All The Girls In The World Beware a Hard rock R N B hybrid, way ahead of their time. Many artists in the last 10 years have been mixing Hip Hop and Rock GFR mixed Rock and R N B long ago in 75. This album still have GFRs signature sound and had some heavy rockers like Life, Runnin, Good N Evil, And Responsibility. Wild All The Girls . . . and Memories are also good songs, Memories is a very pretty ballad. All The Girls has one of the best Bass lines I have ever hear and Wild is a typical rock n roll I am a pig songs. Bad Time and Some Kind Of Wonderful both charted in the top 5 and are still main stays in GFRs live shows. This is a must have for any real Grand Funk Fan and a must have for those who would like to see the roots of Hybrid rock.


Better than most fans think
I suppose it's no surprise; after years of loud, in-your-face rock albums and tours, Mark Farner, Don Brewer, Mel Schacher and Craig Frost went into the studio and made an album that has a lot more R&B and a lot less rock than ever before. This 1974 recording doesn't rate highly with most Grand Funk fanatics. And yet, despite the complaints, All The Girls. . . has many inventive moments. The seven-minute Good And Evil is fascinating for Brewer's strange, processed lead vocal. Look At Granny Run Run is sheer, goofy fun and Memories is a serious stab at out-and-out balladry. Of course, older fans said 'what the heck is this band doing a ballad for?' They might have a point, but no creative musical act should be put in a stylistic straightjacket.


Not as muscular as the cover suggests
Released not long after a couple of chart-topping hits, "All the Girls in the World Beware!" was the beginning of the end for Grand Funk Railroad. Many Grand Funk purists would argue that the band peaked as early as their first live album, but commercially they just went from strength to strength. Although tracks like "Some Kind of Wonderful" had their appeal, it's hard to believe that the same band that recorded the classic "red" album just a few years previously was now responsible for such bland fare as "Bad Time". The greatest irony is that just when the market for hard rock was growing like a monster, one of the prime acts of the genre was fading away to a meek shadow of its former self.


You can see a complete list of all Grand Funk Railroad discography, or go back to the Grand Funk Railroad tabs. There is also a good guide on how to read guitar tabs here.

Search guitar tabs

#ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
[ Search tabs | Guitar tabs | Bass tabs |
Easy guitar tabs | Guitar solo tabs |
Acoustic guitar tabs | Guitar chords |
How to read guitar tabs ]
Forum topics
Music forums
- Bands and artists - Songwriting and lyrics - Tablature talk - Promote your band
Instrument forums
- Guitar basics - Gear & accessories - Bass guitar
Community
- The pit - Site Feedback - Reviews
[ User survey | About us | Privacy statement ]