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Grand Funk Railroad - Born to Die Audio CD

A fair review of the Grand Funk Railroad "Born to Die" 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: Born to Die
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Release Date: 2003-02-25
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Born to Die 2: Dues 3: Sally 4: I Fell for Your Love 5: Talk to the People 6: Take Me 7: Genevieve 8: Love Is Dyin' 9: Politician 10: Good Things 11: Bare Naked Woman [Live Rehearsal][#][*] 12: Genevieve [Live Rehearsal][#][*]

born to live on
The songwriting is now more predictable than ever, the formula these guys were attempting has finally sunk in by now so we know exactly what to expect, and it's just not as much of a satisfying listening experience as before. Well, this is yet ANOTHER Grand Funk Railroad album, and I'm not really sure I find as much excitement in this one compared to their previous albums.

Still though, the songs are memorable for the most part, the guitar playing is surprisingly really good, and it's not bad by ANY stretch. It's just that, you know, the band has a LOT of better albums than this one. I guess my favorite song would be the instrumental "Genevieve". "Dues" reminds me of early Bloodrock a little bit (ever heard of THAT band? A great hard rock band from Texas).

Still, for a good price, or to complete your Grand Funk collection, you can't go wrong with this album.


ONE OF THEIR BEST!
How good was music in those long gone days, good to know many other people likes it the way I do. I bought this one as a Long Play back in 1977 when I was just starting my Rock collection, and after having bought both, We're an american Band and Shinin' on, I felt it was as good as those two, and now I think it may be even better as many of the reviewers think! The two bonus tracks on the CD are amazing! If only they had not included " Sally" I think it would be a perfect one. In reality I don't like much the first albums from this band, just a few songs, but here is were they reached their peak in my opinion. .


Grandest Funk!
I bought it on vinyl as a new release and loved it. Until I read all the great reviews, I thought I was the only one who felt this is the best Grand Funk album. The CD re-master sounds incredible.


Great Yesterday and Today!
I let this sit and picked it up years later and was blown away. Like mentioned already, I bought this in junior high (still have the original cassette tape) and liked it, but was hoping for their more commercial music back then.

The opening track, Born to Die is amazing. It has a real maturity and when you let an artist write music from the heart without restraint this is what you get--a recording that holds up today as well as any time previously. There is a real contrast from this recording and their last, Good Singin, Good Playin which doesn't have the same determination and focus Born to Die has with ridiculous songs like Big Buns and Rubberneck!

This album also was a foreshadow of GFR's demise. All four of the boys sitting in coffins summed up their future together.

This is one of the best rock albums recorded imo. Every song is a gem.
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Grand Funk's BEST!
It is simply a fantastic album and even after all these years the songs hold up. Grand Funk had many great albums, but none of them equals Born To Die. (Dues is my personal favorite Grand Funk song of all time. ) Every one of the songs on this album is excellent.

The true GRF fan needs only a few of their CDs:

1) Grand Funk Live - a must have

2) We're An American Band - for obvious reasons

3) Born To Die - see above

4) Caught In The Act - one of the best live albums of all time

5) . . . . um. . . that's it. . there is no number 5 unless maybe one of the retrospective CDs.


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