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Sammy Hagar - Ten 13 Audio CD

A fair review of the Sammy Hagar "Ten 13" 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 Sammy Hagar reviews here, or go back to the Sammy Hagar tabs.

Sammy Hagar Band: Sammy Hagar
Title: Ten 13
Rating:
Release Date: 2000-10-24
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Shaka Doobie (The Limit) 2: Let Sally Drive 3: Serious Ju Ju 4: Message 5: Deeper Kind of Love 6: Little Bit More 7: Ten 13 8: Protection 9: 3 in the Middle 10: Real Deal 11: Tropic of Capricorn

In retrospect, one of his best
After Cosmic Universal Fashion, I decided to go back and re-listen to everything from "Marching to Mars" to the present, and this one surprised me - I don't remember liking it this much the first time around!

There are some weak tracks, particularly at the start of the album, which I think influenced my earlier opinion. I just rediscovered this album.

Shaka Doobie, Serious Juju, Let Sally Drive and later in the list, 3 in the Middle all have good music, but the lyrics are weak. They're all total rockers though. Let Sally Drive, no offense, is just another song about driving fast cars from Sammy.

The middle of the track list blows me away. The Message is representative of what Sammy and Jesse Harms could do together - powerful, moving, hard rockers. Easily my favorite track, and it makes me miss Jesse's influence.

Deeper Kind of Love and Little Bit More are both rock ballads, showcasing Sammy's acrobatic voice.

Ten 13 is a birthday party song - I want to play it at my next one. Recalling the Beatles' but heavier.

Protection is good, but a little awkward on the lyrics - easily overlooked when played at high volumes.

The Real Deal is in the "Sammy Swagger" category (like the later 'Sam I Am' and several others that are basically saying, "I'm Sammy and I rock. ") This one features slide guitar virtuoso Roy Rogers and is a treat just for that.

Tropic of Capricorn is a sign of things to come later from the Wabos - an ability to mix it up with the music of sand and oceans. This becomes a key part of the band's identity in later releases, culminating in the release "Living It Up. "

So having a couple of tracks that I'll likely skip most times, I plan on putting this into a more frequent rotation!

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Two great songs
For me, the songs Deeper Kinda Love and A Little Bit More are the two standout tracks from this album. I can always find a couple songs on each of Sammy's albums that I listen to over and over.

The next best song is Ten 13. Slade fans out there will recognize this song as virtually identical to the Slade song Ready To Explode (Part II The Grid) from their 1984 album KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF MY POWER SUPPLY.

As for the rest of the album, it's good, if for nothing else than because of Sammy's always-present enthusiasm and delivery, but the songs just seem to lack the killer hooks.

Overall a good rocking album, but not as consistent as his other albums in the 1997-2002 period.


Sammy keeps hard rock (no not 80's hair metal) relevant. 3 1/2 stars
This album starts off with four great songs. Sammy solo post Halen rocked more than his former band and there was far less of the sap that kept some people away. There's two great rockers Shaka doobie and Let Sally ride. This is simply what good hard rock music is and there's none better than Sammy right now to remind us that real rock music is alive.

Serious Juju is also a rocker but there's some semi industrial (well not quite) stuff going on as well. The Message is my pick for best song on the album, it's one of Sammy's inspirational songs, but it's got crunching guitars all through and doesn't go too far into sap territory. The next songs do however, Deeper kinda love, Little bit more. I guess hardcore fans must like these two but it's just too classic Hagar ballad like for me. Ten 13 brings the fun back again, I get a sort of Wings/Rock show vibe off this. It's just that sort of live show opener, "Let's celebrate, don't be late".

That's where the album starts to drag for me. Protection is a bore. 3 in the middle and Real deal picks up a bit but it's nowhere as good as the first four songs. Tropic of Capricorn sounds like something off Balance not something I like. For me this is about 3 1/2 stars, but if you liked the Hagar years in Halen then you should like it a lot more. But even otherwise get it anyway because you don't get many good rock albums like this nowadays and hard rock needs all the support it can get.


Almost up to Van Halen Standards
"Deeper Kind of Love" and "A Little Bit More" are great softer songs. This CD is criminally underrated!!

It starts off really rockin' with "Shaka Doobie" and "Let Sally Drive".

"Tropic of Capricorn" is my favorite song on this CD though. "Tropic of Capricorn" is similar to "Cabo Wabo" or "Take Me Back (DejaVu)" from the Van Halen era.

For less than $10, this CD is a STEAL! If you like Sammy's old stuff or Van Halen, this Ten-13 will not dissapoint.


Sammy does it again
However, over the last few years, I've noticed a lack of product at our record stores. I live in Australia and am an avid fan of SH (he actually toured here about 7 years ago). Having tracked down his website I discovered this album which was never released here. It's interesting to get an album that is actually "between" others I've heard - it allows you to judge it on its own merits as opposed to comparing it to the last offering.

I reckon this is one of his best, good punchy riffs and his voice is at full stretch - much more consistent than, say, Marching to Mars or Red Voodoo (sorry couldn't help myself).

It rarely let's up and as such is a perfect driving companion.

Can't wait for any new stuff!.


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