Champlin, Bill / No Place Left To Fall
| Album: | No Place Left To Fall | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Champlin, Bill | Added: | Oct 2009 | |
| Label: | Dream Makers Music | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2009-11-29 | Pull Date: | 2010-01-31 |
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| Week Ending: | Jan 31 | Jan 24 | Jan 17 | Jan 10 | Jan 3 | Dec 27 | Dec 20 | Dec 13 |
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| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 30, 2010: | My Musical Midlife Meltdown
Stone Cold Hollywood |
4. | Jan 14, 2010: | in the groove
Angelina |
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| 2. | Jan 28, 2010: | in the groove
I Want You To Stay |
5. | Jan 08, 2010: | Time Traveler (Top Indie CDs of 2009)
All Along |
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| 3. | Jan 21, 2010: | in the groove
Tuggin' On Your Sleeve |
6. | Jan 07, 2010: | in the groove
Look Away |
Album Review
Uncle Steve
Reviewed 2009-11-30
Reviewed 2009-11-30
NO FCC Violations
(reviewed by “Uncle Steve”, 11/21/2009)
Bill is a Bay Area native, with a long history leading “The Sons of Champlin” + 2 ½ decades with “Chicago”. This is very slickly produced, with a lot of vocal harmonies (many falsettos). It has tight instrumental performances from a group of frequently heard studio musicians. The first couple of cuts have a “Dr. John meets Stax” feel, lots of organ & piano stabs, with New Orleans/Memphis funk (yet still with an 80s production feel). Other tracks sound a lot like 80’s era “Chicago”, sans horns.
Overall: Good performances, but rather pedestrian for a College Radio Station.
Recommended Tracks: 2 (funky, bluesy), 12 (mid-tempo, funky, lyrics make fun of Hollywood types).
(reviewed by “Uncle Steve”, 11/21/2009)
Bill is a Bay Area native, with a long history leading “The Sons of Champlin” + 2 ½ decades with “Chicago”. This is very slickly produced, with a lot of vocal harmonies (many falsettos). It has tight instrumental performances from a group of frequently heard studio musicians. The first couple of cuts have a “Dr. John meets Stax” feel, lots of organ & piano stabs, with New Orleans/Memphis funk (yet still with an 80s production feel). Other tracks sound a lot like 80’s era “Chicago”, sans horns.
Overall: Good performances, but rather pedestrian for a College Radio Station.
Recommended Tracks: 2 (funky, bluesy), 12 (mid-tempo, funky, lyrics make fun of Hollywood types).
Track Listing
| 1. | Total Contrrol | 7. | Never Been Afraid | |||
| 2. | Tuggin' On Your Sleeve | 8. | Angelina | |||
| 3. | The Truth | 9. | Look Away | |||
| 4. | No Place Left To Fall | 10. | I Want You To Stay | |||
| 5. | Lover Like That | 11. | Never Let Go | |||
| 6. | Lookin' For You | 12. | Stone Cold Hollywood | |||
| 13. | All Along | |||||