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its & EmteirlfcffluniiBieaiih Zevon as envoy escalates martial intensity 7e-vn- breaks the of such as firearms, mercenaries and law- as usual, pace The Envoy a a Warren Zevon yers. To his credit, he manages to drop the rockers by interspersing goodly ironical hints to indicate that number of ballads. Linda Ronstadt needs p Asylum enough and k. new Zevon . to cover, he is, at least somewhat, tongue-in-chee- some songs Warren Zevon used to want to come must Zevon On the album "The Envoy," Zevon conti- the way her checks accrue, off as a cynical private eye. Now have about those nasty tough, nues to show an to turn a phrase shouldn't to worry he be Habib more ability wants to Phillip or, and use clever such as over- metaphors, OVeAsraup-to-dat- e as John DeLorean is likely, Henry Kissinger, who has more drafts and bills due. Zevon tells the charisma. K as a rock star saving "Charlie's Medicine." Super who "deals the Middle East from yet another clash A drawback of Zevon's previous work tale of a Southern Californian whole-heartedl- y Here's one not through shuttle diplomacy, truly an has been his inability to in pharmaceuticals." admirable hero of our time. Zevon, who rock out ("Werewolves of London" is likely to be covered by Ronstadt. hit a mid-temp- o is "Jesus Ment- has long been big on gun imagery, has an exception.) Typically, he'd Another notable tune an acoustic escalated to nuclear weapons. He's groove and never quite break on ioned." Accompanied only by On "The Zevon does Elvis to come from against using 'em. through. Envoy," guitar, Zevon wants all-o- ut -- "The Envoy" is the title cut and one cut loose with some rockers that beyond the grave to sing gospel again of a number of memorable tunes on really do the job. The song "The Envoy" a tribute, of sorts, to the King. B--l is and Zevon 's better-than-usu- al record. Con- moves along on a martial beat with Zevon consistently maturing is record. sistently a gifted songwriter, Zevon has guitars. "Ain't That Pretty at All" evolving as an artist. Good head-bangin- g Pat a knack for using threatening imagery literally music. Record review by Higgms 'Security9: Never schlock, darn danceable up, darn danceable. At its coolest, the monkev Security is bad. Every Peter Gabriel music is like good Floyd, at its hottest, It isn't that any song The is some of the Geffen good Bowie, and that boils down to a song is good. thing are to good mix. songs are good because they great to. It is hard to make concrete Fine mists of music tumble dramatically But I like Gabriel best on a song like space off statements about something that makes exotic space. You are entereing "The Family and the Fishing Net," a tune through mind drift. a Twilight Zone of sound and song. Bowie could have written for his "Lodger your at times the music verges on You float on pillows of Pink Floyd-lik- e album. Songs like "Shock the Monkey" Though the it is never schlock. music, as ethereal as the spirit of the and "I Have the Touch" sound like a melodramatic, rock-beat-croone- is the rs one if it es and Music isn't automatically Moody Blues, as ephemeral as the ghost fusion of the other. A Richard is melo- of Alan Parsons and heroic enough to split sides of Bowie's "Low" Wagner opera never schlock. clouds all the to the sun. album. These songs in particular are fun dramatic and way here isn't as strained You are in the enchanted realm of Peter to crank up. The comparison as it be. I have already mentioned Gabriel, the former Mr. of Genesis. Something knocked me out of the trees might Synthie 's air. It is Inside three weeks of its release, Now I 'm on my knees "Security" heroic, triumphal about as much like as it is like the Gabriel's turned into a Top-1- 0 Cover me, darling, please. . . opera "Security" Zone. it is Peter album. Don 't you know you know you 're going Twilight Mostly, though, Gabriel. The reason for its appeal is obvious. to shock the monkey. . . is It is house- You can the ape. . . The music appealing. great ape review David Wood work music at low volume and, cranked Darling, don't you monkey with my Record by IfBobby Vinton were into heavy metal. . . The Cage It's not a bad song, extolling the virtues Van Halen's version of "Pretty Woman." is such a beautiful Tygers of Pan Tang of Paris (Paris by air Another good song on the album is MCA sight, but nothing can compare with "The Actor." If the rest of this album is n Paris by night), and the singer's poverty-stricke- heavy metal, this must be light metal. Don't feel bad if you've never heard of condition. (I'd love to be there but It's a ballad which will, at the very least, these this group, kids. I never had, and I'd I don't have the bread. By the way, bring a frown to your face. And the venture to say most people haven't. And guys obviously are English, but does any- lyrics are a bit haunting. "You are the after listening to this record, I'd say the one still say "bread"? I thought that went actorThe curtains never closeYou are the chances aren't any greater that people out with Dobie Gillis.) actor the stories never told." will hear of them. The Tygers are Brian Dick on electronic The Tygers are an English band and The PR blurb on this album said it was and accoustic percussion, Rocky (that's apparently popular with the English al quite influenced by the heavy-met- his name, Rocky) on bass, Robb Weir heavily just public and music press. (They even have a sound. I that's I wish on Fred Purser on guitar and key- guess right. just guitar, fan club called "The Fang Club.") Whether would to me what in boards and Jon Deverill on vocals. somebody explain they can make the jump across the Atlantic the Sam Hill the heavy-met- al sound is. All of them do a if fairly competent, is another This is probably a case Send me cards and letters. not Deverill question. your spectacular, job. especially of the band being better in concerts than There aren't bad vocals. He called any really horribly displays promise on isn't on records (the Grateful Dead syndrome, this album. On the other hand, do songs on upon to anything especially difficut, in other words). there aren't any wonderful, great, out- but he does a credible job with what he This is not a record. It's not a standing songs on this album either. has. party mellow record. It's a record which has the "Paris by Air" is, in my humble The most unusual song on the album is same net effect on the listener as a series opinion, the best song on the record. It's their version of the old hit "Love Potion Draino commercials. the sort of ballad Bobby Vinton might Number Nine." It's a hard, driving version, of do if he were into heavy metal. not as good as the original but, unlike Record review by Jeff Goodwin

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