Baby Grand (1977)

The cover looked interesting, the price was $1-2, so it was worth a shot. Also three guys pictured on the back, with perfectly long pot smoking hair. Purchased in a local thrift store here in Montreal. Another album where the visuals promise more than the music can live up to. A boring album with cheesy 70's rock. Nothing that's necessary in your record shelf.

The band consisted of David Kagan, Eric Bazilian and Rob Hyman, this was their self titled debut album. As a producer, they had Rick Chertoff. The album was released on Arista where the legendary Clive Davis had started, but releasing Baby Grand was probably not one of his major achievements. If you know your music history, you may know that after two albums with Baby Grand, Hyman and Bazilian created The Hooters, a band that reached great success. Several Hooters albums were also produced by Chertoff. So if you are a Hooters fan (I'm not), the album can be interesting from a historical perspective, but then you probably need to be a pretty serious fan.

The music can generally be described as 70's soft rock, well produced for sure, and what it seems talented musicians. But oh so boring. The kind of record that is impossible to sit and listen attentively to more than a few minutes, due to boredom. Unfortunately, I'm also not a big fan of Kagan's singing, which strengthens the cheesy feeling. There's really no song that stands out in any way, and you can safely ignore this album if you happen to encounter in a record bin.


Tracklist

Side A
1. Never Enough 4:20
2. Can't Keep It Inside 4:36
3. Bring Me Your Broken Heart 3:49
4. Lady Of My Dreams 4:46

Side B
1. Down, Down 7:00
2. Alligator Drive 5:19
3. Shinin 'In The Spotlight 3:55
4. Boy In The Band 5:01