Tight Shoes/Girls to Chat & Boys to Bounce [Import]

Track Listings

1. Stranger In My Home Town

2. Loose Ends

3. Full Time Lover

4. Baby Can I Change Your Mind

5. Too Late The Hero

6. Dead End Street

7. Be My Woman

8. No Hard Feelings

9. Wide Boy

10. Let Me Get Close To You

11. Live Now Pay Later

12. Love Zone

13. Delayed Reaction

14. Second Childhood

15. Weekend Driver

16. Sing About Love

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
First time on CD. Remastered versions of 1980s 'Tight Shoes' and '81s 'Girls to Chat & Boys to Bounce' together in one package. Includes new liner notes by Classic Rock's Derek Oliver. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.

Tracks:

Stranger In My Home Town
Loose Ends
Full Time Lover
Baby Can I Change Your Mind
Too Late The Hero
Dead End Street
Be My Woman
No Hard Feelings
Wide Boy
Let Me Get Close To You
Live Now Pay Later
Love Zone
Delayed Reaction
Second Childhood
Weekend Driver
Sing About Love

Album Description

First time on CD. Remastered versions of 1980s 'Tight Shoes' and '81s 'Girls to Chat & Boys to Bounce' together in one package. Includes new liner notes by Classic Rock's Derek Oliver. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.

Customer Reviews:

Great Rock & Roll.......2003-09-10

Boys To Chat And Girls To Bounce is a wonderful album, and you really don't have to be a Foghat fan to enjoy. There are eight very strong songs here, all showcasing the strong songwriting abilities of the late great Dave Peverett, as well as the extremely adept guitar work of Eric Cartwright. Back in the eighties when this album was first released, I was so skeptical due to the absence of the slidemaster Rod Price. Cartwright is no Price, but he was a perfect fit for the type of music Peverett wanted to do. Cartwright really should have been the guitarist on the Tight Shoes album, as his style would have been so much more fitting to that kind of rock-pop sound Peverett strove for.

The songs here are fantastic: Wide Boy, a quick three-minute rocker with a catchy melody and a wonderful hammer-on solo form Cartwright. Let Me Get Close To You is perhaps the strongest tune on the album, with a great groove that'll get your feet tapping. Live Now, Pay Later returns to the older Foghat sound, a rocker that closes with a great two minute guitar jam. Love Zone showcases Cartwrights adept slide work, clean but not as bluesy or aggresive as Price's work. Delayed Reaction is a tuneful melody with a bit of a reggae jam at the end. Second Childhood and Weekend Driver ae great rock/blues songs with catchy choruses and lap-slide guitar. The last song, Sing About Love, is an amazingly catchy blues tune with gorgeous vocal harmonies.

Girls To Chat And Boys To Bounce is not the best Foghat Album, but it is a GREAT rock album, a wonderfully enjoyable rock and roll album that all ages can enjoy. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!

Tight performance; Clean sound........2000-09-24

Note to self for future reviews -- Please give these CDs a chance before you pass judgment. It would be easy to dismiss these two CDs if you are an old Foghat fan looking for more of the classic Foghat sound. God knows I did when I first heard them some 20 years ago. These were quite a departure from what we were used to from this band. When I first recieved this set of CDs in the mail a month ago, I gave them a quick listen as a refresher, and then I wrote the review you see down below here. I am writing this to correct myself. In my earlier review, it is clear that I thought "Tight Shoes" was inferior to "Girls To Chat". That was based mostly, I fear, on my teen-aged opinion from 20 years ago.

Since writing my other review, I have listened to "Tight Shoes" about ten more times, and now am forced to reverse myself. There is nothing missing on this performance! The songs are well-written and performed flawlessly. I'm struck specifically by the strength of the rhythm guitar work here. And complex melodies abound, though they may not jump out at you until about the third or fourth listenings. And the drums sound unusually terrific on this album. They always did sound terrific, but I think the mixing brings everything out better here. The only critisism I really have is that there is not enough lead guitar in these songs. I mean the lead guitar sounds phenomenal when the solos come, but they are just too short, the longest one I think being in "No Hard Feelings", the last of the eight tracks. There are no clunkers on this album. But outstanding songs include Loose Ends, Full Time Lover, Baby Can I Change Your Mind, and Dead End Street. Others will find different favorites, as they are all good solid songs.

My opinion of "Girls To Chat, Boys To Bounce" has not changed. A good, solid, complex, tight, melodic, and strong performace. Both albums lean more toward mainstream music than ever before, but never really cross that line. The Foghat persona remains intact.

Yes, these albums marked a musical change for this band, but if you give them a few listens, I think you'll find that the change isn't as radical as it might first appear. These are definitely Foghat albums; they cannot be mistaken for someone else. And when you've made the slight musical adjustment, I think you'll feel right at home.

These CDs are better than you have been told!.......2000-09-15

While "Tight Shoes" has great sound quality and is definity Foghat music, there seems to be something missing here. This album is not quite as creative as their previous albums. The songs are all rock-solid and sound great, and yet a little bit of soul is lost here somehow. Rod Price has some great guitar solo moments though, but does not get enough time to express them. And the bass lines are great too.

"Girls To Chat, Boys To Bounce", even though Rod Price is gone, is still an awesome Foghat album. With this album, they are all over the place music-wise, and succeed with each new style they try. "Wide Boy" is a great rollicking rocker, and catchier than anything I've heard in a while. But my favorite tune has got to be "Second Childhood", with amazing complexity and musical choreography. While I doubt this song could have come off well live due to its use of layering, it sounds downright wonderful here. Technically, I think they borrowed some recording tricks from Queen here, although I'm quick to point out they sound nothing like Queen--I speak only of recording quality and technique. This is one of my favorite Foghat albums, even though they have strayed from their roots here. It's an experiment in diversity, and it pays off. Every song is a winner.

Foghat change direction........2000-08-12

A tired and fading 'boogie' rock band shamelessly adopt the sound of the 'new wave' and produce two albums that are absolutely... BRILLIANT! I have been waiting for both of these albums to show up on CD for years. It must have been an error to place them together at such a low price.

some underated music.......2000-06-12

foghat were way underated tight shoes is a well put together lp the only problem is that it dont rock like most other foghat lps now girls to chat rocks a little more but we have a different lead player eric cartwright who is not near the slide player that rod the bottle is all in all they are good cds take them on a slow ride

Average customer rating:

Tight Shoes/Girls to Chat
Foghat
Manufacturer: Essential
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music

Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music

Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music

General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0002B6966
Release Date: 2000-11-14

Music Review:

Music Review

Music Review

1. Stranger In My Home Town
2. Loose Ends
3. Full Time Lover
4. Baby Can I Change Your Mind
5. Too Late The Hero
6. Dead End Street
7. Be My Woman
8. No Hard Feelings
9. Wide Boy
10. Let Me Get Close To You
11. Live Now Pay Later
12. Love Zone
13. Delayed Reaction
14. Second Childhood
15. Weekend Driver
16. Sing About Love