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Tour De Force [Us Import]

by: .38 Special

Release Date October 25, 1990
38 special have been around since the 1970s. Their stock in trade is southern boogie, and it is no coincidence that their music is, in some ways, a development of their more well-known predecessor Lynyrd Skynyrd. Indeed, the lead singers of the two groups are brothers.
Tour de Force is 38 Special's 6th album and, for me, by far the best. I know that so many reviewers give 5 stars, and it tends to be devalued, but this is one of only 2 or 3 albums of my collection of about 500 that would get 5 stars, and the only one for which I've written a review. Although it's a relatively short work (issued in 1983 when vinyl was king), each of the 9 songs is of top quality. From the story of rekindling a relationship in 'One time for old times' to the ... Read More:

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Wild Eyed Southern

by: .38 Special

Release Date October 01, 1999
38 special have been around since the 1970s. Their stock in trade is southern boogie, and it is no coincidence that their music is, in some ways, a development of their more well-known predecessor Lynyrd Skynyrd. Indeed, the lead singers of the two groups are brothers.
Tour de Force is 38 Special's 6th album and, for me, by far the best. I know that so many reviewers give 5 stars, and it tends to be devalued, but this is one of only 2 or 3 albums of my collection of about 500 that would get 5 stars, and the only one for which I've written a review. Although it's a relatively short work (issued in 1983 when vinyl was king), each of the 9 songs is of top quality. From the story of rekindling a relationship in 'One time for old times' to the ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 3
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38 Special

by: .38 Special

Release Date July 07, 2008
38 special have been around since the 1970s. Their stock in trade is southern boogie, and it is no coincidence that their music is, in some ways, a development of their more well-known predecessor Lynyrd Skynyrd. Indeed, the lead singers of the two groups are brothers.
Tour de Force is 38 Special's 6th album and, for me, by far the best. I know that so many reviewers give 5 stars, and it tends to be devalued, but this is one of only 2 or 3 albums of my collection of about 500 that would get 5 stars, and the only one for which I've written a review. Although it's a relatively short work (issued in 1983 when vinyl was king), each of the 9 songs is of top quality. From the story of rekindling a relationship in 'One time for old times' to the ... Read More:

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Strength in Numbers

by: .38 Special

Release Date May 25, 2004
a very enjoyable cd produced by keith olsen and featuring denny carmissi from heart on some of the tracks.

CD-Charts Position 5
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Anthology

by: 38 Special

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a very enjoyable cd produced by keith olsen and featuring denny carmissi from heart on some of the tracks.

CD-Charts Position 6
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Flashback

by: .38 Special

Release Date December 31, 1993
This is an incredible find. At first sight it seems to be a collection of the usual tracks plus one prevoiusly unreleased. How wrong can we be? There is one studio track otherwise unavailable - 'Same old feeling'. Two tracks, 'Back to Paradise' and 'Teacher, teacher' are from the soundtracks of two films and are not on any other compilation. The joy only increases out of all proportion when we find that 'Wild-eyed..',Stone cold..' & '20th Century Fox' are LIVE recordings from Houston, Tx, in 1986! The rest of the album are the studio recordings the fan will have - if only they could have been live versions also. Even so this album is a must-have for any fan of possibly the most under-rated group around.(Now all we need is the 1st album ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 7
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Rockin' Into the Night

by: .38 Special

Release Date October 01, 1999
This is an incredible find. At first sight it seems to be a collection of the usual tracks plus one prevoiusly unreleased. How wrong can we be? There is one studio track otherwise unavailable - 'Same old feeling'. Two tracks, 'Back to Paradise' and 'Teacher, teacher' are from the soundtracks of two films and are not on any other compilation. The joy only increases out of all proportion when we find that 'Wild-eyed..',Stone cold..' & '20th Century Fox' are LIVE recordings from Houston, Tx, in 1986! The rest of the album are the studio recordings the fan will have - if only they could have been live versions also. Even so this album is a must-have for any fan of possibly the most under-rated group around.(Now all we need is the 1st album ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 8
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Special Forces

by: .38 Special

Release Date October 01, 1999
This is an incredible find. At first sight it seems to be a collection of the usual tracks plus one prevoiusly unreleased. How wrong can we be? There is one studio track otherwise unavailable - 'Same old feeling'. Two tracks, 'Back to Paradise' and 'Teacher, teacher' are from the soundtracks of two films and are not on any other compilation. The joy only increases out of all proportion when we find that 'Wild-eyed..',Stone cold..' & '20th Century Fox' are LIVE recordings from Houston, Tx, in 1986! The rest of the album are the studio recordings the fan will have - if only they could have been live versions also. Even so this album is a must-have for any fan of possibly the most under-rated group around.(Now all we need is the 1st album ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 9
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Christmas

by: Lynyrd Skynyrd & 38 Special

Release Date
This is an incredible find. At first sight it seems to be a collection of the usual tracks plus one prevoiusly unreleased. How wrong can we be? There is one studio track otherwise unavailable - 'Same old feeling'. Two tracks, 'Back to Paradise' and 'Teacher, teacher' are from the soundtracks of two films and are not on any other compilation. The joy only increases out of all proportion when we find that 'Wild-eyed..',Stone cold..' & '20th Century Fox' are LIVE recordings from Houston, Tx, in 1986! The rest of the album are the studio recordings the fan will have - if only they could have been live versions also. Even so this album is a must-have for any fan of possibly the most under-rated group around.(Now all we need is the 1st album ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 10
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Drivetrain [Us Import]

by: .38 Special

Release Date July 27, 2004
This album took me by surprise as it was not what I was expecting. I was always a fan of the clean guitars and the varnished productions that were trademarks of the 38 Special sound. This is what I was expecting on this release.

However, this album blew me away !! The production is gritty, the sound is dirty. The album really rocks !!

If you always thought of 38 Special as being the cleaner living brother to Lynyrd Skynyrd, think again as based upon this album, the band just discovered beer and women !!

This is an album by a seemingly reborn band. They handled the production themselves and have gone in the direction that they say felt thay always needed to go. Don Barnes is quoted as saying that the band's goal ... Read More: