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Eddie Money: Eddie Money

Eddie Money: Eddie Money

Analogue Productions  CAPP 089 SA

Stereo Hybrid

Pop/Rock


Eddie Money


Edward Joseph Mahoney, a Brooklyn-born second-generation cop who eventually ditched his badge and gun to pursue his rock star dreams as Eddie Money — struck gold right off the bat with his 1977 self-titled debut album.

The record's leadoff single, "Baby Hold On," was actually its biggest hit, but the follow-up single "Two Tickets to Paradise," was a sort of spiritual cousin to Bruce Springsteen‘s "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)." It's written from the perspective of a young guy who's desperately trying to convince his girlfriend to ignore her disapproving parents and come away with him "on a trip so far away from here." With its smooth production, urgent uptempo chorus, and insistent melodic hook, "Tickets" was a natural for late '70s FM radio — where it found an immediate home, eventually working its way all the way up to No. 22 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Although Money might have written "Two Tickets to Paradise" to convince a specific girl to leave town with him, its title became shorthand for that end-of-the-work-week feeling you get when you've fulfilled all of your responsibilities to the Man and you're free to relax without obligations for a little while — like, say, at at an Eddie Money concert, where "Tickets" has remained a constant fixture of the set list for more than 30 years.

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1. Two Tickets To Paradise
2. You’ve Really Got A Hold On Me
3. Wanna Be A Rock ‘n’ Roll Star
4. Save A Little Room In Your Heart For Me
5. So Good To Be In Love Again
6. Baby Hold On
7. Don’t Worry
8. Jealousys
9. Got To Get Another Girl
10. Gamblin Man
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Comment by Downunderman - December 23, 2016 (1 of 1)

No information on the provenance of the source used for this SACD master, but it sounds pretty good all the same.

According to the Analogue Productions site the remastering is from Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound. This information is not contained on the SACD itself.

It has a pretty analogue feel and that 70's AOR rock sound. So smooth as all get out, but also fairly detailed for this type of album. Good soundstage and instrument separation as well.

The last track on the album (Call On Me), whilst not listed as such, is a bonus track and fits right in with the rest of the tracks. The bonus track was the last track on the follow up album to this one and was also used as a B side for the single taken from the follow up album.