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by Cary Stegall
Battalion staff
Kim Games
Cafe Racer
EMI America
Kim Carnes has combined
her regular band with some of
the members of Toto to create an
album that has pleasant sound
ing and stylish songs, but with
out anything that promises to be
a huge hit.
"Invisible Hands" is the first
cut off the album to be played on
the air and it is easily identifiable
as Carnes' work. The sound
from the backup musicians has
not changed much since "Bette
Davis Eyes," but everything is
handled more evenly, most like
ly because of Toto's influence on
matters of style. Carnes' vocals
are more subdued but still strike
out in the chorus.
This album relies more heavi
ly on ballads than previous
works, and succeeds because of
it. Tunes like "Met You at the
Wrong Time of My Life" and
"The Universal Song" are abso
lutely lovely. Hopefully, "Cafe
Racer" will not be ignored like
Carnes' last work, which also
was good but not destined for
success.
Clarence Clemons &
the Red Band Rockers
Rescue
CBS
Clarence Clemons has begun
to build a reputation for himself.
His hard playing on the sax in
Bruce Springsteen's E Street
Band has not gone unnoticed.
Clemons has found his own
people to back him up musical
ly, and, with "the Boss" in for
production, has recorded his
own record.
The sound is what you would
expect after listening to Cle
mons' other works — a basic
R&B feel with smatterings of
gospel and — a little surprise —
some synthesizer borrowed
from the Prince school of rock.
The songs on "Rescue" are con
sistent, with the same pounding
energy that has made a name for
Springsteen.
The uptempo cuts like "Rock
'N' Roll DJ" and "Heartache 99"
are the real guts of this album,
providing a perfect setting for
Clemons' sax and gritty voice. In
fact, the only high energy that
doesn't sound up to par is "Re
surrection Shuffle," which has
gone just a little too far with the
lyrics.
Clemons' shows more soul in
his laid-back tunes such as, "A
Man in Love" and the album's
first single, "Woman's Got the
Power." With the incredible di
versity of backup musicians in
the Red Bank Rockers, it is easy
for the album to switch from
rock to ballads convincingly, as
Clemons proves throughout
"Rescue."
The Rolling Stones
Undercover
Atlantic
The Rolling Stones, after near
ly 20 years of album producing,
has shown the world that it's
still the best rock band around.
Of course, being the best has its
disadvantages—one of which is
constantly being at the mercy of
the critics. The Stones are char
acterized as "old-fogies" when
they stick to their original style,
but as "sell-outs" when they
react to new sounds.
On their newest album the
band has responded to the influ
ence of some current musical
fashions and has integrated
these sounds into their own re
pertoire without major changes.
The percussion section has been
built up for a stronger rhthymic
pulse, much like the sound of
"Sympathy for the Devil." The
most noticeable change is the ex
tended use of studio tricks to
liven up the arrangement of
tunes.
Those tricks are evident on
the first single released, "Under
Cover of the Night." The "fade
in and out" during Keith
Richard's guitar chord echo
moves the song into a short, fin
al reprise. "Under Cover" is the
most danceable, and probably
the best, cut on the album.
Other cuts, such as "Too
Tough" and "She Was Hot,"
have the energy and a dash of
decadance that are the Stones
trademark, but after those the
album moves along with very
highs or lows. Even the Stones'
average work — like this — has
more to it than 90 percent of the
albums out, so it is worth a quick
listen. Perhaps this is just one of
those albums that has to "grow
on you."
Barbra Streisand
YentI: The Original
Movie Soundtrack
Columbia
Barbra Streisand has been on
a downswing since the release
of "Guilty" in 1980, but her lull
has not been a musical one as
much as a personal one. "Guil
ty" was a fine collaboration of
Streisand and Barry Gibb that
spawned several hits, but her
last album "Memories" had
only three new songs to go with
the old hits. So where has Barb
been you ask? She's has been
working on her new movie
"YentI," and out of the movie
has developed a soundtrack.
YentI is a voung Jewish girl
who disguises herself as a man
to go to a Yeshiva school.
Whether this old theme works
on the screen, it is strong
enough to create several in
teresting songs by writer Michel
Legrand and lyricists Alan and
Marilyn Bergman. With
Streisand's lush voice added,
this album becomes her most
satisfying work since "Funny
Girl," produced in the late '60s.
Streisand is at her very best on
the two singles produced sepa
rately for both the movie and
radio play. These songs, "No
Matter What Happens" and
"The Way He Makes Me Feel"
have been re-worked in the stu
dio by Phil Ramone and Dave
Grusin to have a remarkably
smooth and jazzy feel. Streisand
Holiday
by Angel Stokes
Battalion staff
Going home for the holidays
means having lots of good food
and drink.
If you're tired of the old favo
rites, you might want to try
some of these. They also make
great inexpensive gifts.
Egg Nog
Beat well:
9 egg yolks until fluffs and
cream with 1 c. sugar.
Add:
3 cups half and half
one-naif c. sherry
one-half c. brandy
Beat:
one-fourth t. cream of tarter
6 T. sugar
Fold in egg whites and sprink
le nutmeg over top.
winds her way through the
melody lines like the old pro she
is.
The finale for the movie, "A
Piece of the Sky," is an incredi
ble climax to the album, culmi
nating in one of those pure sus
tained notes that seem to float
high above the instrumentation.
This song is unfortunately over
done in the last few bars where
the listener is forced to listen to a
tympani and harp orchestration
tnat sounds like the closing line
of a 1930 melodrama.
"YentI" is the best album
from Streisand in quite a while,
and the early returns say the
movie is just as good.
Review albums provided by
Hasting's Books and Records.
recipes
Peanut Brittle
3 c. sugar
one-half c. water
3 t. butter
2 t. soda
1 c. white Karo syrup
3 c. raw peanuts
11. salt
Boil sugar, Karo and water until
thread spins. Then add peanuts
and stir continously. Cook until
it turns a brownish gold. Take
from heat, add butter, salt and
soda. Pour onto butter board to
cool.
Ice Cream Pumpkin Pie
2 pints vanilla ice cream
1 16 oz. can pumpkin
1 and a half c. sugar
11. cinnamon
one-half t. ginger
2 nine inch graham pie crusts
one-half t. salt
11. vanilla
1 c. whipping cream
See RECIPES, page 12
Two country singers
to perform this week
by Shelley Hoekstra
Battalion staff
If country western is your
musical preference, then this
is your week in heaven.
Wednesday night Road-
runner Productions and
WTAW will present George
Strait in concert. Some of
Strait's more recent hits in
clude: "If You're Thinking
You Want a Stranger,"
"Down and Out," "Amarillo
by Morning," "Fool Hearted
Memory" and "Marina Del
Rey."
Strait will perform in the
Heavy Metal Coliseum lo
cated at the comer of Hwy 21
and the East bypass of Hwy 6.
James and Michael Younger
will open the concert. Tickets
are $8.50 and are available at
Hastings Books and Records.
Thursday night MSC Town
Hall presents Don Williams in
concert. Some of Williams
more recent hits include: "No
body But You," "Love Is On a
Roll," "If Hollywood Don't
Need You>" "Listen to the
Radio" and "Lord, I hope This
Day is Good."
The Dallas Times Herald re
cently said of the performer
that "he is top-notch ... his
styling adds nuances of mean
ing, subtle shading, to the
feelings which fill his songs.
He can shift a rhythm just
enough to make it clear that a
sad song isn't a tragic one,
that the hero will bounce
back. He can hang on to a
whisper longer than you ex
pect him to, caressing it inti
mately before he lets it go..."
A musician since the age of
10, Williams is an outstanding
performer on the guitar, man
dolin and banjo, as well as a
srong vocalist and accom
plished songwriter. In 1981
Williams had two gold albums
("Greatest Hits Volume I" and
"Best of Don Williams
Volume II") and one platinum
("I Believe in You"). In 1981
he also received an award for
Country Album of the Year —
"I Believe in You."
Don Williams will perform
at 8 p.m. in G. Roleigh White
Coliseum. Tickets are avail
able in the MSC Box Office for
$8, $9 and $10.