Del Shannon's final album "Rock On", originally released in 1991 with the first 10 tracks after Shannon's death, is a fitting testament to a great artist who never lost what it was that made him great. The album is passionate, dramatic, emotional, and full of great songs. Most of all it has that amazing voice, and yes, Shannon's majestic voice is as strong as ever here. The album showed Del Shannon's voice and writing skills were in fine form. "Walk Away", written by Shannon, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne is the most commercial of the songs complete with his falsetto. "Who Left Who" is a powerful breakup ballad that could be sung by LeAnne Rimes or George Jones. Of the first tracks listed, only "What Kind Of Fool Do You Think I Am" wasn't written by Shannon. He covered the Tams version (later a hit by Bill Deal and the Rondells) and does it well. His updated version of "I Go To Pieces",the Peter and Gordon hit which was written by Shannon, is a winner as is the pop rock uptempo "Are You Loving Me Too". This re-issue has 5 additions tracks: "Hot Love", "One Woman Man", "Nobody's Business", "You Don't Know What You've Got (Until You Lose It)", and "Songwriter". Of these 5 tracks all were written by Shannon except for "You Don't Know What You've Got", the sixties Ral Donner hit. "Hot Love"and "One Woman Man" are both terrific songs as is his rendition of the Ral Donner hit. A special mention has to be made of the last track, "Songwriter". It is voice only of Del Shannon singing and composing into a home recorder. While it has tape stops where he starts over, it shows a songwriter at work creating a song. The sad part is when he sings, "songwriter, give me back my life".
Track List:
01. Walk Away (Del Shannon, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty) - 3:37
02. Who Left Who (Del Shannon) - 3:20
03. Are You Lovin' Me Too (Del Shannon) - 3:14
04. Callin' Out My Name (Del Shannon) - 3:44
05. I Go To Pieces (Del Shannon) - 3:59
06. Lost In a Memory (Del Shannon) - 3:35
07. I Got You (Del Shannon) - 3:41
08. What Kind Of a Fool Do You Think I Am? (Ray Whitley) - 3:09
09. When I Had You (Del Shannon) - 4:17
10. Let's Dance (Del Shannon) - 3:31
11. Hot Love (Bonus Track) - 3:23
12. One Woman Man (Bonus Track) - 3:54
13. Nobody's Business (Bonus Track) - 3:22
14. You Don't Know What You've Got (Until You Lose It) (Bonus Track) - 4:17
15. Songwriter (Bonus Track) - 3:23
Release Date: 1991
Label: Silvertone Records
Genre: Rock
Play Time: 54:22
Produced by: Jeff Lynne, Mike Campbell
Mixed By: – Bill Bottrell, Richard Dodd, Mark Linnett
Engineered By: – Mike Campbell, Richard Dodd
Personnel:
Del Shannon - Vocals, Guitar, Electric Guitar
Jeff Lynne - Bass, Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals, Keyboards
Tom Petty - Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals
Phil Jones - Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals
Mike Campbell - Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Keyboards
Benmont Tench - Piano, Organ, Accordion
Richard Greene - Fiddle
Backing Vocals - Howie Epstein, Andy & David Williams, Phil Hatton
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