"Eye Of The Zombie" is a 1986 album by American singer/songwriter John Fogerty. It was his first album with a backing band, and it includes the Creedence-inspired track "Change in the Weather" as well as "Wasn't That a Woman" and "Soda Pop," his first forays into 60s-70s Motown-sounding funk and R&B. Fogerty hasn't played any material from this album in his concerts since the "Eye of the Zombie" tour in 1986.
He may have taken a decade to cut his third album, but John Fogerty wasted no time in delivering a sequel to his blockbuster 1985 comeback "Centerfield", rushing "Eye of the Zombie" into stores in 1986. "Eye of the Zombie" bears every mark of being a rush job from this notorious rock & roll perfectionist, containing only a couple of songs that rival those on "Centerfield" chief among them is the doomy groove "Change in the Weather", a tune he later salvaged with a stripped down re-recording on 2009’s The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again -- but what really sinks the record is its absurdly synthesized production, a clanking, cavernous collection of keyboards, squealing controlled distortion, and conflicting drum programs. To a certain extent, this unpleasantness may be intentional because at its core "Eye of the Zombie" is a very angry album, finding Fogerty railing against all manners of ‘80s evils, whether it’s crass consumerism, blaring headlines, or the violent policies they chronicle. Instead of pairing this doom to some swampy choogle, Fogerty sets it to too-tight synth rhythms and encases it in glassy production that not only is the antithesis of his rage, it undoes otherwise amiable cuts like the seemingly sunny soul-pop “Knockin’ on Your Door.” Track for track, it’s a misfire of staggering proportions, one that halted Fogerty’s comeback and sent him back into seclusion for another decade.
Track listing
01. "Goin' Back Home" (John Fogerty) - 3:34
02. "Eye of the Zombie" (John Fogerty) - 4:35
03. "Headlines" (John Fogerty) - 4:29
04. "Knockin' on Your Door" (John Fogerty) - 4:18
05. "Change in the Weather" (John Fogerty) - 6:48
06. "Violence Is Golden" (John Fogerty) - 5:20
07. "Wasn't That a Woman" (John Fogerty) - 4:12
08. "Soda Pop" (John Fogerty) - 5:54
09. "Sail Away" (John Fogerty) - 4:41
Released: October 1, 1986
Genre: Heartland rock
Label: Warner Bros.
Length: 44:07
Producer: John Fogerty
Personnel
John Fogerty - vocals, guitar, keyboards
Neil Stubenhaus - bass
John Robinson - drums, percussion
Alan Pasqua - keyboards
Bobby King, Willie Greene Jr., Terry Evans - background vocals
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