Adam Faith - I Survive
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Album Details: I Survive
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- 01/01/1974
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| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews Once one of Britain's most reliable hitmakers, Adam Faith slipped out of the recording studio in 1965, and did not return for another decade, a period during which he established himself as both an actor (wellreceived roles in That'll be The Day and Stardust) and a manager he was part of the team that launched Leo Sayer to fame. 1974, however, brought him back to a recording career, with a comeback album that now stands as one of the great unsung records of the 1970s and one of the last great supersessions" of the age as well. Coproduced by Faith and David Courtney, I Survive was engineered by Deep Purple faithful Martin Birch, mastered by Mickie Most, and draws in guest appearances from Ritchie Blackmore, Russ Ballard and Argent's Bob Henritt, with Blackmore's lead guitar flourishes through the title track the match of anything he'd done with his own band lately. The songs are equally eyecatching, as Faith and Courtney collaborate across ten solid poprockers that are as close to the Beatles as they are to Courtney's thenswinging partnership with Sayer, and offer few concessions whatsoever to Faith's own past as a prebeat boom balladeer. When he does slow down, as on the sweet "I Believe In Love", his vocal is a dead ringer for some lost Ray Davies jewel, while the quirky "Foreign Lady" has a beery singalong quality that is irresistible. The Kinks parallels resurface elsewhere across the album, with the closing pairing of "In Your Life" and Star Song" as movingly mighty a finale as any of Davies' concept albums ever enjoyed, the first a sparse pianoled confession, the second an atmospheredrenched rumination on the fame that Faith had walked away from, and was now in the business of inflicting upon others. A lot of the early 60s pop idols attempted comebacks during the mid1970s, with Alvin Stardust (the Artist Formerly Known As Shane Fenton) succeeding beyond anybody's wildest imaginings. From a commercial point of view, Faith was never going to eclipse the man in black leather's fame and fortune. But, from a musical point of view, I Survive wipes the floor with all contenders, past and present. A masterpiece. - Dave Thompson, All Music Guide |
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The late '50s in England saw a legion of young teen idols, groomed for music stardom by managers eager to see their clients land a chart hit or two on their way to careers as all-around entertainers, or even television or movie actors. A few of them,...Full Adam Faith Biography
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