Firefall crested with its third album, Elan, which was prefaced by "Strange Way," an unusually vituperative leadoff single from the group who had broken through with songs of romantic devotion like "You Are the Woman" and "Just Remember I Love You." This time, lead singer and songwriter Rick Roberts was unmoved by a weepy lover, calling her emotional outbursts, "a strange way to tell me you love me," and adding that, if she wanted to cry to somebody, "don't cry to me." The single, which pe   [ read more ]

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After introducing their mild, country-rock charm with 1976's Firefall, Rick Roberts and the band were right back at it a year later with Luna Sea. Following in the footsteps of their debut release, Luna Sea attached the same type of silky harmonies to light, breezy acoustics which confirmed the band's comfortable residence in their genre. Although Firefall's first album contained three hit singles (two of them making the Top 40), Luna Sea has Roberts fully revealing the influences th   [ read more ]

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Reissue label supreme Wounded Bird continued its mission to reissue the most eccentric and obscure releases by combining Firefall's last two records, 1982's Break of Dawn and 1983's Mirror of the World, on one budget-line disc. While the group had a few notable chart-topping hits during its tenure, the overly glossed production sensibilities, drum machines, and synthesizers of the early '80s clashed with the feel-good, relaxed atmosphere of Firefall's folk-tinged sound. Also, most of the g   [ read more ]

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As the '70s expired, the palette and climate of the soft rock sound also made way for many of the electronic advancements of the '80s, with synthesizer presets and drum machines making their way to the forefront of many groups' sound (most likely in response to demands from overzealous record executives who insisted on keeping the bands "modern" and "futuristic"). This Wounded Bird two-fer compilation features Firefall entering the '80s in a very erratic, inconsistent creative mindset. The group   [ read more ]

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Given Firefall's pedigree of former Spirit and Flying Burrito Brothers members, it may seem that the group would have been a little more adventurous than the band that gave us the soft rock classic "You Are the Woman." Thing is, they were -- the song was just so successful, it's overshadowed the fact that their 1976's eponymous debut was a varied, satisfying record. Yes, most of it was within the province of mellow Californian soft rock, but they do display their country-rock roots, alo   [ read more ]

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Sharing a light, lush airiness with bands like Poco, America, and Air Supply, Firefall sang fluffy love songs that were weak in lyrical nutrients but abundant with softened chords and harmonies. When radio was saturated with light rock in the mid- to late-'70s, they were right in the heart of it, reaching number nine on Billboard's Top 40 with the gentle "You Are the Woman," which remained on the charts for a startling 15 weeks. Firefall's greatest hits collects all of their mellow {   [ read more ]

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As this collection attests, Firefall was a group in which the whole was less than the sum of its parts. In this case, the parts happen to be former members of the Flying Burrito Brothers, Byrds, and Spirit. Nevertheless, Firefall embarked on a mellow country-rock/pop path that would spur critical grimaces but commercial fortune during a short period in the late '70s. The group's only Top Ten hit, "You Are the Woman," a saccharine soft rocker buoyed by studio-heavy instrumentation (re   [ read more ]

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As this collection attests, Firefall was a group in which the whole was less than the sum of its parts. In this case, the parts happen to be former members of the Flying Burrito Brothers, Byrds, and Spirit. Nevertheless, Firefall embarked on a mellow country-rock/pop path that would spur critical grimaces but commercial fortune during a short period in the late '70s. The group's only Top Ten hit, "You Are the Woman," a saccharine soft rocker buoyed by studio-heavy instrumentation (re   [ read more ]

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