ARTIST: Pat Dinizio
TITLE: Pat Dinizio
LABEL: East West
GENRE: Rock
TIME: 29:38 min
SIZE: 41,8 MB
RIP DATE: Oct-21-2007
RELEASE DATE: Sep-25-2007
WEBSITE: n/a
Track List:
01. Since You Went Away 02:56
02. Night Without Sleep 02:58
03. Wonderful 02:51
04. Any Other Way 03:13
05. I Need You 02:17
06. Dear World 03:05
07. Love 02:51
08. Sometimes 02:35
09. You Said 03:51
10. Don't Look Now 03:01
Release Notes:
2007 solo album and his best yet - all his solo
albums have been quite fab, but Pat Dinizio sounds
more confident, certain and comfortable in his own
shoes. He's on a roll. " Fans of well crafted
melodies, singing with impeccable meter and
phrasing, and terrific guitar playing should stop
reading right here and add this to their carts.
DiNizio's latest solo album contains some of his
best songs, with accompaniment from fellow
Smithereen and ACE guitar player Jim Babjak, and a
little help from "The Thrilla" on bass. I love the
dark moodiness of "Since You Went Away" and
plaintive "Night Without Sleep", but the standout
track is the closer "Don't Look Now". BLISTERING
wah-wah guitar and an instantly infectious melody.
An absolutely KILLER track. Should be in heavy
rotation on every AOR and classic rock station.
Smithereens fans and power-pop afficionados will eat
this up, and those who might be new to Pat's music
won't be disappointed. Guaranteed."-BeatleTom.
" Most of the tunes on Pat DiNizio follow the
Smithereens' classic template of '60s-style pop with
big guitars, and as it happens two other members of
the Smithereens back up DiNizio on these sessions,
Jim Babjak on guitar and Severo "The Thrilla"
Jornacion on bass. DiNizio does offer a few
change-ups from the prototypical Smithereens
approach with some spare, acoustic based numbers
(such as "Night Without Sleep" and "Love"), but "Any
Other Day" and "Don't Look Now" are his old band in
all but name, and while the gloomy "Sometimes" and
"Since You Went Away" attempt to take his pop
inclinations into a new direction, the results just
don't stretch as far from established territory as
they need to have an identity of their own -- not to
mention the fact DiNizio has written better songs in
the past. Pat DiNizio finds the star of this show in
typically fine voice, and at less than thirty
minutes it doesn't get the chance to wear out its
welcome, but this sounds less like a solo effort
than a slightly misbegotten Smithereens disc, and
DiNizio's back catalog demonstrates he can do better
than this."-AMG. I get that, this does sound like a
Smithereens record( a very, very good thing) but to
these ears, this songs resonate every bit as much
vis-α-vis with the rest of his catalog.