
Pages
Release Year: 1981
Label: Capitol Rec.
Country: USA
Produced by Jay Graydon, Bobby Colomby
Musicians:
Richard Page: Lead & Background Vocals
Steve George: Fender Rhodes, Mini-moog, Yamaha CS-80, Oberheim, Clavinet Piano, Background Vocals
John Lang
Additional Musicians:
Steve Khan, Charles Johnson, Jay Graydon: Guitars,
Neil Stubenhaus, Abraham Laboriel: Bass,
Al Jarreau: Vocal Effect,
Jeff Porcaro, Ralph Humphrey, Vince Colaiuta, Mike Baird: Drums,
Paulinho Da Costa: Percussion,
Tom Scott: Saxophone;
CD Release: 1989 & 2001; Label: Toshiba EMI; Country: Japan;
Timeless classic ! What else is there to say.The songs,the production,the musicianship on this album is amazing.From the top with-You Need A Hero- to Midnight Angel- .I can still remember the first time I heard this album (on LP) I kept playing it over and over again , I could not believe my ears.This album has really stood the test of time and will continue to do for many years to come.Favourite track ???? If you force me to pick one , it have to be FEARLESS
AWESOME pre-release to MR MISTER from PAGE and GEORGE. This is a MUST HAVE for any collector of first rate melodic westcoast music. Its easy to see why PAGE and GEORGE were so in demand as songwriters and session singers, the harmonys are amazing! Its not easy to track this CD down without paying an arm and a leg for it, but believe me its worth it. BUY BUY BUY!!!
I have to agree. This album is pure magic and I just can't get enough of it!
The best westcaost-abum ever! No one can ever reach up to this classic.
Certainly the greatest masterpice of them all. Not one album in the history of music tops this.
Pages -Pages 1981 Steve George and Richard Pages sing great in best blue-eyed soul style. Jay Graydon and Bobby Colomby, former Blood Sweat And Tears drummer, produce this superb record. Not one weak track and highlights as the souly "You Need A Hero”, "O.C.O.E.", melancolic piano ballad a la Burt Bacharach, "Midnight Angel". Wonderfull falsetto by Page on "Tell Me". In your face rockers like "Sestatia" and "Automatic" and dreamlike tunes like "Only A Dreamer" A Westcoast classic in the more with the best blend between the rock and the more mellow more sophisticated West coast music, similarities with other albums like "Airplay" and Champlin's "Runaway" but with more depths, more synchopations. recommended: Nielsen/Pearson -Blind Luck, Jarreau -Breaking Away 5/5
The final opus from Pages (never THE Pages) before the better known Mr. Mister. Al Jarreau makes a cameo (both Page and George appeared on a few of his records)
Probably the best pages album. It's a very nice piece. A lot of amazing songs (tell me, O.C.O.E, only a dreamer, fearless and even the real ballad ones are quality. Graydons guitar solo on fearless is monsterous and he does a good job producing the majority of the album (I think bobby colomby produced 1 or 2 tracks... another great producer who worked with pages before this ). Overall a very nice smooth and chilled out pages record. Essential
Hola, mi nombre es Angel y soy un amante del west coast aor, me encanta esta pagina; escribo en español ya que no me defiendo en ingles. Bueno que decir del disco de Pages uno de mis favoritos y de los mejores albunes west coast aor de la historia. Si algun fan del west coast quiere intercambiar opiniones sobre discos de este estilo me encantaria esta es mi direccion, saludos
Childhood friends Richard Page and Steve George lit up the LA scene with their sensitive, soulful songs and fusion-informed sophisti-pop as the nucleus of Pages. Unlikely candidates for mass appeal, the pair were most successful as the background vocal darlings of the session world. That is, until they went out and bought DX-7s and industry-strength hair products, formed Mr. Mister and wrote “Broken Wings” and “Kyrie” in the mid-eighties. Their last album under the Pages moniker stands as testimony to their amazing songwriting skills. Produced by Jay Graydon and featuring top-shelf session players, their second eponymous effort should not be missed. Standout tracks: O.C.O.E. (Official Cat of the Eighties), Sesatia
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