• Stones (Dig A Little Deeper)
• Late At Night (1 Minute soundsample)
• Love Me Like The Last Time
• Getting Me Like The Last Time
• How Do I Survive
• Holdin' Out For Love
• You Could've Been The One (1 Minute soundsample)
• Take You Home
• When It's Over
• Lullaby

Dan Seals first soloalbum after the Dan/Coley-duo. This album is a perfect country/westcoast-blend. Seals' melancolic voice never tires me, and the song "You Could've Been The One" is one of my all time favorite songs.

England Dan Seals started his solo artist works in 1980 after his success as the duo unit with John Ford Coley in late 70's. (Most popular hit tune by England Dan Seals and John Ford Coley is "I'd Really Love To See You" ranked #2 on US Chart in 1976. Or, you may know the tunes like "We'll Never Have To Say Goodbye Again" and/or "Love Is The Answer".) "Stones" is his first solo album produced by Kyle Lehning, the producer for England Dan Seals and John Ford Coley. In 1982, Dan Seals released his 2nd solo album "Harbinger" which includes "Can't Get You Out Of My Mind" written by Steve Wilson and Kelly Wilson known as Wilson Bros. The other remarkable songwriting credit is Rick Bowles for "In My Heart". And on this 2nd solo album "Harbinger", Dan Seals covered an Airplay's tune "It Will Be Alright". Those 2 albums are very good Westcoast album with a little country music taste, but commercially it was difficult to say those were successful. As the result, his 3rd solo album "Rebel Heart" (1983) could not be recognized as West Coast Pop album anymore, that was the good Pop Country Music. He is still contnuing to release country music albums...

Dan Seals & John Ford Coley split apart in 1980, & that same year John Ford Coley teamed up with Leslie Bulkin & Kelly Bruss & put out the strong "Leslie, Kelly & John Ford Coley" album on A&M Records. As for England Dan Seals, this superb album "Stones" was released. Somewhat incredibly, even with the big commercial success ED & JFC had had just the year before, "Stones" was a commercial flop, a real shame considering what a terrific album this is. ED & JFC producer Kyle Lehning is still on board producing this, & though the material comes from a bunch of different songwriters (including a handful of Dan Seals co-writes), the material is consistently excellent, the production is masterful, and Seals is in his usual great form vocally. "Stones (Dig A Little Deeper)" is an explosive, cautionary, cathartic rocker that opens the album with a bang. Things cool down quickly for the refreshingly stripped-down "Late At Night", and then there's the soaring "Love Me Like The Last Time", a great tender ballad with "Getting To The Point" (marred just a bit by the slightly annoying fade), & the deliriously catchy/ funky "How Do I Survive" (also done by Amy Holland on her self-titled debut from the same year). 'Side 2' is mostly great as well with the uptempo guitar-powered pop-rocker "Holdin' Out For Love", the contemplative yet upbeat "You Could've Been The One", & the mellow "Take You Home" (with a melody strongly recalling the Stylistics' "I'm Stone In Love With You"); "When It's Over", co-written by John Ford Coley, is slightly sappy, but still a nicely crafted ballad, and the album ends with the gorgeously melodic acoustic ballad "Lullaby".

If you remember this album, you cannot possibly believe that this kind of recordings would be reissued as a CD. But here in Japan, it happens! This is his first solo album in 1981 after his departure from England Dan & John Ford Coley, and before his success as a country singer. He sounded like TOTO with a pop, country-rock flavor. If you like middle of the road, pop rock, which was "in" in the late 1970s and the early 80s, you will like this. The second track "Late at Night" bubbled under top 40.