Future Games/Spirit of '84
05/10/2005 | Bgo - Beat Goes On
Lyrics from Future Games/Spirit of '84
All Music Guide Review
This two-disc reissue from BGO combines two of Spirit's more self-indulgent and quirky releases: 1977's Future Games and 1984's aptly titled The Spirit of '84. With Future Games, Randy California let his imagination run wild on this 22-song cycle, with erratic results. While the sound effects and production are a nice touch, the songs meander from one to another without a sense of full development. On top of that, the combination of science fiction, Hawaii, and numerous Star Trek references meshes about as well as carpenter's nails and frogs on a slice of pizza. Translation: it just doesn't. On the flip side, The Spirit of '84 does much better at redeeming California, but this is one of the more misleading releases in the catalog. Essentially a reunion album with Spirit's founding members, over half the songs are re-recordings of their back catalog's finest moments. And while the performances are noteworthy, the updated synth sounds and production values make them inferior to the originals. It's not the best work in the Spirit catalog, but far from the worst, either. ~ Rob Theakston, All Music Guide
Future Games/Spirit of '84 Track Listing
Credits of Future Games/Spirit of '84
- Mike Nocito
- Mixing
- Mark Richardson
- Assistant
- Alan Robinson
- Liner Notes
- Allen Sides
- Engineer
- Curly Smith
- Percussion, Drums, Vocals
- Andrew Thompson
- Remastering
- Wally Traugott
- Mastering
- Michael Verdick
- Mixing
- Blair Mooney
- Engineer
- Stan Katayama
- Assistant
- Howard Lesse
- Guitar
- Gary Myrik
- Guitar
- Jim Schubert
- Art Direction
- Patti Heid
- Art Direction, Original Illustration
- Joe Kotleba
- Art Direction
- Thomas L. Chavey
- Executive Producer
- Doctor Sardonicus
- Producer, Author
- Gary W. Gratzer
- Executive Producer
- Keith Knudson
- Percussion, Drums
- Bob Welch
- Guitar, Vocals
- Randy California
- Guitar, Vocals, Engineer, Mixing
- Jay Ferguson
- Guitar, Vocals, Mixing
- Terry Anderson
- Vocals (Background)
- Mark Andes
- Guitar (Bass), Vocals
- Matt Andes
- Guitar, Vocals
- Jeff Baxter
- Guitar
- Ed Cassidy
- Percussion, Drums
- Tony d'Orio
- Photography
- David DeVore
- Producer, Engineer, Mixing
- Neal Doughty
- Keyboards
- Mark Ettel
- Assistant
- Bruce Gary
- Percussion, Vocals
- Alan Gratzer
- Percussion, Vocals
- Jerry Jumonville
- Saxophone
- Joe Lala
- Percussion
- Bobby LaKind
- Percussion
- John Locke
- Keyboards
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