Larry Carlton - Strikes Twice [Warner Bros Records BSK 3380] (1980)

Dynamic Range Released: 1980
Country: US
Label: Warner Bros Records
Catalog: BSK 3380
Genre: Jazz

Pressing: Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Los Angeles

Item# SR-WABSK3380
Ratings: C=VG; LP=VG+


T R A C K L I S T:
01 Strikes Twice
02 Ain't Nothin' For A Heartache
03 Midnight Parade
04 The Magician
05 Springville
06 Mulberry Street
07 In My Blood
08 For Love Alone




Strikes Twice
Larry Carlton


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Album Review

Matt Collar [allmusic.com]

Larry Carlton's fourth studio album, 1981's [sic] Strikes Twice, features the guitarist/vocalist playing a mix of crossover jazz and soft rock. While Carlton had previously sung and played guitar on his 1968 debut and 1973 follow-up, it was not until his 1978 eponymous release that he fully developed his trademark electric guitar sound, mixing jazz, rock, and pop elements. Strike Twice finds Carlton building upon that sound with songs that move between bright instrumental jazz rock (''Springville,'' ''Midnight Parade'') and melodic AM pop (''Ain't Nothin' for a Heartache,'' ''Magician''). Carlton is backed here by a handful of stellar Los Angeles session musicians including his fellow Crusaders' bandmate bassist Robert ''Pops'' Popwell, keyboardist Terry Trotter, drummer John Ferraro, Brazilian percussionist Paulinho Da Costa, and others.