Yesterday's Retro Spin of Michael Bolton's 1983 debut was a fantastic hidden gem, and one that really psyched me up for his follow-up, 1985's Everybody's Crazy.
Tracking this one down wasn't easy. The CD version has never been released in the USA, and this is partly because when Bolton's popularity took off, he pleaded with Columbia Records to not reissue his debut and sophomore album. He feared doing so may confuse his soft rock / adult contemporary audience he'd built with his latter albums. When I finally tracked on down at a decent price, it was still a roll of the dice with the seller - a mass retailer on ebay, who utilized stock photos, and claimed to have multiple copies. Fortunately, things worked out, the CD arrived, it was the right one, and well, here we are today.
Everybody's Crazy features the returning collaboration of Bolton and Bruce Kulick, among several other musicians. For Kulick, while he would return to work with the singer in the future, he would formally join the makeup clad classic rockers, Kiss in 1984.
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The album is a return to form of its predecessor, for me, it didn't pack as big a punch. Though it was decent overall, I'd also say it was mostly generic rock tracks. Not too memorable ones at that. Save Our Love was really the only standout for me.
Frankly, there's not much more to say about it. For the trouble it took to get the album, and for how great his debut was, I honestly expected better.
Again, it's not a bad album. It's just not as good as his prior. I can understand why his label started watching him with concern at this point and even considered dropping him. But for any of you who know his later hits, you already know that bigger and better (depending on tastes in music) were on the horizon, and soon, Michael Bolton would become a household name. Though things would also come to a head, making that name a household joke, but that's a story for later down the road.
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