FREE: Julian Lennon: "The Secret Value of Daydreaming" on cassette

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My favorites songs on this album are Stick Around (Michael J. Fox appeared in the video), You Get What You Want (performed with Billy Joel), Coward Till The End, and This is My Day.
If you love Julian Lennon's music, this is a definite must have. Julian Lennon had the hardest act to follow of any musician-being the spitting image (even musically) of a musical legend.His debut 'Valotte' only validated this and so after his world tour Julian put this album together with Phil Ramone.Compared to the rich variety of pop found on 'Valotte','The Secret Value Of Daydreaming' (from 1986) found Lennon distancing himself from the melodic style of his father and towards a more contemporary sound.Ramone produced these songs with a lot of sonic attributes for a pretty decent mid 80's pop/rock sound,with some very interesting nods to classic rock and jazz fusion along the way.The songs are slick and often end up as more strong grooves then anything else and on "Stick Around","You Got What You Want","I've Seen Your Face" and "Coward To The End" that is exactly what happens.The next five cuts are far more crafted-'Everyday' is the only tune here that really shows John's influence and it is one of the best songs here.On "This Is My Day",'Let Me Tell You",which actually had a very McCartney-like reggae break in the bridge and "You Don't Have To Tell Me" Julian actually offers up three excellent uptempo pop/rock and all have great hooks worthy of his debut.The album ends with the beautiful ballad "Want Your Body",a passionate exploration of longing squarely in the family tradition.."Always Think Twice" is the one song that borrows most from fusion and it points out why this album may be less popular with fans then some of his others-all the songs here tend to be very dark hued and meloncaughly-the lyrics are very cryptic on some of the songs and few of the melodies leap out at you but most land on their feet.

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Legend Kelly