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The Power Station - Living In Fear (1996) First U.S. Pressing

Date: 14 Jul 2012 07:28:24

Living in Fear is the second album from the supergroup The Power Station, released in 1996. The band had the same lineup as for their previous album in 1985. However, John Taylor was going through a divorce at the time, as well as entering drug rehab, and pulled out before the album was recorded. Instead Bernard Edwards, the producer, played all Taylor's bass parts on the record. Unfortunately, Edwards died of pneumonia in Japan before the album was released; the album is dedicated to his memory. These two events did not help the album and it was not a commercial success, with only one single, "She Can Rock It", being released. Despite John Taylor's absence, he still received credit on the album.The band toured in support of the album in 1996. The set-list contained a mix of Palmer, Chic, old and new Power Station songs. Luke Morley of Thunder played with them. Due to the lack of record sales, as well as the deaths of Tony Thompson and Robert Palmer, the album is presumed to be the band's last recording together.

Looking back, it seems fairly clear why the Power Station's long-awaited second album made little impression on a mass audience upon its release in 1996. Not because the group delivered a bad record, because Living in Fear finds the group at its sleekest, but because the timing was bad. While the record didn't make much of an impact – it went virtually unnoticed in America, gained some favorable attention in the mainstream, non-weekly British music press – they remarkably turned out a record that is a fitting sequel to their first album. Yes, there are a couple of missteps along the way – ironically enough, the hard-driving, neo-metallic title track is one of them, and the whole mid-section when they rock hard and heavy generally sounds a little stiff – but on the whole, the group sounds tight and professional in the best possible sense. This is particularly true when they play up melodic grooves, as they do on the first-rate opener "Notoriety." The entire first stretch of the album is pretty strong, from "Scared" to the mildly sleazy grind of "She Can Rock It," reminiscent of lead vocalist Robert Palmer's late-'80s highlights. In fact, if Power Station had delivered this album in 1988, when Palmer was riding the Riptide wave, it probably would have scaled the charts, but as it stands, it was ignored. Those dedicated listeners that seek it out now will find that its fate was unjust, but better than that, they'll find a nifty arena rock record that wasn't made for the time it was released, yet, in retrospect, certainly sounds like a worthy successor to the Power Station's 1985 blockbuster. Reviewed by Stephen Thomas Erlewine allmusic.com

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The Power Station / Living In Fear

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All songs written by John Taylor, Andy Taylor, Tony Thompson and Robert Palmer, except where noted:

01. Notoriety – 5:06
02. Scared – 4:06
03. She Can Rock It – 4:16
04. Power Trippin' – 4:35
05. Life Forces – 4:08
06. Fancy That – 3:41
07. Living in Fear – 4:37
08. Shut Up – 4:12
09. Dope – 2:53
10. Love Conquers All – 4:30
11. Taxman (George Harrison) – 3:51

Released September 30, 1996

Personnel

Robert Palmer – vocals, keyboards
Andy Taylor – guitar
Bernard Edwards – bass
Tony Thompson – drums
José Rossy – percussion
Wally Badarou – keyboards
Philippe Saisse – keyboards
Lenny Pickett – horns
Earl Gardner – horns
Alex Foster – horns
Mark J. Suozzo – horns
Joseph Gollehon – horns

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