STEALIN' HOME

Fourth album and a review only because it is present on the 2 on 1 BGO release, to be truthful, this rather pompously-titled Stealin' Home actually made you wish someone broke into your house and stole this album (but that one alone ;-), so you wouldn't see it anymore. With only Haan and bassist Hewitt from the original album left, the group does not have much left but to head home (they can steal it for all I care;-) scoreless. Shacklock (their main composer) having left he was replaced by another Wild Turkey man, Benny Marsden (future Whitesnake and Gillan), but this was not to be any improvement.

Actually, the sad part is that Shacklock's absence is not even that noticeable (since Marsden is a seasoned veteran), the songwriting is very evenly spread out, with one remaining track still from the Shacklock-days, but for the first time, there are no covers. However, the least we can say is that BR is unwilling to shake their heavy riffing blues-rock away. The album is completely uninventive, uninspired and dare I say it: very boring. Only standing out slightly are Fascination and Elusive on the A-side and from the flipside only the piano interlude Caught At The Plate (striked out?) and the closer the dramatic Tomorrow(joining Of the Day) can shake us from our torpor.

Best avoided, this album presents the third and final strike. Not sure the baseball legend would've appreciated. The only two original members will leave the group soon after, but that will not prevent BR's "legend" to sink further with the atrocious Kid's Stuff (I'm serious her!! Check it out if you don't believe me) before finally folding having overstayed their welcome by over 30 months.