Se dovessimo valutare come è stata assemblata la riedizione del 25th Anniversary di Centerfield lasceremmo subito perdere perché con un disco simile era gioco forza aggiungere materiale ben più succulento delle due uniche bonus tracks, un brano di influenza cajun di Sidney Simien My Toot Toot , più volte esibito in concerto nei recenti tour ed uno di derivazione gospel, I Confess amato Fogerty coming from the young and little known Four Rivers. Fortunately, there is the original album that is still a good record despite 25 years have passed since its publication.
Centerfield is the second solo album by John Fogerty of the same name after 1975 and after the tour in 1973 with bluegrass Blue Ridge Rangers . A disc that had a long and troubled gestation because Fogerty still struggling with Fantasy boss Saul Zaentz with which the former Creedence had a long dispute about the ownership, rights el 'use of their material. Zaentz is dedicated to a sarcastic and biting lyrics, however, rather poor for via an electro-dance rhythm that hits like cabbage, Vanz Kant Danz entitled title changed from the original Zanz Kant Danz for frivolous matters. It 'the only weak episode of a disk that has at least three major titles in the songbook or Fogerty The Old Man Down The Road a kind of renewed Run Through The Jungle and then Rock and Roll Girls with a lot of Clemons on saxophone and Centerfield glowing pop-rock that starts like La Bamba. It 's the song that the album has the title implies and the passion of baseball to Fogerty, Centerfield is in fact the one who plays baseball in defense al centro dell’area denominata campo esterno tra l’esterno sinistro e l’esterno destro. Ma centerfield è il centro del campo della carriera di Fogerty, simbolicamente indica il lavoro che sta a metà della sua avventura artistica e discografica, tra l’era Creedence degli anni ’70 ed il ritorno alle scene discografiche degli anni novanta con Blue Moon Swamp .
I legami coi Creedence in Centerfield sono marcati da Big Train (From Memphis) che potrebbe appartenere a Willie and The Poorboys , da I Saw It On T.V è una ballata nostalgica che ha qualche vaga relazione con Have You Seen The Rain and Mr.Greed a fiery R & B shouting loudly, in addition to Searchlight a swamp-rock of origin born on the bayou.
Fogerty on the disk does it all, writes songs, sings, plays all the instruments and produces. The new contract with Warner Bros. gave him new energy and motivation, finally had full control over their music and despite initial mistrust of the nascent MTV also agreed to the creation of a promotional video. The results were immediate: although it was ten years away from market Centerfield went immediately on top of the Billboard charts . Unfortunately
reprint only proposes il materiale originario con sole due bonus tracks , la simpatica My Toot Toot registrata in Louisiana con il fisarmonicista Rockin’ Sydney e altri luminari della musica cajun e la pregnante I Confess , uno sconvolgente brano gospel registrato con l’ausilio del sassofonista Steve Douglas e le voci di Bobby King, Terry Evans, Willie Green.
MAURO ZAMBELLINI
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