The still have the Groove!
589785
Back to the basics~and yet new and fresh. Love it.
3079081
Just received my copy of their new CD and it is good, very good.  It is great that they have retained the same feel for harmonies, phrasing and fun that marked their best songs of the '60s.  With the dirth of music that is enjoyable today, this new offering is a welcome find.  It is nice to see them enjoying the acclaimation they deserve.
2890157
These guys have a great thing going for them, went to a show of theirs at slims three weeks ago and wow was it awesome.  They have a great sound, and you will not be disappointed in this album.

Steve the drummer rocks!!
805390
This album has a variety of rock, and it's all great. Some is funky and some is rap-rock and there's a great ballad. The rythm section really keeps the beat driving and guitar playing solid. Lyrics and vocals are great and everything is well balanced. I've seen them live and they play like this in person too! I'm guessing this album didn't have to be over-produced to make it sound as good as it does. These guys are tight and this sounds more like a third or fourth album than a first.
1494726
When the 3-chord flash bands of today are still filling arenas in 30 years, THEN we'll talk.

Geddy and the boys can still run circles around most of the musicians 40 years their junior.

Long Live Rush. Another great album.
2646912
Listening to this CD as I write.  Alittle more mellow than some of their ealrier releases.  Progressive rock is alive and well in the hands of this band!
2800219
They can play hard and still show a side of relative expression. Saturday song sounds great on Saturday mornings.
1250690
Lady Antebellum puts a nice simple yet effective groove together with some great vox to make this tune happen. I am a groove oriented bass player with 25 years experience so groove is the first thing I listen for. My band is covering this tune and I can honestly say, the drummer and I really enjoy laying this groove down. In this tune, the lyrics are catchy, the vocals sound great, and the harmonies are dead on! The vocal tracks really do have a good feel, fit the tune well, and blend well together.

What's more Charles Kelly and Hillary Scott share the stage well in this band. Two heads are truly better than one; having two lead vocalists is a great way for a band is to be versatile and remain fresh for a long time to come.

Great job Lady A!
4231967
Ever since the first album, the music is continuously to excite me and its still relativity new to me.  So the jury is still out on this album.
34372
This album makes me smile! It's feel good music and these guys are full of passion. I did notice there is a difference from the older albums though. I would have liked them to incorporate a little more of the jazz sound in to this one. All in all a solid, upbeat album. On another note, I highly recommend going to one of their shows, they are awesome live!! Been to at least four shows so far. Small and large venues, both are incredible.
3733060
Nice too see some of the older bands putting out some quality music. This is on par with their classics. Very good!!
1919543
Roy Gaines is back in the limelight! With this nice outing he shows that he is still on top of the game. Nice guitar licks in the T-Bone Walker mold.
233521
They have continued on from the English Beat Tradition.

Everything on here is super well performed, it can only be the changing of an era...
2384689
Enduring on through the disco era with their sound always "movin" as much as it could Randy Muller's Brass Construction had always come straight out of Brooklyn to deliver their percussive and obviously brassy style of funk music to an audience primarily eager to dance. By the time the early 80's rolled along,their original sound had started to tap itself out commercially. They were facing the same situation as every funk band during the anti-disco radio freeze out. And because of their big band funk oriented sound there wasn't much of a way for them to go full on electro the way bands such as Cameo had. Every member of this band was like different parts of a body-each had an important function. And if one or two were cut there,their well oiled sound would suddenly have holes and missing pieces. Luckily there was one style of funk that they could breath the life back into them. And it wasn't until recently that I knew what it was called.

  This style of funk was called Boogie. It was a way in which large funk bands could still function with horn sections/live percussion and still maintain contemporary. While numbers such as "Can You See The Light","Funtimes","Do Your Thang" and "Forever Love" are all still confident,bass/guitar led late 70's style dance/funk running on all thrusters there was something more here than that. For one,the monster title song. Taking a cue from Prince's Minneapolis sound in terms of spare production and use of synthesizer,this adds a vocoder to the occasion while anticipating "the artist's" interest in James Brown in his music by several years by maintaining that tight rhythm guitar accent of The Godfather. It's likely one of the most successful examples of 80's Boogie-funk done at it's most hardcore. A more uptempo version of this sound shows up by albums end on the more heavily techno oriented "Hot Dog".

  One of the most thrilling cuts here is actually a midtempo jazz-funk/pop fusion instrumental called "E.T.C",grafting a melodically sung vocoder hook with this creamy groove. Every one of these songs manages to stay on the one for sure. They also showcase the band bringing in as many new ideas,both musically and technologically as they can without trampling on their basic sound.  Randy was always a great bandleader. And this album showed he had no trouble weathering this era and keeping his band going strong with an eight member lineup. The survival of big band funk in this era seemed almost like a contradiction in terms. It would take the most daring of people,such as Randy here and EWF's Maurice White to keep it going for as long as they could. Eventually most people who were doing it either gave it fully to artificial rhythms or flat out gave up. But Randy and Brass Construction were giving it their all here and dealing with the music of the era in the best possible way. And the result was something that can be enjoyed long after it's time.
974589
I really enjoy this CD. The band is showing a maturity through the years and I feel that it is really being displayed in this cd. Although it is a little softer than former work, it still has a fun rock n roll rythm with the wonderful stories that Bon Jovi can so eloquently narrate. Bottom Line: GET IT.These guys still rock!
2157558
And that's what you'll do with this album. I absolutely love this album, it has so much energy and it makes me want to jump up and dance or jump or -something-. The title track is the best track (track 1 on the cd)but every track is good! they don't slow down and lose momentum at all...the good times keep on rollin with this album.

I also suggest listening to "The Sounds" and "The Epoxies" if you like this band.
1223312
Songs are awesome, just as before in previous albums. It does seem like they took a different route on this one. :) nonetheless, i LOVE IT!!! i hope they keep going!