Some Kinda Animal/Easy Street/Sundown/Miracle Of Love/Do Like Me/Rock & Roll Woman/Someone Take My Heart Away/Queen Of My Dreams/Maybe Some Day You'll Call My Name/River's Risin'/Animal
Shock Treatment was the final album to achieve a high chart placing by the blues-rock Edgar Winter Group. They are joined on guitar by Rick Derringer who had previously collaborated with brother Johnny Winter. (US:13)
“I know it must be hard to follow a monster album like their previous long play, and this album suffers in comparison. Shock Treatment is still good blues rock but nothing jumps out and bites you.”
“Few artists can hold it perfectly together over the course of several albums. Artists like to experiment, which leads to both good and bad things. What it boils down to is this, Shock Treatment is a good, solid, but unspectacular rock album.”
“A very underrated album; not the commercial success of its predecessor, but much stronger musically.”
“Not an outstanding album. In many cases it seems overproduced, with the rather thin vocals swamped by the music. This is not the case on Sunrise and Easy Street though, as these two songs stand out above the rest.”
“A great follow-up to They Only Come Out At Night, with more songwriting contribution by Dan Hartman, who later became a major production force in his own right. With Rick Derringer replacing Ronnie Montrose on guitar, this became the third definitive Edgar Winter line-up.”
“I have love this album ever since it came out. It was a slight departure from Edgar Winter’s previous albums and I am glad they experimented with this one.”
“I'd forgotten what a wonderfully good album this is. Great, catchy, dare I say sophisticated, pop tunes. I am still amazed that none of these songs were ever hits.”
“This was a potpourri of styles ranging from gritty R & B, sparkling pop to hard charging boogie rock.”
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