They Only Come Out At Night - EDGAR WINTER GROUP***

Hangin' Around/When It Comes/Alta Mira/Free Ride/Undercover Man/Round & Round/Rock & Roll Boogie Woogie Blues/Autumn/We All Had A Real Good Time/Frankenstein

They Only Come Out At Night was the most commercially successful album from rock keyboardist Edgar Winter. Comprising a variety of styles it features the discordant instrumental US No. 1 hit Frankenstein. (US:3)

“Free Ride and Frankenstein are terrific cuts. One is good old fashion rock and roll and the other is a total freak-out.”

“While many of the songs seem simple in appearance, the instrumentation, the dynamics, and the full-blown singing of the more uptempo songs give a level of sophistication to every song, all staying unique from one another. Added to this, is the even more surprising fact that the two love songs, Round & Round and Autumn, are two of the most beautiful to come out of a rock album, let alone a hard-rock one.”

“Considered by most to be Edgar Winter's magnum opus, They Only Come Out At Night is certainly a 1970s rock classic by any standard. It has his most well known track Free Ride, and the 70s FM staple Frankenstein. But the wild soaring glory of Edgar Winter's White Trash is muted here, in favour of a more direct rock approach. But in-between the light-hearted kookiness of Alta Mira, and the heavy rock of When It Comes I find myself missing the worn-deep blues, soul, and gospel grooves of White Trash.”

“Edgar Winter throws it all against the wall on They Only Come Out At Night, and it sticks. Like the work of a mad scientist in the laboratory, Edgar slaved in the studio with a variety of styles that resulted in a hot collection of rockers, blues, funk, pop, a ballad and an intense instrumental that turned into a monster.”

“It really is a mixed-up collection. We All Had A Real Good Time is live blues, Alta Mira sounds bouncy, Frankenstein is a driving collection of sounds, Free Ride a more typical rock single, Hangin' Around has a dirty sax low in the mix and Round & Round has a country rock sound that The Eagles made an entire career of.”

“Edgar Winter surrounded himself with an all star band on this album, to create a nice mixture, with some southern, west coast, country, blues and prog-rock elements.”