Seven, the appropriately-titled seventh release from Chicago’s
\nown Enuff Z’Nuff, is a disc which confuses me.<\/p>\n
Oh, it’s not that Chip Z’Nuff and crew miss the target with this
\ndisc. If anything, having the freedom from a major label at the
\ntime seemed to allow the band a kind of creative independence that
\nthey might not otherwise have enjoyed. This means that the harder
\nrock aspect of this disc is turned down (though not completely
\noff), and Z’Nuff and guitarist\/singer Donnie Vie are allowed to
\nfocus on the song, not the hit single. It’s an interesting concept,
\nthough it’s one that takes a little time for the listener to warm
\nup to.<\/p>\n
Make no mistake, this is still Enuff Z’Nuff as their long-time
\nfans will remember them – though the Beatles influence has never
\nbeen stronger than it was on this album. “Wheels” sounds like it
\ncould well be Enuff Z’Nuff’s “Strawberry Fields Forever,” thanks to
\nthe mellotron-like sounds in the chorus and the harmony vocals.
\nLikewise, “L.A. Burning,” a combination of an indictment of the
\nriots in Los Angeles around that time with King’s X-like harmonies,
\nis a powerful piece of music that sticks with you.<\/p>\n
What is striking about
\nSeven<\/i> is that much of the music seems to have roots in
\nacoustic guitar. Oh, sure, there’s plenty of electric guitar work
\n(and lots of room for guitarist John Monaco to show his skills),
\nbut one gets the feeling that this disc could have easily been just
\nVie and Z’Nuff on dual vocals and acoustic guitar and bass,
\nrespectively. “Clown On The Town,” “It’s No Good” and “Still Have
\nTonight” are but three examples of this. (“Still Have Tonight” is
\nanother example in Enuff Z’Nuff’s career of a song that could well
\nhave been a hit single – that is, if radio had been willing to give
\nthese guys a fighting chance.)<\/p>\n
I freely admit that I like the harder edge to Enuff Z’Nuff’s
\nmusic, and that it took me a listen or two to get used to the
\nacoustical edge that
\nSeven<\/i> highlights. But this disc turns out to be a solid, if
\noccasionally confusing, effort that marked a return to form
\nfollowing the historical piece that was
\nPeach Fuzz<\/i>. And while this disc doesn’t quite match up to
\nthe masterpiece that was
\nTweaked<\/i>, it’s still a nice disc in it own regards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[6133],"rating":[5615],"class_list":["post-39500","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-enuff-znuff","rating-rating-b"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/39500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/39500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39500"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=39500"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=39500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}