Forever moving with the times and taking in what’s around him, this album was released in ’85 and I guess this is Jeff’s commercial funky dance record.
Partly produced by Nile Rodgers, seven of the nine songs have vocals, two of which have Jeff himself singing, which was a departure for Jeff and a throwback to his earlier solo albums. The two opening tracks Ambitious and Gets Us All In The End are by far the stand out tracks on the record, as not only does Jeff give it everything in the guitar department, the songs are really good with a great hook and groove. People Get Ready has Rod Stewart on vocals and is positively horizontal in the laid back stakes, but Jeff lays down a superb solo. The instrumental Escape with Jan Hammer is a really cool piece and sounds very Miami Vive. Not Jeff’s best album song wise but he plays some killer guitar.
8/10 from The Grooveman.
