Eye of the Zombie

Track Listings

1. Goin' Back Home

2. Eye of the Zombie

3. Headlines

4. Knockin' on Your Door

5. Change in the Weather

6. Violence Is Golden

7. Wasn't That a Woman

8. Soda Pop

9. Sail Away

Tracks:

Goin' Back Home
Eye Of The Zombie
Headlines
Knockin' On Your Door
Change In The Weather
Violence Is Golden
Wasn't That A Woman
Soda Pop
Sail Away

Customer Reviews:

Fogerty.......2007-06-10

Great value. If you remember the 60s' and 70s' you will love this one.

Awful.......2006-12-01

I think something bad must have happened in his life before he made this album. Very depressing.

Yep, It Sucks.......2006-09-19

Only the most extremely deluded devotees can argue that this is a great release. Songs are overlong and awash in (now) dated production. John didn't need to experiment. His early stuff with Creedence is timeless, and to this day, remains his best work. Eye of the Zombie is an abomination. For an example of how miscalculated and boring this album is, check out "Soda Pop." This makes "Centerfield," (a rather derivative and self-imitating effort) seem like the work of a genius. Stick with the first six Creedence albums.

Underrated And Powerful In It's Angry Intensity!.......2006-09-14

I think it is kind of sad when an artist releases a new album and people condemn it for not sounding like their previous CD's. We expect Evolution in everything but our songwriters it seems. It kind of reminds me of ageing accountant and lawyers who pretend they are "hippies' again after they smoke some "Whacky Terbaccy".Mr. Fogerty had the guts to produce this very good album with synthesisers on it and not everybody could accept that he wanted to try something new and perhaps take his music to the next level. Such is the ficklessness of the General Music Buying Public at large. There is some great hard rocking guitar work on this album and I am happy to say that Mr. Fogerty has lost none of his very accurate Sociological Powers of Observation which can be heard in the track "Headlines" which is about the Power of the Media and asking just when does it reach "Saturation Point"? This track alone makes this album worth buying.

John Fogerty meets Miami Vice.......2006-08-15

No amount of historical perspective and contextualization can convince me that this does not suck. Yes, synthesizers and electronic drums were enjoying undue popularity but the thing that makes John Fogerty John Fogerty is his lack of interest in the fashionable, hence his surrender to those trappings results in the most un-John Fogerty like CD he's ever put out.

Now I'm not the kind of jerk that won't allow someone to try something new, but "new" doesn't automatically mean "good"

So does anyone else aside from me knows this sucks? Yes, John Fogerty himself does as he almost never, ever plays any songs from this wretched CD.

Average customer rating:

Fogerty humbled
Eye Of The Zombie
Fogerty's "average" beats most others' "best ever"!
Good things and bad things on this one.
The best John has ever been!

Eye of the Zombie
John Fogerty
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002L9V
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

Goin' Back Home
Eye Of The Zombie
Headlines
Knockin' On Your Door
Change In The Weather
Violence Is Golden
Wasn't That A Woman
Soda Pop
Sail Away

Customer Reviews:

Fogerty humbled.......2000-08-20

Following (perhaps too soon?) his massively successful "Centerfield", "Eye of the Zombie" takes chances and, for the most part, fails. Perhaps Fogerty had too much on his mind at the time, what with the lawsuits with former CCR label Fantasy and the difficulty with recording (and re-recording) "Centerfield". The main problem with "Eye of the Zombie" is the songwriting; you'd be hard-pressed to find bigger JF duds than "Wasn't That a Woman", "Knockin' On Your Door" or "Soda Pop" and the progression on each track is nearly identical. On the bright side, Fogerty learned he was not pop's best multi-instrumentalist, so the hired hands on "EOTZ" gave the album a glossier, more professional sound than its predecessor. And there are some good tracks: the instrumental opener "Goin' Back Home" shows JF hadn't lost his edge on the guitar; the title track does chill you in a "Bad Moon Rising" sort of way; the slightly over-long "Change in the Weather" manages to rekindle CCR's trademark bayou sound. But the real standout on "EOTZ" is the closer "Sail Away", a sad tale of accepting a way off this weary earth via jumping on a waiting UFO...simply one of JF's best moments ever. Throughout, Fogerty's voice is as growl-y, endearing and unique as ever. Lastly, if this album is ever re-released, Warners (or whomever) needs to include the 45 b-side "My Toot Toot", a jam with Rockin' Sydney. It totally kicks!

Eye Of The Zombie.......2000-05-16

A passionate and enduring John Fogerty fan will quickly recognise that this album is an inspiring demonstration of the completeness of this man as composer, musician and singer.

It disappoints me when critics' comments clearly demonstrate a shallowness in knowledge of the artist and merely keep reflecting on his past performances for whatever past qualities they deem to be superior and that each and every one of the subsequent presentations must be a clone of the past.

Fogerty displays fortitude in choosing a wide variety of material for this album, including a hauntingly stunning instrumental (Goin' Back Home) as his first track. He surprises the avid fan by dispensing with his normal delivery to finish with Sail Away, a song of electro-magnetic quality full of eeriness and stillness in the scenario of an impending encounter with aliens.

Throughout his career Fogerty has segmented his songs into a number of categories. One such is the category of near cataclysmic fear and the unknown. Eye Of The Zombie and Change In the Weather fit into this category and are worthy of being up with the best of them. Fogerty has often depicted a strong anti establishment base to his music and lyrics, which send strong supporting messages to the underdog in our society. Two songs on this album which continue this trend are Headlines and Violence Is Golden. Both, especially the former are true blue renditions and very much in the Fogerty mould of direct, confrontational delivery of lyrics.

Soda Pop, Knockin' On Your Door and Wasn't That A Woman are a departure from the traditional Fogerty sound but give a nice balance to the album by falling into the middle ground between the softness of the first and last tracks and the traditional confrontational style.

Another highlight of the album is the bass baritone sounds developed by the background vocalists Bobby King, Willie Green Jnr and Terry Evans. The timbre in these voices blends successfully with Fogerty's aggressive falsettos (repeated again in the later Premonition concert with the Fairfield Four for Hundred And Ten In The Shade). This is pop harmony of the highest order, the background vocalists ably complimenting a great rock & roller.

In reading critical reviews of all John Fogerty albums there has been much preoccupation and acrimony about John's past involvement with Creedence Clearwater Revival. This has spilled over into comparing his voice then and now, his old songs and his new and generally what CCR did has now become a sort of benchmark to which John must aspire.

Let the new listener be informed. John Fogerty has already eclipsed the benchmarks set by CCR. His new compositions are equally as good and arguably better. His voice is more naturally Fogerty now that he doesn't have to prove himself anymore. His rhythm guitar virtuosos are incomparable.

The more you listen to this album and to his later ones (Blue Moon Swamp and Premonition - specifically the new material) the more you realise you are listening to probably one of the best composer/musicians in the history of this music. You are most certainly listening to the best voice.

Fogerty's "average" beats most others' "best ever"!.......2000-02-22

This one's a mixed batch (hey, it had to happen sooner or later). "Goin' Back Home" is a heavenly instrumental in the style of Dvorjak's "Going Home". Then he hits you with "Eye Of The Zombie", a terrific Halloween song-- where's Karl Kolchak when you need him? With its disco beat, it seems possibly inspired by Michael Jackson's "Thriller"-- but a LOT scarier! Much of the rest-- "Headlines", "Knockin' On Your Door", "Change In The Weather"-- is kinda average. I guess Fogerty has just set such a high standard for himself that his fans don't want anything less. "Wasn't That A Woman" and "Soda Pop" are actually BELOW-average. But "Sail Away" ends the album on a very pleasant note. (Now-- how many songs can YOU name with that same title? Even Stu Cook wrote one...) In a repeat of history, Fogerty practically dropped out of sight after this for another 10 years! But when he came back-- WOW.

Good things and bad things on this one........1999-08-06

At the time, it was great to hear anything by ths guy, and since I'm a big fan of his pretty much anything he puts out I'm going to like to some exent. I liked this better when this first came out, despite it's somewhat bitter tone. But it doesn't age very well for me. He tried to go for the "modern" sound at the time, which meant using drum machines and synthesizers. So it sounds very dated to me. There are good songs on here though; "Change in the Weather", "Sail Away" and "Headlines" hold up.

The best John has ever been!.......1999-07-18

To those critics who bitched about this not being a good follow-up to "Centerfield" and especially the one who (accurately, unfortunately) said after this he'd need another comeback....BOLLOCKS! Just listen and you'll find out THIS is the best John Fogerty stuff you'll ever hear!

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1. Goin' Back Home
2. Eye of the Zombie
3. Headlines
4. Knockin' on Your Door
5. Change in the Weather
6. Violence Is Golden
7. Wasn't That a Woman
8. Soda Pop
9. Sail Away