Label: Toshiba-EMI LTD. (Japan), TOCP-70209
Style: Power Pop, Pop Rock
Country: Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Time: 40:20
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 276 Mb
Stylistically, Starting Over represented a more aggressive arena rock/hard rock sound than previous albums in a way reminiscent of The Who, which was one of the groups' biggest influences. The album also included softer ballads such as "Rose Coloured Glasses" and "Cry".
Starting Over featured a new line-up with Michael McBride (drums), who had drummed with Carmen and Bryson in their previous band in the late '60s, Cyrus Erie, and Scott McCarl (bass, vocals). Drummer Jim Bonfanti and bassist Dave Smalley had left the band the previous year.
Bruce Springsteen's drummer Max Weinberg has said that he based his early drum style (particularly on the Springsteen album Darkness on the Edge of Town) on Raspberries drummer Michael McBride's work in this album, while Springsteen himself has also mentioned several times in live performances that the title track is one of the greatest pop songs ever written.
John Lennon, a Raspberries fan, particularly liked the song "Overnight Sensation". He was present for part of the recording of the Starting Over LP and, although not credited on the LP, is rumored to have assisted with the mix, including "Overnight Sensation".
Critic Mark Deming of AllMusic praised the album as "a fine farewell from one of the best American pop bands of their era, though they didn't know it would be their last album when they were making it." Billboard said that it was "probably the strongest overall effort yet from this band. thematically and musically" and rated "Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)", "Play On", "I Don't Know What I Want", "I Can Hardly Believe You're Mine" and "Starting Over" as the best cuts.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starting_Over_(Raspberries_album))
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