0 EC reptile song list: From: "Gary Roberts" Subject: Another Reptile review After taking the time to listen to Reptile several times thru, I thought I would offer the following track by track review followed by my thoughts of the album overall... 1. Reptile - a nice jazz instrumental and a great way to open up the album. As someone else pointed out, it's a jazz Signe 2. Got You on My Mind - straight up blues tune with a great swing beat and an incredible vocal performance with EC and the Impressions. Could've easily fit in on From The Cradle. EC's guitar is pervasive throughout 3. Travelin' Light - One of my faves on this album. Hard to pinpoint a style for this one. Very understated vocal with a fast tempo, "traveling" feel, and a STELLAR solo. 4. Believe In Life - a Pilgrim-ish tune, with a jazzy guitar sound. Very upbeat, sentimental feeling. Nice to listen to, but not really a standout. The Impressions really come in strong in the end. 5. Come Back Baby - a Ray Charles tune done true to Ray's style. Probably best vocal performance on the album. Great old style (Hammond?) organ playing in the background. And another STELLAR solo - very reminicent of the one on "Someday After A While" from FTC, matter of fact the whole song kinda reminds me of "Someday..". 6. Broken Down - radio friendly, Pilgrim-ish tune, w/ nice vocals from the Impressions and strings. No bad, but I'd qualify it as filler. Nice refrain in the middle w/ EC and the Impressions harmonizing followed by one of the longest acoustic solos I've heard EC do in a studio tune. 7. Find Myself - as DeltaNick already said, sounds like an old style, 20's or 30's shuffle-style tune. EC's vocals shine here, but the tune isn't that interesting. 8. I Ain't Gonna Stand For It - fun, uptemo tune, very radio friendly, with EC throwin in licks all throughout. It doesn't really do much for me though, more filler material. 9. I Want A Little Girl - I realized listening to this tune that since FTC, I enjoy listening to EC for his voice as much as his guitar. Very slow, piano-heavy, "smokey" tune, with an incrediblly souful vocal performance. 10. Second Nature - very contemporary, low key, Pilgrim-ish tune, w/ a nice growling vocal at points. Although it's not a tandpoint, it's a good listen, with the Impressions coming in half way thru. 11. Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight - one of EC's most souful erformance and a nice showcase for the Impressions. It's a nice treatment given the tune, although most people won't recognize it since the original is so stripped down. 12. Modern Girl - nice "rolling" acoustic intro that fades in. But otherwise, I'd consider this only real throw away on this album. 13. Superman - one word: WOW ! Most rockin tune EC has done since "Forever Man". This is one that (in my best Nigel Tufnel accent) "should be turned up to 11". This song is really out of place with the others on the album but - So What, It Rocks ! You simply can't listen to this song and sit still. I'm listneing to it as I type this and my foot is tapping 100 miles an hour. 14. Son & Sylvia - this song was required to be placed here for need of something to lower your blood pressure after listening to "Superman". The only word I can think to describe this is as is 'beautiful'. When my kids were babies, I would've played this while rocking them to sleep. A great piece to end the album with. Very "atmospheric". This is a great album. I really see it as a culmination of every EC has done and been influenced by since From The Cradle. It offers both old and new blues stylings (FTC and RWTK), jazz (TDF), and contemporary (Pilgrim). And thankfully, it's offers the best of each. While I liked much of the material on Pilgrim and RWTK, I thought both EC's vocal and guitar were way too understated. That's where Reptile stands out from those releases. EC's vocals are cpatured in much the way he sang on the FTC tour, and his guitar work really shines. You can tell the BB influe...