Eddie Money - Eddie Money

Remastered by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound

Edward Joseph Mahoney, a Brooklyn-born second-generation cop who eventually ditched his badge and gun to pursue his rock star dreams as Eddie Money — struck gold right off the bat with his 1977 self-titled debut album.

The record's leadoff single, "Baby Hold On," was actually its biggest hit, but the follow-up single "Two Tickets to Paradise," was a sort of spiritual cousin to Bruce Springsteen‘s "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)." It's written from the perspective of a young guy who's desperately trying to convince his girlfriend to ignore her disapproving parents and come away with him "on a trip so far away from here." With its smooth production, urgent uptempo chorus, and insistent melodic hook, "Tickets" was a natural for late '70s FM radio — where it found an immediate home, eventually working its way all the way up to No. 22 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Although Money might have written "Two Tickets to Paradise" to convince a specific girl to leave town with him, its title became shorthand for that end-of-the-work-week feeling you get when you've fulfilled all of your responsibilities to the Man and you're free to relax without obligations for a little while — like, say, at at an Eddie Money concert, where "Tickets" has remained a constant fixture of the set list for more than 30 years.

We've done this Analogue Productions issue up right with top-of-the-line remastering direct from the orginal analog tape to vinyl and DSD by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound — for phenomenal sonic quality

 

 

1. Two Tickets To Paradise

2. You’ve Really Got A Hold On Me

3. Wanna Be A Rock ‘n’ Roll Star

4. Save A Little Room In Your Heart For Me

5. So Good To Be In Love Again

6. Baby Hold On

7. Don’t Worry

8. Jealousys

9. Got To Get Another Girl

10. Gamblin Man

11. Call On Me

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Amazing posted on 05/11/2024 5 Stars Reviewer: Mike Title says it all, the highs, the mids, the bass are exceptional.

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