Mannequin

Great memories listening to this . . .

Well packaged but ended up cutting corner of sleeve cover….maybe include pull tab on cardboard for easier opening. Appreciated the original album cover, inner sleeve and vinyl look of the cd. Although printing on cover was a bit blurry and lyrics on inner sleeve were almost intelligible. Fitting sleeve into cover is a bit of a tight fit; so, not sure how repeated uses will pan out. Sound quality was terrific.

Worth purchasing for the songs "Survivor", "Marina Del Ray". Good CD to relax to. Hard to believe that this is the same artist responsible for the 1980s hit "This Independence."

It's pleasure to know Marc Jordan!

I was a disc-jockey for fifteen years (now I'm a mystery novelist) and for fifteen years I had to put up with playing a bunch of, frankly, [bad] pop records. Then one day we got a record by a guy named Marc Jordan. It went nowhere, and to this day, I still don't know why. Every song on the album was great. It was produced, as I recall, by Jordan and David Foster, though I could be wrong about the second part. It has been years since I've heard this record but certain licks, lyrics, and musical phrases still run through my head from time to time. "Got in my car, put my foot to the ground, I'm the lonely one..." I think that's the opening lyric of one of my favorite songs from this album, a folkish pop ballad, about a kid who takes out on the open road, leaving his girl behind. As good or better than any Bruce Sprinsteen song of the same ilk. Then there was "One Step Ahead of the Blues" with its jazz sax intonations and its perfect summing up of film noir. Then there was "Dancing on the Boardwalk", a pop-soul dance number, which is on a par with the best of Lieber and Stoller. Anyone who loves pop music that goes off into these offbeat threads of jazz, folk, R&B, and pure rock, yet retains a pop sensibility, will love this album.

bought it years ago and it still stands up against anything thats on the go today. Was a U.S. import back then. grat album

great sound on this cd.

I've seen other reviews of other CD releases of this album, and many complain about the poor sound quality of those releases. That is most definitely not the case here. The sound is great! Fear not. And if you are a Larry Carlton fan, as I am, he is very prominent on this album. The fact that Steely Dan producer Gary Katz produced this one means that many of the same guys who made those albums sound so good are involved in this effort too. It took me a few listens to get into this album, but I'm really glad I gave it a chance.

Il faut s'y faire, pour le moment, il est impossible de se rendre en Californie. Mais la musique peut aider à s'évader et avec des artistes comme Marc Jordan, on part immédiatement! Direction Marina Del Rey et ses bateaux de rêve accostés: c'est le titre de son plus grand succès qui figure dans cet album de 1978 (Jordan venait juste de signer avec Warner Bros, la maison de disques spécialiste du son West Coast à l'époque). C'est un très bon album soft-rock-groovy-jazzy qui comprend des titres délectables (Survival, Dancing on the boardwalk, Street Life...). Un plaisir à écouter à défaut de pouvoir se rendre à L.A., mettez-vous Marina del Rey et c'est parti! Jordan est bien aidé par une production de top niveau, et des musiciens d'exception dont une bonne partie de Toto avec les frères Porcaro, Lukather et Paich (ils seront aussi sur l'album suivant). La carrière de Marc Jordan se poursuit aujourd'hui encore mais c'est un artiste dont le talent lui permet allégrement de dépasser la simple étiquette "Rock californien". Pour moi, l'album suivant, Desert Blue, est peut-être un petit cran au-dessus encore.

Have fallen for the whole remastered spiel so many times in the past and have seldom been impressed. The shrink wrap sticker proclaims "Audiophile Recording. Mastered in high definition 96kHz/24-BIT" Unsure of the technical aspects but suffice to say, the whole album sounds great.I have the original album on vinyl and "Survival" on 12" single and amazingly, this CD re-issue tops them. Have rediscovered the album in this format. Original LP outer and inner sleeve replicated too. Great job by "Culture Factory"

Owned this album in the 70's. It holds up well. ad s a very tasty piece of ear candy.

全てのAORで1番！！

Certo che se paragoniamo il suo secondo lavoro Desert Blue non c’è confronto, ma la qualità resta di altissimo livello e merita di averlo nella propria discoteca, per tracciare un “fil rouge” nella creatività e qualità dell’artista.Simone