Some Things Don't Come Easy

1. Some Things Don't Come Easy

2. If the World Ran Out of Love Tonight

3. You Can't Dance

4. Who's Lonely Now

5. Hold Me

6. We'll Never Have to Say Goodbye Again

7. Lovin' Somebody on a Rainy Night

8. Beyond the Tears

9. Calling for You Again

10. Wanting You Desperately

11. Just the Two of Us

Some Things Don't Come Easy,England Dan & John Ford Coley,Wounded Bird Records,Country-Rock,Pop,Pop Vocals,Pop/Rock,Rock/Pop,Singer/Songwriter,Soft Rock,United States of America

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Some Things Don't Come Easy

Average customer rating: Awesome cd It's too difficult to decide! some gems here, but not a particularly great value at the current list price

Some Things Don't Come Easy England Dan & John Ford Coley Manufacturer: Wounded Bird Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Similar Items: Dowdy Ferry Road Dr. Heckle & Mr. Jive Nights Are Forever The Very Best of England Dan & John Ford Coley Essentals V. 1 ASIN: B0009E324I Release Date: 2005-05-31

Tracks:

1. Some Things Don't Come Easy
2. If the World Ran Out of Love Tonight
3. You Can't Dance
4. Who's Lonely Now
5. Hold Me
6. We'll Never Have to Say Goodbye Again
7. Lovin' Somebody on a Rainy Night
8. Beyond the Tears
9. Calling for You Again
10. Wanting You Desperately
11. Just the Two of Us

Customer Reviews:

Awesome cd.......2007-01-23

This cd by the best duo of our time do it again & there harmony i& playing of there guitars is just awesome. Id go out & buy this cd right away. George

It's too difficult to decide!.......2006-06-26

I agree with Dave, "Missing person".~When comparing my BEST OF cd with compilations such as THE VERY BEST OF, and ESSENTIALS V. 1, I find I have about 75% of the songs already. Which leads me back to reviewing the track lists for the individual 4 albums listed as Atlantic recordings. There are so many songs that I never tired of listening to because they DIDN'T get airplay. But I like more bang for my buck, so until I can find a boxed set of these 4 albums at a reasonable price,($30)(It's been done with James Taylor albums) or a special "2fer" offer, or a lower NEW price, I will just have to miss out on some really great music. I wonder if my turntable still works...

some gems here, but not a particularly great value at the current list price.......2005-07-28

England Dan & John Ford Coley's "Some Things Don't Come Easy" album originally came out in March of 1978--it's their third in a string of 4 proper albums for Big Tree/ Atlantic Records in the latter half of the '70s, all of which have been issued on CD on the Wounded Bird label in May of 2005. There are a bunch of compilation CDs out there for England Dan & John Ford Coley--there's Rhino's "The Very Best Of England Dan & John Ford Coley", Atlantic's "The Essentials", plus another one titled "Essentials" on WEA. If you were actually to have bought each of those aforementioned discs, you'd have 6 of the 11 tracks on this album, as well as a lot of overlapping tracks. Now, I have no complaints about Wounded Bird putting out these England Dan & John Ford Coley albums on CD--to my knowledge, the "Some Things Don't Come Easy" album had never been released on CD before in its entirety; however, at the current list price of $14.98, with the total running time of the album clocking in at around 35 minutes, plus with much of the album being good-but-not-great, it's not a particularly great value.

The sentimental soft rocker "We'll Never Have To Say Goodbye Again", which was a top 10 US hit, is here--this song was previously done by Deardorff & Joseph and appears on their self-titled 1976 album, but ED & JFC's terrific version here is a substantial improvement. There are other great tunes as well... The Dan Seals-penned title track is an edgy and really catchy mid-tempo pop-rocker. "Who's Lonely Now" is a sumptuous melancholy acoustic ballad. "Just the Two of Us" features John Ford Coley singing lead, and it's a curious match of wistful lyrics with arresting, moody music including an atmospheric electric piano part.

As for the rest... The album is very much in the usual ED & JFC mold, and most of the remaining tracks are at least decent while failing to be truly transcendant. To put it another way, you just feel like there's something missing, a lack of passion or something. The uptempo, sax-laden pop-rocker "Calling For You Again" again features Coley singing lead, and it is a nicely catchy tune, though it's rather ho-hum. "You Can't Dance" is somewhat dorky, though it's admittedly quite catchy and has undeniable 'dumb fun' appeal. The uptempo "Lovin' Somebody on a Rainy Night" is also corny and feels kind of tossed off, though it is reasonably catchy. The mid-tempo pop-rocker "Wanting You Desperately" has a by-numbers feel to it, although it is nicely melodic. The ballad "Beyond The Tears" has a fairly memorable chorus melody, but the song is quite dull and a little weepy (Art Garfunkel subsequently did this song on his 1979 album "Fate For Breakfast"). "Hold Me" is a little syrupy, but it's an admittedly nice ballad with an emotional buildup that really gets under your skin.

The weakest song is the forgettable "If The World Ran Out of Love Tonight" which has really lame and crass lyrics, and musically, it's a rote ballad.

Ultimately, although this is a highly listenable album that rarely offends, there are just too many songs that get stuck in that 'pleasant background music' vibe.

Like I said about the "Dowdy Ferry Road" album as well, it's really unfortunate that "Some Things Don't Come Easy" didn't get paired up with one of the other albums and released as a twofer--even if that meant raising the list price a couple dollars, it'd still have made for a considerably better bargain than having it released singly for this current list price.

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