Blackfoot - Siogo (1983) {2002, Reissue}

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Artist: Blackfoot
Title: Siogo
Year Of Release: 1983 / 2002
Label: Wounded Bird #WOU 9080
Genre: Classic Rock, Hard Rock, Southern Rock
Quality: EAC Rip -> FLAC (Img+Cue,Log) / MP3 CBR320
Total Time: 00:41:10
Total Size: 320 / 148 Mb (Full Scans)
WebSite: Album Preview

Siogo is the sixth album by the American Southern rock band Blackfoot, released in 1983. It is the first of two albums featuring former Uriah Heep keyboardist Ken Hensley. Although the band told their record company that "Siogo" was an Indian word for "closeness" or "togetherness", it is actually an acronym for "Suck It Or Get Out". According to guitarist Charlie Hargrett, it was coined by the band's road crew and put up as a sign in the front lounge of their tour bus during previous tours. "Heart's Grown Cold" is a cover and originally appeared on the 1980 Nazareth album Malice In Wonderland.

Blackfoot was always the heaviest of the great Southern rock movement, and on Siogo(reputedly either a Native American word for "closeness" or a crude groupie acronym, probably the latter) the boys try to break into the metal market and regain their brief hold on American audiences. Staunch metallists will recognize the touch of producer Al Nalli (from Axe's similarly excellent Nemesis) and a new bit of European muscle from Uriah Heep's Ken Hensley on the keyboards. Although cliched throughout, powerful performances send openers "Send Me an Angel," "Run for Cover," and "Drivin' Fool" to lofty hard rock heights. "We're Goin' Down" nips the riff from "Double Vision," while "Goin' in Circles" and the micro-hit "Teenage Idol" thunder like late Rainbow. "Heart's Grown Cold" treats the Nazareth dirge like a lost classic, and virtually transforms it into one as a result (The next and basically last Blackfoot burner, Vertical Smiles, houses another Nazareth standard in "Morning Dew," as well as the lost Peter Cetera nugget "Livin' in the Limelight," but that's another album.). Siogo would be founding guitarist Charlie Hargrett's finale; he was disgruntled at the band's bandwagon-jumping; but the record remains a great blast of hard-working heaviness, which definitely deserves restoration on CD.

~ Whitney Z. Gomes, All Music

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Blackfoot - Siogo (1983) {2002, Reissue}

Track List:

01. Send Me An Angel [4:38]
02. Crossfire [4:19]
03. Heart's Grown Cold [3:24]
04. We're Goin' Down [4:14]
05. Teenage Idol [4:49]
06. Goin' In Circles [3:08]
07. Run For Cover [4:22]
08. White Man's Land [2:56]
09. Sail Away [4:32]
10. Drivin' Fool [4:48]

Personnel:
Rick Medlocke - Lead Vocals, Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Charlie Hargrett - Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Ken Hensley - Keyboards, Backing Vocals
Greg T. Walker - Bass, Backing Vocals
Jakson Spires - Percussion, Backing Vocals
Michael Osborne - Backing Vocals

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