Night Shift 1976 Album

Foghat

This is back in Rock and Roll Outlaws territory, with the majority of these seven tracks hitting at a mix of introspection and off-beat humor, but sound-wise it is kept at piledriver-force levels, carrying over from the previous album. Night Shift is known for an upbeat version of Al Green's "Take Me to the River" - which of course, would be rendered obsolete by David Byrne and the Talking Heads version, but them's the breaks - and the minor hit tune "Drivin' Wheel". But the real substance of the album lies in heavy, yet forlorn compositions like "Don't Run Me Down", and "Burnin' the Midnight Oil", where it is patently obvious Dave and the band has done a 180 turn from the party vibe of the previous record. Even more indicative of this is the closing piece "I'll Be Standing By", which is one of the better slow songs the band ever did.