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| | Men Without Women | | | Music Artist : | | Little Steven & the Disciples of Soul | | Music Style : | | Psychedelic Rock | | Record Label : | | Razor & Tie | | Release Date : | | 1994-01-21 | | Store Price : | | $11.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $11.98 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Lyin' in a Bed of Fire
2. Inside of Me
3. Until the Good Is Gone
4. Men Without Women
5. Under the Gun
6. Save Me
7. Princess of Little Italy
8. Angel Eyes
9. Forever
10. I've Been Waiting
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Why wasn't this a huge hit?
Submitted on: 2008-07-17 |
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I'm finally picking this GREAT albumn up on CD after wearing out my original LP. Why it was never a big hit is beyond me, because each song still stands up, even after 25+ years. Taken as a whole it's near perfect from start to finish.
I saw the band at Meriweather Post Pavilion in '83 and despite the place only being 1/2 full it was the most dynamic live performance that I have ever seen (and I've seen every rock band worth seeing in the last 30 years). Danelli and Beauvoir were the tightest, most pounding rhythm section God ever put on earth.......just like the review from the Kabuki Theater, the whole ampitheater shook. Little Steven was in his finest vocal form, from his snarling best on "Lyin' In A Bed of Fire" to rare warmth on "Angel Eyes". It is the only concert of the 100+ I've been to that despite seats being available the entire audience stood for the whole show. I still get goose bumps thinking about it. Steven might have been a sideman to the "Boss", but he put even Springsteen's show in its place, no mean feat.
All I can say is buy this CD before it goes out of print. It will be some of the best money you ever spend.
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awesome solo debut
Submitted on: 2008-06-20 |
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| steve van zant finally got out of the shadows with this long awaited slol debut.after all his great songs and arranging with southside johnny it was worth the wait.this cd really rocks,gets soulful and is as great as anything bruce springsteen has ever put out. buy it don't hesitate. |
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 The things men without women do, you just don't understand...
Submitted on: 2008-04-13 |
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You've all heard of Steve Van Zandt, co-founder of the E Street Band and (nearly) lead guitarist with that band along with Bruce Springsteen from 1973 to 1984. OK...so you've all heard and seen the video for the song penned by Little Steven, "Sun city" and recorded by a bunch of politically active musicians under the monniker of Artists United Against Apartheid back in 1985?...OK, then you've all seen Steve Van Zandt as Silvio Dante on the HBO series the Sopranos?...OK...
Well, before most all of that and just before he left the fabled E Street Band, Miami Steve Van Zandt cut a record called "Men Without Women" which, when released in December 1982, went straight off of the charts in no time and was totally forgotten about...by everyone...except...Except by those of us who dug the Jersey Shore sound, popularized by Bruce as well as by Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes. Re-issued as a single album compact disc in the early 1990's on the fabled Razor & Tie label (this one which happily is still in print) and later re-issued as a two-fer on the fabulous U.K. label BGO (Beat Goes On...also still in print), you can hear again or listen to for the first time, all of the steamy soul, all of the great horn charts, all of Steve's strained Keith Richards-like vocals and those killer Stones-influenced riffs that make this a truly special album that stands up well and sounds fresh over 25 years after its' release. At the time, the only professional music writer I can recall who was talking the album up was Dave Marsh. Marsh wrote a very favorable review of "Men Without Women" in a December 1982 issue Rolling Stone and also a full page feature review in the short lived but quite informative "Record" magazine that had a brief but illustrious publication run from 1980-1984(?).
Van Zandt's song writing on this record is superb, further mining themes and subjects that he wrote about on the classic 1978 Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes' album "Hearts of Stone". And there's only a hint of his political leanings that would later dominate most all of his later songs. No, this solo debut record by Little Steven deals with breakups, failed relationships, street deals as well as compromises, growin' up, and the loss of familiar things and places that were meaningful to the singer and his girlfriend(s) in younger years. Lots of good love gone bad stories are here. Van Zandt's chief limitation was his singing, but even that is overshadowed by the heartfelt delivery both he and his "Disciples" give on all 10 songs here. If you can wrap your ears around Steve's vocals, you will be rewarded with a fierce soul-influenced rock album that stands up to many of the more acknowledged best rock albums of the 1980's. Plus, if you spring for the two-fer on BGO, you get Stevie's 1984 record "Voice of America", which is as rocking as "Men Without Women" but takes on decidedly more contemporary and a few timeless (at the time) political themes to cover.
All in all, "Men Without Women" ia a great listen for those who like the Jersey shore pub rock & soul style a la Stone Pony, but I also recommend this record to anyone just wanting to kick off their shoes and dance or to listen to while cruising down the highway! Get spring going with this neat re-issue, or if you're still afraid of the water, just download the song "Under the Gun" from "Men Without Women" and see if you can tell who was doing the Rolling Stones better than the Rolling Stones in 1982! Steve's pointing his finger right at you with these songs so get your blue-eyed soul and rock groove fix right here already! A solid 4 Stars. |
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The best damn name for a band ever!!!!!!!!!
Submitted on: 2007-09-28 |
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I mean come on, how much better could it be, the best damn name for a
band ever, and pure sweet "Jersey" garage band music. I bought the
album in 82 on the strength of Van Zandt, and the name of the band he
had put togeather and led through the difficult subject he chose to
"debut". Let me light another menthol cigarette before I continue. This
is Jersey, from the refineries of the Jersey City to the truck gardens
in the south, from the old Texaco refineries outside of Philly, to the old
Iron Pier in Atlantic City. Someone hand me a cheese Steak, extra
onions. Not a clunker in the line up. It is the type of CD that you
put on when you can't figure out what to listen to. Little Steven and
the Disciples of Soul will bring you right around. Then we get to the
moniker of the band, I ask you, yes you sitting in front of your computer
is not that the best name for a band. When I travel, "Men Without Women"
is usually among the music I take along. I am flabergasted at the
number of people who haven't heard the word of Little Steven and the
Disciples of Soul. Even the people who have never heard of the band
are intrigued by the title. Most of those who take the time to listen
to just "Angle Eyes" are converted. When they find out its a "Jersey
Band" most are suprised, because they have a pre-concived notion that
all music from New Jersey sounds like the E-Street Band, that strong,
proud, reved up I-95 music. With Little Steven, you get the grit of
Philly that grinds the music smooth. If you haven't heard of this band
or their music, I would suggest you run, not walk to the nearest music
store, (or on line outlet such as CDnow) and purchase this CD. Unless
you have no SOUL you will get it. |
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One of the greatest records you never heard
Submitted on: 2007-04-28 |
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| I fell in love with the single, "Forever," the first time I heard it and thought the album was even better. I played this record so much, I just assumed everyone else was into it, too. It wasn't like anything else on the radio, which is probably why it barely cracked the charts. Still, it has terrific songs ("Princess of Little Italy" is a gem), lots of musical muscle, lots of heart, and lots of brains, too. There's some great songwriting on this record, some great imagery. Don't buy it because you like Springsteen. Don't buy it because you like "The Sopranos." Buy it because it's great. |
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