STEVE FORBERT : JACKRABBIT SLIM

 

  1. Romeo's Tune
  2. The Sweet Love That You Give (Sure Goes A Long, Long Way)
  3. I'm In Love With You
  4. Say Goodbye To Little Jo
  5. Wait
  6. Make It All So Real
  7. Baby
  8. Complications
  9. Sadly Sorta Like A Soap Opera
  10. January 23-30, 1978

Label : Epic

Length : 42:22

Release Year : October 1979

Review (AllMusic) : Although Jackrabbit Slim was Steve Forbert's best-selling album, containing his only Top 40 hit, "Romeo's Tune," and his only other chart single, "Say Goodbye to Little Jo," it took Nemperor (formerly part of CBS, now part of Sony) 17 years to put it out on CD (on September 3, 1996). It sounds as good as it did before, thanks both to Forbert's excellent songwriting (also included: "January 23-30, 1978," one of his best diary songs) and to John Simon's production. In a newly added note, Forbert says Simon was a late addition, after his producer was stolen by Barbra Streisand. If he means Gary Klein, who handled Streisand's 1979 Wet album, one can only concluded that he traded up. Simon, whose previous credits included the Band, understood Forbert's folk/rock/pop style perfectly, making this the best marriage of artist and producer on what is also the artist's best material.