Fahrenheit 9 11 (2004)

Founder members Chick Churchill, Leo Lyons and Ric Lee, together with ace guitarist/vocalist Joe Gooch, have done it again. Roadworks, recorded on their sell-out tour of Europe in November/ December 2004 is the smash follow-up to their hugely successful studio album Now…

Joey Scarbury - America's Greatest Hero (1981) {Elektra Japan, WPCR-17472, SHM-CD rel 2016}
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Pop / Soft Rock / Vocal / Ballad

Even if he had recorded a second album, Joey Scarbury would forever be known as the guy who sang "Theme from Greatest American Hero (Believe It or Not)." That tune was one of the last great TV themes with a vocal – and a vocal that told a narrative, as well – which would have made it enough of a novelty hit on its own, but it was also one of the great soft rock singles of the early '80s, lushly produced but never grandiose and boasting a killer, anthemic hook on its soaring chorus. It was a song that stuck around in your head for years after you heard it, the kind of song that was so good it would have overshadowed anything else Scarbury attempted to do in its wake.

Map of What Is Effortless was probably anything but effortless in its creation. Crisp, majestic, and swirling, this sophomore record trumps their debut in spades. Fahrenheit Fair Enough (the group's 2001 fine enough in its own right debut) noodled with a mix of post-rock aesthetics filtered through beats split apart on a G4 and chilled, where Map brings the grandeur of radio-inflected soul, motion picture soundtrack pads, and even a little bravado with a production frame that kills anything found on the dial.