Category: Jack Lee
Nice review of JACK LEE “Bigger Than Life” from ABUS DANGEREUX FR
Nice review of JACK LEE “Bigger Than Life” from RAZORCAKE
At long last, this material from the early ‘80s is back in print. Jack Lee fronted The Nerves. After they imploded, he went solo. Featured on this collection are two songs that became fairly big hits for Blondie and Paul Young. Young radically reworked his version; Blondie steered fairly close to the original. But this […]
Nice review of JACK LEE “Bigger Than Life” from ROCK CRITIC FR
★★★ 3 star review of JACK LEE “Bigger Than Life” from RECORD COLLECTOR magazine
Following 2008’s One Way Ticket, featuring reworked Nerves and solo songs, Alive have compiled this set on which tracks such as Crime Doesn’t Pay, Paper Dolls and I’m Gonna Have Fun crystallise the upbeat US bubblegum jangle of the 70s with big melodic choruses and heartfelt yearning delivered in his reedy voice. Oddly, such was […]
8/10 review of JACK LEE “Bigger Than Life” from VIVE LE ROCK
★★★ 3 star review of JACK LEE “Bigger Than Life” in SHINDIG! magazine
Great review of JACK LEE “Bigger Than Life” from ELMORE MAGAZINE
While he hits his stride throughout, the power ballad ”The Girl in the Picture” and the purposeful “Breaking Into My Heart” inject depth and diversity into his singular stance. Skilled songwriters have been rock ‘n’ roll’s secret weapon since the beginning, so credit Jack Lee with continuing in that hallowed tradition. – Lee Zimmerman / […]
JACK LEE featured in TELERAMA FR
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Nice “Grade A” review of JACK LEE “Bigger Than Life” from GOLDMINE
Top Five Reissues of 2016 (#3) The first 11 numbers are from the Jack Lee’s Greatest Hits, Volume 1 LP (wishful thinking at its finest), and include Lee’s rough and tumble takes of the aforementioned “Come Back and Stay” and “Hanging On the Telephone,” as well as snappy power pop ditties such as “Women,” “Give […]