High Adventure

• Artist: Kenny Loggins
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• Release Date: 1982 09
• Total Time: 41:18
• Genre: Rock

Review

Well, if Duran Duran decided to rip off Raiders of the Lost Ark, why not Kenny Loggins? After all, the swashbuckling cover to High Adventure fits this album, since it finds him relying equally on rockers and melodic pop/rock. The album kicks off with Loggins' hardest-rocking single, "Don't Fight It," a surging arena-rocker duet with Steve Perry. This signals that the rest of the record will be harder than his previous record and that's true to a certain extent, since this doesn't just rock on occasion, it also has his best ballads and mid-tempo charmers. In other words, it's his best album, showcasing all sides of his personality effectively. "Don't Fight It" is a great single, but the best moment here is "Heart to Heart," the second of two pop classics Loggins cut as a solo artist. Here, he has a great mid-tempo groove, a good lyric and an indelible melody that is soft rock at its finest. The rest of the album may not match this height -- most of the genre didn't -- but it's all strong (though it's awful strange that "Heartlight," a tribute to the children's foundation Heartlight, has the oddest melody he's ever written -- an ominous march that just gets creepier when the children's choir pops up at the end). Celebrate Me Home may be more consistent, but this is the most diverse record he ever cut, blessed by fine studio craft and a nice reliance on pseudo-new wave production techniques. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Don't Fight It (Lyrics)	Kenny Loggins, Stephann Perry, Dean Pitchford	Kenny Loggins	(3:37)
Heartlight	Kenny Loggins	Kenny Loggins	(3:56)
I Gotta Try (Lyrics)		Kenny Loggins	(3:51)
Swear Your Love		Kenny Loggins	(5:07)
The More We Try		Kenny Loggins	(3:59)
Heart to Heart (Lyrics)	Kenny Loggins, David Foster	Kenny Loggins	(5:20)
If It's Not What You're Looking For		Kenny Loggins	(4:39)
It Must Be Imagination (Lyrics)		Kenny Loggins	(5:38)
Only a Miracle	Kenny Loggins, Michael McDonald	Kenny Loggins	(5:11)

Credits

Paulinho Da Costa (Percussion), Steve Perry (Vocals), Michael McDonald (Vocals), Tom Snow (Synthesizer), David Foster (Piano), Heartlight School Singers & Dancers (Vocals), Michael Hamilton (Vocals), Michael McDonald (Piano), Lenny Castro (Percussion), Kenny Loggins (Producer), Tris Imboden (Drums), Neil Larsen (Vocals), David Foster (Producer), Jon Clarke (Percussion), Bruce Botnick (Producer), Max Gronenthal (Vocals (Background)), Vernon Porter (Bass), Michael Hamilton (Guitar), Christ Memorial Youth Choir (?), Steve Wood (Vocals), Richard Page (Vocals (Background)), Steve Wood (Keyboards), Steve George (Vocals), James Newton Howard (Synthesizer), Steve George (Vocals (Background)), Jon Clarke (Wind), Kenny Loggins (Vocals), Kenny Loggins (Guitar (Rhythm)), Steve Forman (Percussion), Steve Lukather (Guitar), Tris Imboden (Percussion), David Paich (Keyboards), Albhy Galuten (Strings), Abraham Laboriel, Sr. (Bass), Neil Geraldo (Guitar (Rhythm)), Kenny Loggins (Keyboards), Dennis Conway (Drums), David Foster (Keyboards), Kenny Loggins (Guitar), Neil Larsen (Keyboards), Neil Geraldo (Guitar), Nathan East (Bass), Derek Jackson (Bass), Max Gronenthal (Vocals), Albhy Galuten (Synthesizer), Jon Clarke (Recorder), Michael Hamilton (Bells), James Newton Howard (Keyboards), David Foster (Synthesizer), Tris Imboden (Harmonica), Heartlight School Singers & Dancers (?), Richard Page (Vocals), Michael McDonald (Keyboards), Neil Larsen (Synthesizer), Michael Hamilton (Bass), Paulinho Da Costa (Conga), David Sanborn (Saxophone), David Paich (Synthesizer)

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