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Eddie Money - No Control

Eddie Money. Not one of the names that immediately pops into my mind when I think of rocks great vocalists, but when the guy sings man, he's right up there. He's got the swagger and delivery and he doesn't sound like anyone else. He sounds like, money.  I've always liked a lot of his music, but I didn't have a lot of his music. I had a few albums, his '78 sophomore album Life for the Taking, and his '82 release No Control t hat had "Think I'm in Love" a song that still make me grin like an idiot. I The last one I bought was Can't Hold Back  from 1986, because it had "Take Me Home Tonight" on it. Dang that song was so good. It also had a cover of Stan Meissner's "One Chance" but to me it wasn't nearly as good as the original. No Control  is a really decent record, and one I probably appreciate more now than I did when I was nineteen. The big songs back then are still the big songs now. "Shakin'" is...