Flash (Jeff Beck album)
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| Studio album by Jeff Beck | ||||
| Released | July 1985 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock, AOR, hard rock, instrumental rock | |||
| Length | 41:09 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Producer | Jeff Beck, Tony Hymas, Nile Rodgers, Arthur Baker | |||
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| AllMusic |   |
| Rolling Stone | Favourable |
| The Village Voice | B |
Flash is the fourth studio album by guitarist Jeff Beck, released in July 1985 through Epic Records. The album reached No. 39 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart as well as reaching the top 60 in four other countries. Two singles also charted: the first being a reunion with singer Rod Stewart (from the Jeff Beck Group) for a cover of "People Get Ready" by The Impressions, which reached No. 5 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock and No. 48 on the Hot 100, as well as the top 40 in four other countries. The second single, "Gets Us All in the End", reached No. 20 on Mainstream Rock. The instrumental "Escape" went on to win the award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance at the 1986 Grammys, which was to be Beck's first of many such awards.
The album is unique for Beck in that it is composed mainly of vocal songs, save for two instrumentals in the form of "Escape" and "You Know, We Know" (each written by his longtime collaborators Jan Hammer and Tony Hymas respectively). Designed to be a foray into pop music in order to capitalise on that sound at the time, Flash was produced by Nile Rodgers for that reason. Such was the desire to score a hit album, Beck uncharacteristically found himself singing on "Get Workin'" and "Night After Night", at the insistence of Rodgers. "Ambitious" and "People Get Ready" feature a rare instance of Beck playing a Jackson Soloist rather than his usual . Despite its success, he has since expressed his disdain for the album, calling it a "record company goof" and "a very sad sort of time" for him.
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