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Some Come Running
By Jim Capaldi
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ArtistJim Capaldi
TypeAlbum
Released1988
RYM Rating 3.30 / 5.00.5 from 91 ratings
Ranked#929 for 1988
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male vocals, warm, melodic, eclectic
Language English
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LOCAMEX Mar 07 2005 5.00 stars
In a strictly emotional review I absolutely loved this album by Mr.
Capaldi. I had never heard of him before,until I heard "Some Come Running" on the radio, back in "88"-"89", and went out immediately and bought the tape. The whole group of songs got me through some of the toughest, yet most self identifying moments of my life. I played the tape so much I wore it out over the years.
Mr. Capaldi, we have lost a VERY talented artist and though you are not with us on this earth, I wish to thank you for giving me strength
through your music and a better understanding of who I was then and in who I have become today.
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 Communique Apr 28 2023 ▼ 3.50 stars
  • 4.00 stars A1 Something So Strong
  • 3.50 stars A2 Love Used to Be a Friend of Mine
  • 3.00 stars A3 Dancing on the Highway
  • 3.00 stars A4 Some Come Running
  • 3.50 stars B1 Voices in the Night
  • 3.00 stars B2 You Are the One
  • 3.50 stars B3 Take Me Home
  • 4.00 stars B4 Oh Lord, Why Lord
Nicola James (Jim) Capaldi wurde bekannt als Schlagzeuger und Teilzeitsänger der zunächst recht unterhaltsamen, später dann sehr langweiligen Psychedelic-Pop-Progressive-Jazz-Rock-Band Traffic, die heute eine Art Semi-Legendenstatus inne hat, aber eigentlich doch total vergessen ist.

Ab 1972 veröffentlichte er das eine oder andere ziemlich erfolglose Soloalbum und diverse Singles, von denen einige ("It's All Up to You", "It's All Right", "Love Hurts", "Shoeshine", "That's Love", "Living on the Edge") mittlere bis untere Plätze in verschiedenen Charts erreichten.

1988 orientierte sich Capaldi auf seinem elften Album Some Come Running an einem damals sehr angesagten Sound zwischen AOR, Pop-Rock und Synthpop (z.B. von seinem alten Band-Kumpel Steve Winwood, der hier ebenfalls beteiligt war).

Die sehr eingängige Single "Something So Strong" (nicht von Crowded House oder Labi Siffre) hätte ein Welthit werden können/sollen, schaffte aber nur/immerhin Platz 4 der Billboard Rock Charts und Platz 26 in den Niederlanden.

Auch sonst schmeichelte sich die Scheibe (mit allerdings sehr typischem Achtziger-Jahre-Klangbild) durchgehend ins Ohr. "Love Used to Be a Friend of Mine", "Voices in the Night", "Take Me Home" (recht Bruce Springsteen-esque) und das von George Harrison und Eric Clapton veredelte "Oh Lord, Why Lord" waren weitere starke Nummern.

Dass dieses Album nicht zündete, verletzte Capaldi offenbar so sehr, dass er sich zunächst von der Musikszene zurückzog.

Mitte der 90er war er dann an einem kurzfristigen Traffic-Comeback beteiligt (Far From Home), und 2001 und 2004 veröffentlichte er schließlich noch zwei weitere Soloalben.

Jim Capaldi starb am 28. Januar 2005 an Magenkrebs.
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7 91024-1 Vinyl LP (1988)
 yerblues Mar 26 2021 1.00 stars
Traffic drummer Jim Capaldi just about reaches the nadir of adult contemporary pop on this late 1980s effort. His Mark Hollis-style vocals fused with generic Richard Marx arrangements makes Richard Marx seem like Nick Drake.
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7 91024-1 Vinyl LP (1988)
 henkdo Jul 19 2009 2.00 stars
Capaldi turned into Phil Collins. Sad. He was such a nice boy in his Traffic days. He used to cut the grass ehm, play the drums then.
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Ellison Oct 27 2004 ▼ 2.50 stars
  • 4.00 stars A1 Something So Strong
  • 3.50 stars A2 Love Used to Be a Friend of Mine
  • 1.00 stars A3 Dancing on the Highway
  • 2.50 stars A4 Some Come Running
  • 2.50 stars B1 Voices in the Night
  • 2.00 stars B2 You Are the One
  • 3.00 stars B3 Take Me Home
  • 3.50 stars B4 Oh Lord, Why Lord
I really wish that I could give this a higher rating. Jim Capaldi has perhaps the most underrated voice in rock history. His tenor - I think that's what it is - has some roughage to it, and when he gets to sink his teeth into something with a bit of meat on its bones he can bring out a song's emotional meaning as well as most singers. Examples of that can be found here on the ballad "Love Used To Be a Friend of Mine", the slow burner "Something So Strong" (which has a punchy chorus) and a cover of "Oh Lord, Why Lord". That particular song, truthfully, has no business working as well as it does. It was written about racial prejudice ("The color of my skin is said to be an awful sin", goes one of the lines), so Capaldi, being white, is up against it trying to make the audience suspend disbelief. To a large extent, however, he succeeds.

Unfortunately, the main characteristic of this record is its 80s production touches. The synthesizers range from blaring to airy. There are drum machines in several places, which sucks enough on its own but is particularly irritating on an album by a drummer, especially a drummer from a band whose sound was as organic as Traffic's was. It also doesn't help when said production touches are used in the service of a song as bad as "Dancing on the Highway", whose toothless lyrics are about teenage rebellion. Also, "Take Me Home" (the peppiest thing here) sounds like it could have been on the _Miami Vice_ soundtrack. It used to be one of my favorites from this record, but I can recognize its slight cheesiness now (although I still kinda sorta enjoy it when I'm in the right mood).

There are a handful of celebrity cameos on this. The most notable are George Harrison, who contributes his trademark slide guitar to "Oh Lord Why Lord", and Steve Winwood, whose keyboard and background vocals decorate the title track. I wonder now what he could have done with that ballad if he had recorded it on one of his own albums, which had far less generic production. Less memorable contributions are made by Eric Clapton and Bad Company guitarist Mick Ralphs. In fact, I don't know what songs they play on because the liner notes don't tell me.

I can't recommend this to anyone but Traffic die-hards and fans of 80s AOR. Everyone else is directed to _Short Cut Draw Blood_ for a better example of Capldi's fine voice singing good material. Better yet, just start with "Light Up or Leave Me Alone" and "Rock and Roll Stew", both of which can be found on _The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys_.
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Catalog

Ratings: 91
Cataloged: 113
Track rating sets:Track ratings: 7
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28 Apr 2023
Communique Vinyl▼3.50 stars
  • 4.00 stars A1 Something So Strong
  • 3.50 stars A2 Love Used to Be a Friend of Mine
  • 3.00 stars A3 Dancing on the Highway
  • 3.00 stars A4 Some Come Running
  • 3.50 stars B1 Voices in the Night
  • 3.00 stars B2 You Are the One
  • 3.50 stars B3 Take Me Home
  • 4.00 stars B4 Oh Lord, Why Lord
22 Mar 2023
Roxanne_NZ CD3.00 stars
22 Mar 2023
Daddy_Am Digital▼5.00 stars 10/10
  • 5.00 stars A1 Something So Strong
  • 5.00 stars A2 Love Used to Be a Friend of Mine
  • 5.00 stars A3 Dancing on the Highway
  • 5.00 stars A4 Some Come Running
  • 5.00 stars B1 Voices in the Night
  • 5.00 stars B2 You Are the One
  • 5.00 stars B3 Take Me Home
  • 5.00 stars B4 Oh Lord, Why Lord
19 Mar 2023
blandinfer Vinyl5.00 stars A+
19 Mar 2023
blandinfer Cassette5.00 stars A+
20 Dec 2022
megadave83  3.00 stars average/listenable
14 Aug 2022
Wongkayan  3.00 stars
21 Jun 2022
bratchet  3.00 stars Just fine!
18 Dec 2021
onealexander854  4.00 stars
29 Nov 2021
sensus  ▼3.00 stars Good
  • 3.00 stars A1 Something So Strong
  • 3.00 stars A2 Love Used to Be a Friend of Mine
  • 3.00 stars A3 Dancing on the Highway
  • 2.50 stars A4 Some Come Running
  • 2.50 stars B1 Voices in the Night
  • 2.50 stars B2 You Are the One
  • 2.50 stars B3 Take Me Home
  • 3.00 stars B4 Oh Lord, Why Lord
28 Nov 2021
citizenfreak Vinyl3.00 stars OK
15 Nov 2021
Augustine2139  2.50 stars
23 Oct 2021
johera Vinyl5.00 stars
9 Jul 2021
thanxwtrenkler Vinyl4.50 stars
20 Apr 2021
bedroomAOR Other3.50 stars I know what's goin' on and I like it
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