Alive on Arrival arrived with a lot of "the next Dylan" hype in 1978. There was a bit of that then. And it was not as if Dylan was not producing good music at the time - he was in one of his purple patches but had definitely moved on to less folky approach and I suppose the "no-electric" folkies were still pining.So in 1978 - at the tail end of punk rock and the start of new wave - Steve Forbert arrives - definitely alive. He is still around and recording good music (and I have a few) but is this the one I play most often.
While at times his voice can sound a little lightweight there is no disputing how good the songwriting is, from the opening Goin' Down to Laurel, through
It Isn't Going to be that way, You Can Not Win If You Do Not Play and What Kind of Guy?.
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