If you're into Big Star and that '70s Memphis slant on power pop, then you will love this. Can't recommend it highly enough, it really is a lost classic that lives up to its legend.



Van Duren is pure power pop. He spent time in the Memphis trenches with the big boys (Big Star, Chris Bell, The Scruffs), and knows his way around a hook and a melody as well as any of his heroes from Todd Rundgren, Paul McCartney, Emitt Rhodes and on to Badfinger. He went to high school with Jody Stephens, auditioned for Big Star after Bell's departure, and was in the short-lived but legendary Baker Street Regulars with both those cats. If you think Big Star never got the props they deserved, well they're the Beatles compared to Mr. Duren. This is his debut album, originally released in 1977 on the Big Sound label, and he is no also ran, he is the real deal, power pop at its finest.

1. Chemical Fire
2. This Love Inside
3. Oh Baby
4. Waiting
5. Grow Yourself Up
6. Guaranteed
7. Positive (Wedding Song)
8. New Year's Eve
9. So Good to Me (For the Time Being)
10. Yellow Light
11. For a While
12. Stupid Enough
13. Love That I Love

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0013GN4K8/?tag=imwan-20