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Eric Carmen

Boats Against The Current

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Boats Against the Current is a 1977 album by Eric Carmen. The title is taken from a line in the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It was Carmen’s second solo LP, after the Raspberries disbanded. It peaked at #45 on the Billboard album chart. The album yielded two charting singles, the title track as well as “She Did It.“ “She Did It” is the bigger hit from this album, which reached #23 Billboard and #15 Cash Box, as well as #11 in Canada. The title track subsequently reached #88 Billboard and #92 Cash Box, and “Marathon Man” was released as a third single but failed to chart. “Love is All that Matters” melody is lifted from Tschaikovsky’s “Fifth Symphony, Second Movement.“ Guest musicians on this album included back-up vocals by several of the... Read on...

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More songs by Eric Carmen (See Charts): I Wanna Hear It From Your Lips, Love Is All That Matters, That'S Rock 'N' Roll, Maybe My Baby, Sunrise, Marathon Man, I'M Through With Love, Never Gonna Fall In Love Again, Make Me Lose Control, and Reason To Try.

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