That's When I Find You - Kenny Loggins, Chapman, Beth Niels
If You Never Been There
Truth Is - Kenny Loggins, Chapman, Beth Niels
Too Much (Never Get Enough)
This Too Will Pass - Kenny Loggins, Brown, Darrell
I'm a Free Man Now - Kenny Loggins, Burr, Gary
One Last Goodbye Song - Kenny Loggins, Burr, Gary
With over four decades of hits, Kenny Loggins is one of the most enduring artists in contemporary music. His 2008 album, How About Now, finds Kenny in peak vocal form and firmly rooted in the soulful singer-songwriter trad... more »ition that has underscored every phase of his extraordinary career. Featuring 11 original songs infused with Loggins' signature rock/country sound, the album includes standouts "A Love Song" and the moving new song "How About Now."« less
With over four decades of hits, Kenny Loggins is one of the most enduring artists in contemporary music. His 2008 album, How About Now, finds Kenny in peak vocal form and firmly rooted in the soulful singer-songwriter tradition that has underscored every phase of his extraordinary career. Featuring 11 original songs infused with Loggins' signature rock/country sound, the album includes standouts "A Love Song" and the moving new song "How About Now."
"I'm a long time fan, going back to L&M, seeing the 'High Adventure' tour, and sticking by Kenny ever since. It's normal for folks going through a painful breakup to feel the need to reinvent themselves, but the country twang makes me cringe (and I'm a country fan, too). Maybe on one cut for fun, but it just doesn't feel right especially with the (where did they come from?) strings stuck in the middle of This Too Will Pass. It's like Kenny's fumbling around trying to find something that works, obviously analogous to what his wounded post-divorce ego is doing. This collection needs a strong dose of Richard Marx on more than one song (check out I Miss Us and The One That Got Away on 'It's About Time', now those are powerful, lyrical, angst-ridden songs). I feel the real Kenny by just reading the well-written lyrics rather than by listening to this confused music. The best hope is that he means what he says in the last cut, One Last Goodbye Song. Even the up-tempo cuts lack the pure joy that I know Kenny can deliver. When he finds himself again, let's see a CD titled 'Awakening' to celebrate that Kenny's back, enhanced by a new maturity, insight, excitement about life's possibilities, and great cohesive music. Sorry, I just can't listen to this one over and over."
This is the best Kenny Loggins album since 1985.
The Music Man | United States | 09/30/2008
(4 out of 5 stars)
"I've been a Kenny Loggins fan since the early 1980s, when I saw him in concert, and he almost blew the roof off the building. Since then, he's gone through a lot of changes, both musically, and in his personal life - with the latter feeding the former. I haven't always enjoyed the changes - I remember Kenny when he made music for the simple joy of making it; but the forays into self-indulgent navel-gazing, and save-the-earth preaching have kind've left me cold. Even his previous album to this, "It's About Time" which was supposed to be a return to form, sounded calculated and uninspired to my ears.
But now comes "How About Now". It sounds like Kenny Loggins music-making in his prime, with joyous, melodic, acoustic rockers, intertwined with sweet, melancholy ballads. I have LOTS of new favorites on this CD; from the gospel rave-up "That's When I Find You"; the rockabilly "Too Much (Never Enough)" and "How About Now" and mid-tempo numbers like "I'll Remember Your Name" and "If You've Never Been There". And while he still ruminates about his failed relationships on tracks like "I'm A Free Man Now" "A Year's Worth of Distance" and "One Last Goodbye Song" it never becomes bitter, or cynical, but more often taps into that wonderful melancholy that Kenny brought to such songs as "House on Pooh Corner" and "Danny's Song". I even enjoyed the stripped-down remake of "A Love Song" (well, it was pretty stripped down to begin with, but it's informed by the passage of years here).
In short, this is Kenny at his best - writing joyous, hook-filled music that rocks and shines. It's been a long time, Kenny - welcome back."
Kenny Always Delivers
R. Petit | Clifton, NJ | 03/02/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Kenny Loggins has a talent that is hard to beat. The songs on this CD mark a transition in his life and people of all ages who have loved can relate."
Making Art Out of Life
The JuRK | Our Vast, Cultural Desert | 09/28/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"(I'm glad HOW ABOUT NOW has been rereleased in a wider form than when I originally bought it as a special Target release. This is the review I'd written when it first came out then:)
I've been a Kenny Loggins fan for most of my life (I'm a little too young to remember much about Loggins & Messina) and what I've always appreciated about his songwriting was his willingness to reflect so much of his personal life in his music.
In his last CD, "It's About Time", he sang about the everyday clutter that erodes passion in the song "I Miss Us" and the distance that grows between parents and their children dealing with divorce in "The One That Got Away." (It wasn't all bleak: the title cut is another fantastic collaboration with Michael McDonald--It's About Time they started making music again!).
I got to meet Kenny backstage while he was touring for the last CD and he seemed distracted and down. Then I heard he was getting divorced.
He's always been an artist who can turn his most personal pain into great music. On a recent tour last year, he sang "How About Now" and said that this new CD would be released in '07. Listening to it, you can hear a powerful voice of experience behind the songs, an authentic struggle to deal with problems and situations that a lot of us are in right now. Instead of trying to take the pulse of what's popular, Kenny has always tapped into a truthful vein by confronting his own experiences.
I remember a quote from the 1993 film of SHADOWLANDS: "We read to know that we're not alone." I thought of that while listening to Kenny's latest CD: I definitely know that I'm not alone while listening to these songs."
This is a great CD. Kenny's voice is fantastic
Cindy Wilson | Murrieta, CA | 09/24/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"What a great CD. Love all the songs. Kenny stills sounds like he did in the 70's. He sounds the same in concert live also. I don't know what the one reviewer was on when he said Kenny sounded like an old man! Jealous, maybe? Doubt he has had the career that Kenny has! Love How About Now especially. Fantastic. Don't miss this one. it is great!!!!!"