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Showing off Head East's intriguing and quite effective blend of hard melodic rock with progressive rock tendencies and awesome vocal arrangements, this disc is a classic. Opening with the band's trademark "Never Been Any Reason," the CD includes several other exceptionally strong numbers and none that qualify as "weak." The other standout numbers on the disc are "Jefftown Creek" and "City of Gold." This disc is truly one of the best the band ever did, and it is a shame that they never made it further than they did, since this CD shows that they really had star potential. ~ Gary Hill
Photographers: Jerry Tovo; Harry Mittman.
Unknown Contributor Roles: Steve Schankman; Irv Zukerman.
Personnel: Mike Somerville (vocals, guitar); Roger Boyd (vocals, keyboards); Steve Huston (vocals, drums); Dan Birney, John Schlitt (vocals).
Recording information: Golden Voice Recording, South Pekin, IL.
Spin (p.88) - "'Never Been Any Reason,' their dazed-and-confused FM classic, is here, along with an homage to a creek in Illinois' Jefferson County." Flat As A Pancake Music Review Average Rating: (4.3 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews bought this cd for the first song on it
average music with some a great opening song and some other decent ones. i liked the southern feel to it
Submitted by senorcito67 (carlsbad,ca.) 
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 Great Album,with good follow up lp's
Flat As A Pancake, catchie title, and great hard driving beat. Head East was a midwest band, that appealled to a wide variety of listerners. They wrote about things they wanted to write about and things that were important to them. While other bands (Aerosmith, Kiss, etc., sored to the top) Head East continued to be their own bosses. Their 2nd, 3rd, and 4th lps. were great, equals to Flat As A Pancake. if not better. However these are out of print. The members of the band like may groups had personal problems and such which lead to replacement members and eventually the break up of all orginal members, except keyboadist Roger Boyd. Last I knew Roger was a professor at a local St Louis College. The band occasionally tours in the mid-west. They still know how to ROCK hard. I've seen them in the hayday's and also at somefund-raisers in the mid-west. It would be awesome if the rest of the albums were re-released, especially, Get Yourself Up, Gettin Lucky, Live, and the East/West Sign.
Submitted by Derek, ddlarichardson (Sioux City, Ia)
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 I just have one question?
What the hell happened??? This was a phenomenal album back in the 70's followed up by some fair, if not great, material on subsequent releases! Then "poof"! No more Head East??? They must have headed West or something??? Kind of reminded me of Starcastle! Another promising group of the early 70's that just hit the charts big and vanished! It's a mystery to me!
Submitted by mheinen3 (Oklahoma City, OK, USA)
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Excellent debut
Almost perfect. An excellent debut album by Head East.
Submitted by Matt (Waterloo, IL)
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Hello, Bob. Head East put out EIGHT studio albums, one live album, and five compilation albums. Flat is excellent, powered by Never Been Any Reason, but the next five songs after that one are all very good rocking songs.
Flat is, in this writer's humble opinion, not even their best album. Their second offering, "Get Yourself Up" is even better. Watch for it to come out on CD and snap it up. You won't be sorry.
Submitted by Vic (Spring, TX)
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