Grand Funk Railroad Shinin' On CD

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 Grand Funk does it again
If you liked the cd Were an American Band, then you will like this one.I think Grand Funk Railroad was a band that got better with every album.
Submitted by James (Buford Ga. USA) 
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 Awesome remastering
this is must buy for any GFR fans, this whole remastered collections is awesome. I'm staring at the Trunk of Funk anyday now!
Submitted by earlyas (Danville, VA, USA) 
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 Another great Todd production
A great blend of pop and classic rock with heavy bass lines
Submitted by a reviewer (Raleigh,NC,USA) 
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 A Big Letdown!
After the unprecedented success of "We're An American Band," "Shining On" was a big letdown. Here the songs were so lackluster that Grand Funk resorted to a last minute cover of the bubblegum song "Locomotion," which produced their second #1 single but tarnished their reputation among hardrock fans. Mark Farner continued his decline as a song writer and Don Brewer tried to pick up the slack with good-but-not great songs. Todd Rundgren's production was also several notches below his earlier work with the band.
Submitted by a reviewer (Detroit, Michigan, USA) 
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 A great hard rock album
Shinin On is a great hard rock album, This is from the We're An American band period where Don Brewer, Grand Funk's Great Drummer, steps up with his song writing and lead singing (on songs such as Shinin On, Please Me, Getting Over you, Carry Me through). And GFR rocks hard on Please Me, Getting Over you, Carry Me through, and Shinin On. The song Destitute N Losin (the B side from Locomotion) is included on this one, and it is a great Mark Farner song. To Get Back in is a good song. Locomotion the number 1 hit from this album, was a big hit for GFR, but kind of hurt the band in that people starting thinking of GFR as a pop band, that must produce hits; and many of the hard core hard rock GFR fans, were disappointed that GFR covered that song, and felt they were selling out for radio play. I personally always liked the song and I love Mark Farner's great Guitar solo in that one. Mr. Pretty Boy is a strange song (no drums) that really does not fit on this hard rock album. BUT over all Shinin On is Pure Grand Funk, and Pure Hard Rock; Don Brewer, Mark Farner, Mel Schacher and Craig Frost rock hard on shinin on. This CD is 24 bit remasterred and has two bonus tracks Destitute and losin, which I mention above, and an alternative version of Shinin on, both are great numbers. The CD sounds great, it also has new liner notes, which are excellent, and very nice artwork. It is a must get for every GFR fan.
Submitted by RickDC (Moodus, CT.) 
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