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SIDE 3 / STARTING OVER By Rob Sheffield The Raspberries are strangely ill-remembered these days, despite their valiant efforts in the early 1970s to perfect hard rock for lovesick teenage girls. Their early hits, such as "Go All The Way" and "Let's Pretend," are right up there with the best of Cheap Trick and Big Star in the power-pop canon. True, it's hard to forgive Eric Carmen for going on to become the guy who sang "Hungry Eyes" in Dirty Dancing, but in his time he was Cleveland's answer to Brian Wilson. Side 3 and Starting Over are the Raspberries' final two studio albums, veering from hard rock ("Ecstasy") to studio-crackpot experiments. The payoff: "Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)," the 1974 masterpiece from Starting Over. Carmen turns his pop obsession into an epic quest, climaxing in the final choruses when he gets tohear his own song on the radio. KEY TRACK: "Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)" Rolling Stone / March 10, 2005
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2005 REUNITED RASPBERRIES SPEAKING WITH ERIC AND JIM RASPBERRIES: HOUSE OF BLUES RASPBERRIES BACK IN SEASON RASPBERRIES STILL FRESH AFTER 30 YEARS: RASPBERRIES SWEET SOUND OF THE '70s RASPBERRIES, FRESH RASPBERRIES BLOSSOM ONCE MORE SIDE 3, STARTING OVER ERIC CARMEN: MARATHON MAN THE VERY BEST OF THE RASPBERRIES ONE MORE TIME AROUND RASPBERRIES RASPBERRIES GREATEST RASPBERRIES GREATEST RASPBERRIES GREATEST STARTING OVER RASPBERRIES NIGHTWATCH: RASPBERRIES NYC GUIDE: RASPBERRIES RASPBERRIES BACK IN SEASON ROCK/POP: RASPBERRIES GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN: RASPBERRIES COOL@NIGHT: RASPBERRIES RASPBERRIES STILL IN SEASON RASPBERRIES PLUM HOT IN BIG APPLE IT HURTS TOO MUCH ERIC CARMEN: MARATHON MAN RASPBERRIES: GREATEST RASPBERRIES: GREATEST 40 GREATEST POWER BALLADS STARTING OVER DREW-HAHA BYRDS OF A FEATHER REISSUES - RASPBERRIES: GREATEST CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED REUNION RASPBERRIES ON THE REUNION TRAIL RASPBERRIES BACK IN SEASON RASPBERRIES FIND A REASON TO REUNITE RASPBERRIES REUNITE GO AHEAD AND DANCE HANGIN' WITH THE RASPBERRIES BERRY, BERRY GOOD RASPBERRIES BACK IN SEASON RASPBERRY PRESERVES ROCK AND ROLL NEVER FORGETS RASPBERRIES: HOB, LOS ANGELES RASPBERRIES AT HOB REMEMBER THE RASPBERRIES? RASPBERRIES BACK IN SEASON BEST CONCERTS
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