Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for Ghost Riders - The Outlaws on AllMusic - 1980 - The Outlaws' early penchant for country rock is. Ghost Riders is The Outlaws is possibly the most overlooked album besides the title track and possibly The Outlaws most 'hard edged composition to date.

For other uses, see. Ghost Riders by Released November 22, 1980 Recorded Mediasound, Bayshore Recording Studios, Record Plant, Los Angeles Length 39: 39 chronology (1979) 1979 Ghost Riders (1980) (1982) 1982 Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Ghost Riders is the sixth by band, released in 1980.

This album is regarded by many fans as the last Outlaws album that followed their old fashioned southern rock style, and also sparked a comeback after the mediocre sales of prior albums. Their cover of '(Ghost) Riders In the Sky' was one of their most successful songs, and has earned the band some attention from outside the southern rock circles.

' early penchant for country rock is non-existent on 1980's, a hard-rocking album with the thunderous three-guitar attack of,, and Billy Jones. The songwriting ranks somewhere between average and above-average, but that's not the focus here; the guitar army is the main attraction. '(Ghost) Riders in the Sky' is a fantastic cover of the -penned song, which was a huge hit originally for in 1949. Hit the Top 40 with that piece, but the edited single is no match for the blistering gallop of the six-minute album version. Red Alert 2 New Units here.

Thomasson's acoustic guitar work -- both arppegiated lines and full-tilt rhythm strumming -- is the perfect counterpoint for the lead electric guitars. Bassist and drummer provide a rumbling, no-nonsense foundation for the six-string histrionics. 'White Horses' is best described as a guitar-based Southern rock ballad. Dis V57 Italiano more. The dynamic guitar work on 'Angels Hide' includes everything from in-your-face solos to carefully woven interplay. The full-throttle hard rock of 'Devil's Road' relies on the monstrous crunch created by unleashed guitar and bass riffing.

Pleasant acoustic guitar strumming supports the ballad 'I Can't Stop Loving You.' The peppy chorus and vocal harmonies stand out on 'Sunshine,' but once again, when the guitars take over, everything else is left in the dust. 'Freedom Walk' closes the album with an all-out guitar assault. -- which has a very cool Gibson Les Paul-in-outer-space cover painting similar in style to 's Boston and Don't Look Back sleeves -- was reissued on CD by the Canadian company The Collector's Pipeline in 1993.