[TR24][OF] Jeff Beck - There And Back - 1980/2013 (Rock)

„Blow By Blow“, „Wired“ and „Truth“ may be Beck's best-known albums, but 1980's „There And Back“ is probably his most underrated and oft-overlooked work. Beck's guitar playing is still exceptional, and his six-string skills again take center stage on this third vocal-less album in a row. 'The Pump' is an absolute Beck classic, while Beck's muscular playing on 'El Becko,' 'Space Boogie,' and 'The Final Peace' is simply awesome. Another key ingredient to the album's success is the superb drumming of session ace Simon Philips, especially on the aforementioned 'Space Boogie'. The brilliant guitar shredder truly throws down some of his classiest and hardest driving repertoire for this amazing career album.
There and Back, Jeff Beck's first new studio album in four years, found him moving from old keyboard partner Jan Hammer (three tracks) to new one Tony Hymas (five), which turned out to be the difference between competition and support. Hence, the second side of this instrumental album is more engaging and less of a funk-fusion extravaganza than most of the first. If it were anybody else, you'd say that this was a transitional album, but this was the only studio album Beck released between 1976 and 1985, which makes it more like an unexpected Christmas letter from an old friend: "Everything's fine, still playing guitar."