We say: Without a paddle The Beach Boys, Cheap Trick and Heart are the familiar names on this hard-rock soundtrack. They operate below standard expectations, though, and the lesser lights - Shooting Star, Danny Spanos, Randy Bishop, Ian Hunter and newcomer Kick Axe offer very little to elevate themselves from relative anonimity. |
Bishop is the common thread in Up the Creek. In addition to performing one original song ("Two Hearts on the Loose"), Bishop wrote or co-wrote four of the other eight songs on the disc. Unfortunatelly all that adds up to is a whole album of uninspired, quickly forgettable tunes. |
"Chasin' the Sky" by the Beach Boys, Heart's "The Heat" and the title song by Cheap Trick all have appealing hooks but are surrounded by prattle. Up the Creek received a lukewarm response at the box office and the soundtrack gets the same here. |