I searched for “Walk a Fine Line” for years, and I finally bought a vinyl version a couple of years ago. I was really disappointed, though. Pretty standard fare, there's no sign of the David Foster “magic” I was half expecting after reading all kinds of glowing reviews on these various Westcoast pages that exist on the web.

Roughly speaking, his work in the 1980s was a result of the collaborative effort between relatively faceless but (usually) talented men like John Parr (not necessarily a talented man), Chicago, Air Supply, Tubes, Jay Graydon, Richard Page,etc. whereas his work in the 1990s was little more than a generic instrumental setup for divas and boybands, performed exclusively by him and his Synclavier in his personal studio adjoining his living room, with two bars of guitar playing by Michael Thompson and Dean Parks thrown in for good measure.

I searched for “Walk a Fine Line” for years, and I finally bought a vinyl version a couple of years ago. I was really disappointed, though. Pretty standard fare, there's no sign of the David Foster “magic” I was half expecting after reading all kinds of glowing reviews on these various Westcoast pages that exist on the web.

Roughly speaking, his work in the 1980s was a result of the collaborative effort between relatively faceless but (usually) talented men like John Parr (not necessarily a talented man), Chicago, Air Supply, Tubes, Jay Graydon, Richard Page,etc. whereas his work in the 1990s was little more than a generic instrumental setup for divas and boybands, performed exclusively by him and his Synclavier in his personal studio adjoining his living room, with two bars of guitar playing by Michael Thompson and Dean Parks thrown in for good measure.

I searched for “Walk a Fine Line” for years, and I finally bought a vinyl version a couple of years ago. I was really disappointed, though. Pretty standard fare, there's no sign of the David Foster “magic” I was half expecting after reading all kinds of glowing reviews on these various Westcoast pages that exist on the web.

Roughly speaking, his work in the 1980s was a result of the collaborative effort between relatively faceless but (usually) talented men like John Parr (not necessarily a talented man), Chicago, Air Supply, Tubes, Jay Graydon, Richard Page,etc. whereas his work in the 1990s was little more than a generic instrumental setup for divas and boybands, performed exclusively by him and his Synclavier in his personal studio adjoining his living room, with two bars of guitar playing by Michael Thompson and Dean Parks thrown in for good measure.