Home | Songs By Year | Songs from 1985


Let Me Down Easy (Roger Daltrey song)

Buy Let Me Down Easy (Roger Daltrey song) now from Amazon

First, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the song. And once you've experienced the song, tell everyone what you thought about it.

Wikipedia article




"'Let Me Down Easy'" is a song by Roger Daltrey, who at the time was the former lead singer of The Who. The song was written by Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance and included on Daltrey's sixth solo album 'Under a Raging Moon' as the first track on the second side of the LP. The album was a tribute to The Who's former drummer Keith Moon. The song was released as a single in November 1985 on Atlantic Records.

The single reached number 86 on the US Hot 100 singles chart and number 11 on Billboard's Top Rock Tracks chart.

Background



When Jim Vallance was asked about the track, he recalled that they wrote the song during January 1984 and that: "Adams and I originally wrote "Let Me Down Easy" for Stevie Nicks, but I don't know if she ever heard the song. Regardless, I thought Roger did a superb job."

Bryan Adams appears in the original music video.

Reception



'Cash Box' said it's an "intimately passionate track which...makes good use of Daltreys powerful lead vocals."

Personnel



* Roger Daltrey - lead vocals

* Bryan Adams - Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals

* Robbie McIntosh - rhythm guitar

* Mark Brzezicki - drums

* John Siegler - bass guitar

* Nick Glennie-Smith - organ

* Alan Shacklock - tambourine

* Annie McCaig - backing vocals

* John Payne - backing vocals

* Mark Williamson - backing vocals

Charts



References




Buy Let Me Down Easy (Roger Daltrey song) now from Amazon

<-- Return to songs from 1985



This work is released under CC-BY-SA. Some or all of this content attributed to http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1105959578.