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The Atlanta Constitution from Atlanta, Georgia • 161

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161
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FEELII1G LIST-LESS? In baseball, it is said, there is nothing more satisfying that a stand-up triple. And in pop music, there's i Traekmg nothing better than a hit single. Is there a way to combine the two a triple and a hit single? Genesis did it with "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight." Here are some other "triple" singles staff writer Phil Kloer deems memorable: Turn! Turn! Turn! -The Byrds(1965) Mercy, Mercy, Mercy The Buckinghams (1967) Fun, Fun, Fun -The Beach Boys (1964) Danes, Dance, Dance The Beach Boys (1964) 3 MVf 1 REVIEWING LET ME UP (I'VE HAD ENOUGH)' James Brown Th; clovers (1956) Hi, Hi, Hi Paul McCartney and Wings (1973) She Loves You (Yeah, Yeah, Yeah) -The Beatles (1964) Yummy Yummy Yummy (I've Got Love in My Tummy) The 1910 Fruitgum Company (1968) More More More The Andrea True Connection (1976) It's a Man's Man's Man's World James Brown (1966) nv.f K'r-' i Every well-informed pop-music fan knows Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers have been touring and hanging out with Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead, and their music definitely contributed to the making of this delightful album (MCA Records). Petty, who's suffered from chronic laryngitis because of his notion that rock 'n' roll has to be screamed, is content to simply sing this album. The result is extremely pleasing and commercially acceptable.

"Jammin' Me," the lead single, is No. 44 and climbing Billboard's chart and is fairly representative of what's on the album, which is No. 48 two weeks after its release. Florida-born Petty is still better at identifying things he finds offensive (Iranian torture and the situation in El Salvador are listed along with Eddie Murphy and acid rain on "Jammin' than in offering solutions. But he's come a long way in writing about personal relationships and the proof is obvious in "It'll All Work Out" "My LifeYour World" is a look-back song momma was a rocker way back in '53 that Petty could have done years ago that doesn't measure up to love tunes "All Mixed Up" and "Think About Me." Some of the chiming guitar music that on "A Self-Made Man" is a striking example is pure Petty.

But that guitar highlight between "The Damage You've Done," perhaps the best song on the album, and "It'll All Work Out" is definitely Dead. And anyone who has trouble recognizing Dylan's influence is referred to the delivery and lyrics of "It'll All Work Out" wbre faded jeans and soft black leather she had eyes so blue they looked like This album is justification for thinking that just as the Petty-Dylan-Dead mini-tour was one of last summer's most memorable musical happenings, the Petty-Georgia Satellites-Del Fuegos tour (tentatively scheduled to be in Atlanta July 23) will be one of this summer's "must" events for serious rock fans. Rust DeVault i 1 am THE BYRDS: In 1965, they had a solid hit with "TurnlTurnlTurnl" TOM PETTY: Content to simply sing on an extremely pleasing album. JAZZ Ramsey Lewis: "Keys to the City" (Columbia). Veteran jazz pianO player, Ramsey Lewis, who gave us the steamy, bluesy "In Crowd" so many years ago, still has one of the most engaging lyric conceptions in contemporary music.

He lets the fire soar to the surface here. In the album's title track, Lewis plays vivid modern sketches on his Steinway concert grand while Don Myric swings with a rich and satisfying sax solo. Maurice White sparkles with pleasurable' percussion work on the clever composition called "7-11." Perhaps the prettiest number, "You're Falling in Love" has Lewis on Yamaha DX-7 and concert grand and solid bass guitar work from Tony Brown. -Frank White HEAVY METAL TNT: "Tell No Tales" (Mercury). Tony Harnell could use some help.

The young New Yorker sings like a panic-stricken Geddy Lee, but his bandmates sleepwalk as if they have been hibernating through the winter in their native Norway. Anyone who appreciates a hard-rock vocalist as striking as Harnell demands more from instrumentalists than TNT provides. "Tell No Tales" is only a half hour long, but sluggish "Child's Play" and "Northern Lights" make it seem longer. The speedy title cut is mannerly thrash. A little imagination shows in "Sapphire," the short, offbeat instrumental that hops from vaudeville to disco and back.

Jean Stanley 111 TMT: Diesel Dahl, Ronnl Le Tekro, Tony Harnell and Morty Black. May 23,. 1987 32 The Wants WEEXE AUante Qonalltutlon.

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