Sammy Hagar and his super-group The Circle will release their long-anticipated sophomore album “Crazy Times” next Friday. The new record finds Hagar, fellow Hall Of Famer and VAN HALEN bassist Michael Anthony, Grammy-winning drummer Jason Bonham and Grammy-winning guitar virtuoso Vic Johnson changing course, traveling to Nashville to record the album with eight-time Grammy Award-winning producer Dave Cobb at Nashville’s historic RCA Studio A.
With SAMMY HAGAR and The Circle, nobody expects the guy behind “I Can’t Drive 55″ to get too deep, and he doesn’t. ”Crazy Times”, in a way, is a pandemic album, or at least one informed by living in a time that’s still trying to make sense of the past couple of years. Of course, these “crazy times” stretch back a bit further than COVID, and Hagar addresses that in a roundabout, uncommitted way, too.
Mostly though he plays rock ‘n’ roll that doesn’t sound all that removed from the era that treated him best, the ’80s. And he hasn’t sounded this good since the 20th century ended.
01 – Intro: The Beginning Of The End
02 – Slow Drain
03 – Feed Your Head
04 – Pump It Up
05 – Be Still
06 – You Get What You Pay For
07 – Crazy Times
08 – Funky Feng Shui
09 – Father Time
10 – Childhood’s End
11 – 2120
12 – Father Time (Acoustic)
Sammy Hagar (vocals)
Michael Anthony (bass, vocals)
Jason Bonham (drums/percussion)
Vic Johnson (guitars)
1. Intro: The Beginning Of The End
2. Slow Drain
3. Feed Your Head
4. Pump It Up
5. Be Still
6. You Get What You Pay For
7. Crazy Times
8. Funky Feng Shui
9. Father Time
10. Childhood’s End