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Originally Posted by chiliD

Main reason...it was released 5 years too late.

Oh, absolutely. Completely agree.

Originally Posted by John Run

Out of the Cradle is one of my 10 favorite albums of all time. A collection of songs that hang together in such a cohesive manner, that all the songs seemlessly flow together like pages in a well-written story. No need to change the running order ever on this one.

I'm glad you like it. I'm serious- I really do. There's just too many cringe-worthy tracks on it- whether it be because of the lyrical content, the music, the production, Lindsey vocal performance, or all four. "This Is The Time" pulls off this rare superfecta feat.

Originally Posted by michelej1

Certainly it enjoyed more critical success than the first two albums. Why it failed commercially had little to do with people passing on its content and more to do with them just not knowing the darn thing was out there.

Which makes absolutely no sense, given the considerable marketing dollars, promotional appearances/radio station tours, and extensive concert touring (he opened for Tina Turner, for christsake).

I ask this with all sincerity and wild-eyed curiosity- what should Lindsey/WBR have done to get the public's attention that would have changed the fortunes of this project? Is it not possible that his target audience at the time just saw it as what it was- an already-dated, wholly self-derivative solo album from an ex-member of a (basically) dead & irrelevant band. High profile promotional appearances like the Leno/"Don't Look Down" trainwreck did more to confound than intrigue.

Originally Posted by michelej1

I wonder if Lindsey thought that way when he didn't include it in the UTS setlist. Did he think we wouldn't miss the songs because they didn't sell? If so, I'd like to give him a good talking to.

I think he's still smarting from the massive failure that it was. He put in a lot of man-hours and went to extraordinary lengths to promote the thing- not to mention the 5+ years in recording it. I also think he looks back on it the same way he does L&O and GI- its in the past, he was a different person then, not really ashamed of his efforts but not willing to put it out in the forefront, either.