David Cassidy - Rock Me Baby

This album not as good as cherish.

I purchased this album with high expectations after having heard "Cherish"; however, it displeases me to say that this one was a bit of a let down. It's a good album and all, but it wasn't as well put-together as his previous, already mentioned, "Cherish". This album is more like a series of thrown-together tracks, whereas on "Cherish" the songs worked well together in part and as a whole.

The songwriting on "Cherish" was also more compelling. The songs here are more laid back and lukewarm, at times emphasising a more hard-hitting approach than "Cherish". This album also for some reason uses THREE covers. I myself am not too big on covers and prefer an artist to be more original. "Cherish", in contrast, only features one. Covers are mostly for people who are experiencing idea-shortages or need an attempt at making a type of comeback. Much too early it was in Cassidy's career for him to need to use--THREE?--covers. Not to mention the fact that if'n an artist wants to use covers on his album, he could have definetly made better choices than the three already overplayed and overknown ones that he uses here.

All in all, however, it is still worth listening to. I only gave it three stars because, as I've mentioned in other reviews, I AM a harsher critic than most. You may acknowledge as four stars if it pleases you!!! November 6, 2007

Rock Me Baby - By Laura Lambert , Maidstone Kent UK

I must admit the second album released by David Cassidy "Rock Me Baby" has got a more grittier feel to it and shows off David's voice range. It amazes me that he can go from singing a rocking song like the title track "Rock Me Baby" to the lovely ballads which are on the album. My favourite tracks on the album are most certainly the title track and Lonely Too Long, in fact I like all the tracks on this album and I can't wait to purchase more of DC's albums in the future, when money permits it.

As someone who has rediscovered David Cassidy I must of been mad not to buy this album when it came out in the seventies, but now I know what I missed in the seventies. It goes to show what a vast range that DC had and in fact still has. February 28, 2006

David Cassidy Breakaway Image

I have to admit that David Cassidy's solo LPs or recordings with the Partridge Family, for which he is best known, was immediately dismissed in the 70s as prefab fluff or bubblegum music. By the time he recorded "Rock Me Baby", Cassidy was already jaded by the teenybopper image he had been crowned with two years prior. In an earnest attempt to have his rock peers see him as something else but a piece of pre-teen marketed meat, Cassidy tried to break the mold with this 1972 gem. The "album" opens with wailing guitars on the title track "Rock Me Baby" and Cassidy's trademark smokey vocals. The song was an earnest sexual song and a far cry from his Partridge roots. Seemingly strange, considering his earlier protests of speaking a verse in the Partridge's "Doesn't Somebody Want To Be Wanted" a song that Cassidy loathed, here again is a speaking part that was loaded with sexual innuendo. A great lead in track that goes right into a great version of the Rascal's "Lonely To Long". Next is a smokey ballad "Two Time Loser" that was written by Cassidy himself and although it shows great maturity it still mirrors the teenage angst that the Partridge tunes were already pushing by this time. The fourth track is the highly sexually charged "Warm My Soul" originally slated to be a Partridge tune for the "Up To Date" LP but was scrapped as being too "sexual" for a preteen LP. Cassidy really vamps up this number. Following "Soul" comes another Cassidy co-penned tune called "Some Kind Of A Summer" which sounds so autobiographical that Cassidy could have led into a storyteller type status well kept by future artists at that time like Dan Fogelberg and Harry Chapin. In my own humble opinion, Cassidy should have written many more songs himself whereas this LP grandly showcases his talent and earned him some of the respect he richly deserved when the LP was released. Also another great Oh No No Way rounds out the LPs first side. "Song For A Rainy Day" is yet another Cassidy written tune co-penned with the famous in her own right, Kim Carnes one of Cassidy's background singers at the time. This CD is jam packed with stellar ballads and is well worth a listen. Cassidy had turned a corner with this collection and proved he was more than a "pretty face". A validly serious attempt at what he did best. Other great ballads abound with the beautiful lilting "Soft As A Summer Shower" "Go Now" and "Song Of Love" and Cassidy sings each with an overwhelming sense of pride and deservedly so. This is undoubtably David Cassidy at one of his finest moments! The ballad "How Can I Be Sure" was released a single and peaked on the Billboard charts at #25. It is easy to see on one listen how this was NOT the only tune that should have been released as a single and one would wonder why Bell/Arista wasn't smart enough to see this. It is obvious that they didn't see David as the hot commodity he was outside the Partridge Family considering they could not release any compliation of David's material without including his Partridge tunes. Yes, David IS one of the bubblegum years survivors and is carrying on a still hot career and this CD is positive proof of the reason why. One of David's undeniably best solo projects for Bell/Arista records. Don't pass this one over! It is worth every penny of it's purchase price and more, more so due o the brilliant liner notes included by a foremost Cassidy historian, Lisa Sutton! Rock on, David! March 8, 2005

'Rock Me, Baby' by David Cassidy

I love this album because it is a little different than his other albums in the way that there is more piano in the songs. True, I am more partial to piano than keyboards, and while there is piano on his other albums, it is more prominent on this album. I wish David would do an album today with lots of piano on it like this one. It was his second album and is a lot different than his Cherish album, and I think Cassidy fans will be pleasantly surprised. I wish he would go back to the piano every now and again at his concerts. The piano lets him show off his voice more. February 23, 2005

still good in 2003, still listening to it,

this is one of his top 2 records , the other being
cherish' the songs are good , his voice is at his best
and still after all these yrs they still sound brand
new.From the slow one's to the fast one's this is a
great record, 'oh no no ' is one song that sticks out
that highlites his singing and to this day his voice
has been underrated, 'how can I be sure' is a great song
that David has made his own song even tho he didnt write
it.'Song for a rainy day' is great song that just takes

you to that moment and reminds you of your lost love,
This record was released in 1972, here it is 2003 and he
is still going strong with a few bumps in the road but
who has'nt!,this is a record to put on and drink some wine and remember just how much you love your wife or girlfriend. December 18, 2003

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