When Richard Lloyd's second solo album was released -- in Europe in late 1985, in the U.S. in early 1987 -- fans of his pioneering work with Television and his hugely underrated 1979 solo debut, Alchemy, were so thrilled to have the singer and guitarist back after a long bout with drug addiction that, overall, they tended politely to overlook the fact that Field of Fire is an extremely spotty record with a number of irritating production and arrangement quirks that make it an exceedingly frustrating listen. That's no longer the case: 20 years after its initial release on the tiny Swedish label Mistlur, ownership of the master tapes reverted to Lloyd, and rather than simply give the album a proper CD release -- it had appeared on a tiny unknown label with a different cover in the early '90s, in an edition of perhaps dubious legality -- Lloyd decided to give Field of Fire the honor of doing it right. Disc one of this expanded two-disc set is Field of Fire as it was originally released, with all of its virtues and flaws as they were. First among the virtues is the outstanding title track, with its ragged but hopeful tone and the most impressive extended solo of Lloyd's entire post-Television career. Among its cons are inappropriate state-of-1985 arrangements and mixes, an unfortunately spotty song selection, and -- perhaps most egregiously -- Lloyd's vocals. According to the extensive liner notes, Lloyd's hoarse croak of a voice on this album was not the result of overuse or drug-related issues, but a deliberate stylistic choice on Lloyd's part, an attempt to replicate his on-stage vocal intensity.

1		Watch Yourself
2		Losin' Anna
3		Soldier Blue
4		Backtrack
5		Keep On Dancin'
6		Pleading
7		Lovin' Man
8		Black to White
9		Field of Fire
10		Soldier Blue
11		Pleading
12		Watch Yourself
13		Backtrack
14		The Only Feeling
15		Losin' Anna
16		Tobacco and Corn
17		Lovin' Man
18		Black To White
19		Field of Fire
20		Keep On Dancin'