Hearts Of Stone (1978)

"Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes had earned enthusiastic reviews on the strength of their first two albums, but to many they were still the little brother band of Bruce Springsteen. This third album was an ambitious attempt step out of that shadow. Gone were the cover tunes and the guest vocalists and in their place the album delivered a set of tight and furiously passionate R&B influenced rock & roll tunes played by a mighty 11-piece band featuring one of the strongest horn sections in rock. While Springsteen wrote two songs for this album -- "Talk to Me" and the heart-tugging title cut -- this album really belongs to Southside Johnny Lyon, who rarely if ever sang with this force and emotional impact, and Steve Van Zandt, who wrote the bulk of the songs, produced and arranged the album, and lends a superb guitar solo to "Hearts of Stone." In some respects, this sounds like what Van Zandt would later achieve with his Disciples of Soul on their debut album, "Men Without Women"." (Mark Deming, Allmusic)

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