King Biscuit Flower Hour

by Stephen Thomas Erlewine Originally aired on the syndicated radio show of the same name, King Biscuit Flower Hour captures a concert Billy Squier gave in 1983 in Centrum, Massachusetts. At the time the concert was released, Squier was at the peak of his popularity -- he had just released two consecutive Top 10 albums and had been on the airwaves with songs like "Everybody Wants You," "The Stroke," "Emotions in Motion," "In the Dark," and "My Kinda Lover." On King Biscuit Flower Hour, he runs through most of these hits and throws in some album tracks. Squier and his band is energetic and sounds rawer than they do on the studio records and their more powerful live sound makes King Biscuit Flower Hour worthwhile for dedicated fans.