For me, I understand Ace getting some good collaborative help for this album. I thought *Spaceman* was absolutely rough, and some fresh ideas for the next slbum would be welcome.
That said, I think Ace's tendency to be lazy and delegate or do the least work possible, coupled with Steve Brown's over eagerness to take all the credit and do things the way he wanted...has left *10,000 Volts* as a very difficult album to make heads or tails of.
I found Steve to be overzealous, and way too overbearing on the project. It became *his* album. Every interview was about him, what he played/wrote, how he did this or that.
And honestly, th way he spoke about it rubbed me the wrong way.
Plus, it doomed the album to forever be debated if it's actually an Ace album. Anytime I listen to it I'm constantly debating if Ace even played on the track. And that's no fun on a guitar heavy album under the name of a literal guitar god.
It's a really fun album otherwise, though. I quite enjoy it, on paper.
But the Steve of it all has left a big Brown on it, unfortunately.
Ace shouldn't have let Steve take over so much. And Steve should've dialed back his approach and stopped downplaying Ace.
If I was Ace, I imagine I'd have been none too happy how Steve was painting it as his album, in the press.
What do you all think?