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[heeman]

Love Tattoo -- CD

Imelda May

2009 Verve Forecast

Fantastic, September 2, 2009
By J. Rodgers - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)
This review is from: Love Tattoo (Audio CD)

A great American roots music offering. Her voice accompanied by jaw dropping guitar solos and a fierce thumping bass made me get up and buy it after hearing it while in a local book store. From the cover you would be forgiven to think that this was just another Rockabilly album, but that is not the case. Whats included here is a mixture of Rock, Blues,R'n'B, Jazz, R'n'R, Rockabilly etc with many tracks being more a fusion of these styles then of just one particular musical genre. It is this that makes it fresh and original and not just another retro 50's album.

1. "Johnny Got a Boom Boom" 2:59
2. "Feel Me" 2:57
3. "Knock 123" 5:27
4. "Wild About My Lovin'" 3:15
5. "Big Bad Handsome Man" 2:43
6. "Love Tattoo" 2:55
7. "Meet You At The Moon" 2:47
8. "Smokers' Song" 2:37
9. "Smotherin' Me" 2:42
10. "Falling In Love With You Again" 4:07
11. "It's Your Voodoo Working" 3:12
12. "Watcha Gonna Do" 3:42

The only time that I heard Imelda is on the Jeff Beck; Rock n Roll Party a tribute to Les Paul.....she is awesome!

How is this album, Dennie?

 

[heeman]

Thank you Heeman for this one. I'm enjoying it a lot.

U R :text-welcomewave: :text-bravo: :happy-smileygiantred: :handgestures-thumbup: :eusa-clap: bscene-drinkingcheers:

 

[Dennie]

Ladies and Gentleman: The Best of George Michael -- 2 CD Set

George Michael

1998 Epic Records

Amazon.com

Bathroom escapades aside, there's no denying that George Michael has been responsible for some of the biggest party jams of the '80s and '90s. Have you ever noticed what happens to a room when "Faith" erupts from the speakers? Aside from the funk-fueled "Fastlove," the material from his most recent album, Older, is well and truly overshadowed here by the megahits from days gone by. The first disc starts off slow, with "Careless Whisper" and his remake of "I Can't Make You Love Me" the only real high points among otherwise bland ballads. It's disc 2 that exudes the essence of Michael, with "Fastlove," "Too Funky," and "Freedom 90" providing a nonstop dance-athon, and "I Want Your Sex" and "Faith" picking up the slack. The package also includes his rather unexciting (but hugely popular) duets with Queen and Elton John, his perfect pop pairing with Aretha Franklin, and two new tracks. Set aside some serious time for this one, folks. The hits don't stop. --Rebecca Wallwork

New Musical Express

Split into two CDs, "For The Heart" and "For The Feet," Ladies And Gentlemen highlights the division between raunchy playboy and bland soulboy, both compelled to end every line with "baby" but very different sides of the same beard.

Disc 1: For the Heart

1. "Jesus to a Child" – 6:49
2. "Father Figure" (single version) – 5:41
3. "Careless Whisper" (George Michael, Andrew Ridgeley) (single version) – 5:00
4. "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (live edit) (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) (performed by George Michael and Elton John) – 4:51
5. "You Have Been Loved" (George Michael, David Austin) – 5:28
6. "Kissing a Fool" – 4:36
7. "I Can't Make You Love Me" (James Allen Shamblin II, Mike Reid) – 5:20
8. "Heal the Pain" (single version) – 4:46
9. "A Moment with You" – 5:43
10. "Desafinado" (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça) (performed by George Michael and Astrud Gilberto) – 3:19
11. "Cowboys and Angels" – 7:14
12. "Praying for Time" – 4:41
13. "One More Try" – 5:53
14. "A Different Corner" (single version) – 4:03

Disc 2: For the Feet

1. "Outside" – 4:44
2. "Fastlove" (George Michael, Jon Douglas) – 5:31
3. "Too Funky" – 3:45
4. "Freedom! '90" – 6:28
5. "Star People '97" – 5:39
6. Medley: "Killer" / "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" (Adam Tinley, Seal-Henry Samuel / Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong) – 4:16
7. "I Want Your Sex (Part II)" – 4:38
8. "Monkey" (George Michael) - 4:47
9. "Spinning the Wheel" (George Michael, Jon Douglas) – 6:09
10. Medley: "Waiting For That Day/You Can't Always Get What You Want" (George Michael, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 4:50
11. "I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me)" (Simon Climie, Dennis Morgan) (performed by George Michael and Aretha Franklin) – 3:58
12. "Hard Day" – 3:43
13. "Faith" – 3:14
14. "Somebody to Love" (Freddie Mercury) (performed by George Michael and Queen) – 5:23

 

[Dennie]

Love Tattoo -- CD

Imelda May

2009 Verve Forecast

Fantastic, September 2, 2009
By J. Rodgers - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)
This review is from: Love Tattoo (Audio CD)

A great American roots music offering. Her voice accompanied by jaw dropping guitar solos and a fierce thumping bass made me get up and buy it after hearing it while in a local book store. From the cover you would be forgiven to think that this was just another Rockabilly album, but that is not the case. Whats included here is a mixture of Rock, Blues,R'n'B, Jazz, R'n'R, Rockabilly etc with many tracks being more a fusion of these styles then of just one particular musical genre. It is this that makes it fresh and original and not just another retro 50's album.

1. "Johnny Got a Boom Boom" 2:59
2. "Feel Me" 2:57
3. "Knock 123" 5:27
4. "Wild About My Lovin'" 3:15
5. "Big Bad Handsome Man" 2:43
6. "Love Tattoo" 2:55
7. "Meet You At The Moon" 2:47
8. "Smokers' Song" 2:37
9. "Smotherin' Me" 2:42
10. "Falling In Love With You Again" 4:07
11. "It's Your Voodoo Working" 3:12
12. "Watcha Gonna Do" 3:42

The only time that I heard Imelda is on the Jeff Beck; Rock n Roll Party a tribute to Les Paul.....she is awesome!

How is this album, Dennie?

Hey Keith, this is very good "Rockabilly" music and if you liked her with Jeff Beck, you like this album!!! :text-bravo:



Dennie

 

[Dennie]

The Most Relaxing Jazz Guitar Music In The Universe -- 2 CD Set

Various Great Artists

2005 Denon Records

More of a intro to jazz, September 23, 2008
By This one goes to 11.... (Chicago,IL) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Most Relaxing Jazz Guitar Music in Universe (Audio CD)

This cd to me sounds more like an introduction to jazz guitar.However,
it does have some relaxing moments on it.On the other hand,I just started listening to jazz,so I'm really not that familiar with jazz.

Disc: 1

1. Listen to the Dawn -- Kenny Burrell
2. Samba de Orpheus -- Grant Green
3. Last Night When We Were Young -- Sal Salvador & Mundell Lowe
4. Over the Rainbow -- Kenny Burrell
5. All Blues -- Jimmy Ponder
6. In the Meantime -- Kenny Barron featuring Ted Dunbar
7. Road Song -- Pat Martino
8. Homage to Charlie Christian -- Charlie Byrd
9. I Can't Get Started -- Jack McDuff featuring John Hart
10. Sophisticated Lady -- Larry Coryell
11. Dreamsville -- Pat Martino
12. 'Round Midnight -- Larry Coryell
13. You Don't Know What Love Is -- Pat Martino
14. Tenderly -- Kenny Burrell
15. 'Deed I Do -- Red Norvo featuring Tal Farlow
16. One for Tubby -- Herbie Mann featuring Joe Puma
17. You Are Too Beautiful -- Jimmy Ponder
18. A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square -- Sal Salvador & Mundell Lowe
19. Keepin' The Faith -- Steve Laury
20. Visit -- Pat Martino
21. Motherless Child -- Grant Green
22. Angel Eyes -- Andy Bey featuring Paul Meyers

Disc: 2

1. 'Round Midnight -- Larry Coryell
2. You Don't Know What Love Is -- Pat Martino
3. Tenderly -- Kenny Burrell
4. 'Deed I Do -- Red Norvo featuring Tal Farlow
5. One for Tubby -- Herbie Mann featuring Joe Puma
6. You Are Too Beautiful -- Jimmy Ponder
7. A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square -- Sal Salvador & Mundell Lowe
8. Keepin' The Faith -- Steve Laury
9. Visit -- Pat Martino
10. Motherless Child -- Grant Green
11. Angel Eyes -- Andy Bey featuring Paul Meyers

 

[Dennie]

Too Marvelous - A collection of jazz classics -- CD

Various Great Artists

2001 Hear Music

Wonderful April 26, 2010
By Miss R.
Amazon Verified Purchase

My boyfriend and I first listened to this at a small cabin we rented for a weekend. We listened to it and fell in love. This is indeed a Marvelous Collection of Jazz Classics

Billy Holiday - A fine Romance
Jimmy Smith - The Sermon
Dizzy Gillespie - This Loving Feeling
Ella Fitzgerald - Don't be that way
Nina Simone - Love me or leave me
Louis Armstrong - I gotta right to sing the blues
Stan Getz - Samba Triste
Gene Ammons - Canadian Sunset
Mose Allison - The seventh son
John Coltrane - Dear lord
Charles Mingus - Memories of you
Oscar peterson Trio - Have you met miss jones?
Colemane Hawkins/ Ben Webster - It never entered my mind.

 

[heeman]

A bunch of great covers here!!

Tracklist:
01. Black Friday - 3:41
02. I Can Hear You Calling - 3:34
03. Crosstown Traffic - 4:19
04. Spanish Moon - 4:21
05. Freedom - 7:29
06. I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know - 6:11
07. Don't Change Horses - 6:15
08. I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide - 4:30
09. Nothing Is Easy - 4:23
10. Them Changes - 4:38
11. Delta Lady - 3:46

 

[Dennie]

A Musical Romance -- Remastered CD

Billie Holiday & Lester Young

2002 Verve Records

Recorded in 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1958.

Romeo and Juliet...Eloise and Abelard...Tracy and Hepburn. These are among history's great romantic relationships, but perhaps the deepest of all romances - in all of American music, at any rate - was the one that was carried on in the recording studio between Billie Holiday (1915-1959) and Lester Young (1910-1959). "Lady Day" and "The President" (they gave one another their nicknames) made a series of "sides," as they were called in those days, that to this day absolutely define love in tune. She was - and is - the greatest of all jazz vocalists. His tenor saxophone style delivered the real Birth of the Cool. Together, they sang and played with an unparalleled sense of intimacy, warmth, and sensuous, behind-the-beat swing, whether the melody was pure gold (like "The Man I Love," "Time On My Hands") or closer to brass ("When You're Smiling," "Back In Your Own Backyard"). Originally produced by the redoubtable John Hammond, and intended first and foremost for jukeboxes, these sixteen seminal performances have been culled from the Grammy-winning 10-CD boxed set Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia, 1933-1944. They also feature vital contributions from, among others, pianist-arranger Teddy Wilson, who served as leader on many of Holiday's record dates, Swing era superstar clarinetist Benny Goodman, ace trumpeter Buck Clayton (Young's cohort from Count Basie's definitive swing band), the sublime Ellingtonian alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges, and Roy Eldridge, little giant of the trumpet. But Lady Day and Pres, forever dancing in the dark, make this a musical romance that will never die. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

1. The Man I Love
2. This Year's Kisses
3. Mean to Me
4. Back in Your Own Backyard
5. I'll Never Be the Same
6. Me, Myself and I
7. Time on My Hands
8. Who Wants Love?
9. I Must Have That Man
10. Foolin' Myself
11. When You're Smiling
12. A Sailboat in the Moonlight
13. He's Funny That Way
14. Laughing at Life
15. Without Your Love
16. Fine and Mellow

 

[Dennie]

That's Why God Made The Radio -- CD

The Beach Boys

2012 Capital Records

I love this new album by The Beach Boys June 5, 2012
By Robert G Yokoyama VINE™ VOICE
Format:Audio CD

"That's Why God Made The Radio" is an excellent new album from The Beach Boys. I love listening to the radio in the car. The title track reminds me of all the reasons why I love music. Listening to music is a celebration of life. Music creates memories of happy times that I will remember forever. Nothing beats listening to a great song on the radio with a girl or someone else. "Think About The Days" is ninety seconds of perfect harmonizing by Brian Wilson, Mike Love and the rest of the band. This track features goregous piano playing too. "Daybreak Over The Ocean" is a sweet love song. This song has a visual aspect with the ocean as a symbol of romance. "Beaches In Mind" is another fun song. The beach has always been a place to spend time with friends and relax. "From There And Back Again" and "Summer's Gone" have a soothing reflective tone. These two song make me think of all the good times I had with my high school buddies. These songs make me sad, but they are still beautiful songs with great lyrics. Isn't It Time is a song about trying to rekindle a relationship with a special woman. This song is a reminder that no relationship is ever dead. This song fills me with a sense of hope. "The Private Life Of Bill and Sue" is about the public's obsession with the lives of celebrities. The guitar playing and percussion instruments sound so good here. This new album is superb.


TRACK LISTING:

1 Think About The Days
2 That's Why God Made The Radio
3 Isn't It Time
4 Spring Vacation
5 The Private Life Of Bill And Sue
6 Shelter
7 Daybreak Over The Ocean
8 Beaches In Mind
9 Strange World
10 From There To Back Again
11 Pacific Coast Highway
12 Summer's Gone

 

[Dennie]

Today's work truck music.....

Greatest Hits -- enhanced CD

The Doors

1980/1996 Elektra Records

Amazon.com

A great singles band that often got a little unraveled on its album-only epics, the Doors are predictably remembered as Deeper Artists than some of their (especially Jim Morrison's) pretensions merit. But those 45s really were great. They dominate this disc, with "Light My Fire" (the album version) and "Hello I Love You" banging by to complement the moodier "Riders on the Storm" (also at LP length) and a live "Roadhouse Blues" rescued from An American Prayer. Predictably, the record closes with a few other non-AM tracks, including "The End." But most of the real meat is in the stuff that made it to the jukeboxes. --Rickey Wright


"Hello, I Love You" (Morrison)
"Light My Fire" (Krieger, Morrison)
"People Are Strange" (Morrison, Krieger)
"Love Me Two Times" (Krieger)
"Riders On The Storm" (Morrison, The Doors)
"Break On Through" (Morrison, The Doors)
"Roadhouse Blues" (live) (Morrison, The Doors)
"Touch Me" (Krieger)
"L.A. Woman" (Morrison, The Doors)
"Love Her Madly" (Krieger)
"The Ghost Song" (Morrison)
"The End" (Morrison, The Doors)

 

[No-L]

I've seen you post this more than one, Dennie.
I got curious and checked her out on iTunes.
I really like the sound of this album and I bought it. But I listened to her newer one and really dislike it!! Your thoughts?

The same as yours! Her new album "endlessly" is more pop, where "Rockferry" is a Jazzier album. I was hoping "Endlessly" would be more like her first, but I was let down.

I should give her new one another listen, but the first couple of times were disappointing. One of the songs was "catchy", but I can't even remember which one it was, so that should tell you something.

Let us know how you like "Rockferry".


Dennie

OK, I bought, I listened, I formed an opinion....

I like it!! I enjoyed the whole album. (Not to mention she is very shag-worthy!! Yeah, I'd do her if she let me!)
Thanks for the lead!

:handgestures-thumbup:

 

[heeman]

I've seen you post this more than one, Dennie.
I got curious and checked her out on iTunes.
I really like the sound of this album and I bought it. But I listened to her newer one and really dislike it!! Your thoughts?[/quote]
The same as yours! Her new album "endlessly" is more pop, where "Rockferry" is a Jazzier album. I was hoping "Endlessly" would be more like her first, but I was let down.

I should give her new one another listen, but the first couple of times were disappointing. One of the songs was "catchy", but I can't even remember which one it was, so that should tell you something.

Let us know how you like "Rockferry".


Dennie[/quote]

OK, I bought, I listened, I formed an opinion....

I like it!! I enjoyed the whole album. (Not to mention she is very shag-worthy!! Yeah, I'd do her if she let me!)
Thanks for the lead!

:handgestures-thumbup:[/quote]

I just ordered mine yesterday..............looking forward to it!

 

[Dennie]

I'm glad you're enjoying it No-L and Keith, let us know what you think.

Well, now I need to listen to it. I can't decide if "Warwick Ave." or "Syrup & Honey" is my favorite song.... :think:

Rockferry -- CD

Duffy

2008 Mercury Records

Amazon.co.uk

Rockferry, the Welsh singer's lovingly constructed debut album, has already succeeded beyond expectations, and although Duffy may not quite be the ingénue portrayed by a clever press campaign (she nearly won a local television talent show a few years back while a single credited to Aimee Duffy is still available on iTunes) she is surely the most appealing of the current flood of young soul sirens. The astonishing title track, co-written by Bernard Butler, sounded like a lost transmission that had taken decades to get through as soon as it hit radio last year. But the gently rolling soul ballad "Stepping Stone", that strapping, inescapable monster hit "Mercy", the ice cool "Serious" (the one time she really does channel the spirit of Dusty Springfield) and the wistful, elegant "Warwick Avenue" are similarly effective. Suggestions by some that Rockferry is little more than sixties pastiche are churlish. Butler's previous work with David McAlmont (featured here as a backing singer) showed his skill at writing and arranging the dramatic, while her other collaborators such as Steve Booker and the team of Jimmy Hogarth and Eg White are hardly lightweights. But despite some wonderful orchestral settings, it's Duffy's terrific voice that makes this so satisfying, even overpowering Butler's exquisitely underplayed guitar work on "Rockferry" itself. Growling the blues on "Syrup & Honey" or belting it out over his lovingly arranged wall of sound on "Distant Dreamer", she sets the tone throughout, several of her songs dealing with escape, both physical and romantic. The sound of someone singing herself to stardom, Rockferry is at times genuinely amazing. --Steve Jelbert

1. "Rockferry" Duffy, Bernard Butler 4:14
2. "Warwick Avenue" Duffy, Jimmy Hogarth, Eg White 3:46
3. "Serious" Duffy, Butler 4:10
4. "Stepping Stone" Duffy, Steve Booker 3:28
5. "Syrup & Honey" Duffy, Butler 3:18
6. "Hanging on Too Long" Duffy, Hogarth, White 3:56
7. "Mercy" Duffy, Booker 3:41
8. "Delayed Devotion" Duffy, Hogarth, White 2:57
9. "I'm Scared" Duffy, Hogarth 3:08
10. "Distant Dreamer" Duffy, Butler 5:05

 

[Dennie]

Time Squared -- CD

Yellowjackets

2003 Heads Up Records

Unexpected brilliance from a venerable fusion outfit July 10, 2003
By Jan P. Dennis VINE™ VOICE
Format:Audio CD

A hard group to figure, the Yellowjackets are equally at home in funk, fusion, post-bop, Latin-jazz, and world-jazz, sometimes, it seems, all at once. A big factor separating them from other fusion outfits is the looming presence of Bob Mintzer. With a solid grounding in mainstream jazz (as the leader of his own big band, e.g., he's recorded 11 discs), he adds grit, weight, and depth to this band, where other, similar outfits often opt for the smooth approach from the saxophone chair.

When he wants to, Russ Ferrante can also rip on piano in a straight-ahead mode. Indeed, that's his preferred instrument on this outing, unusual for a fusion band. Newcomer Marcus Baylor on drums and percussion brings a hard-driving jazz sensibility. Coming out of the Gene Jackson school of highly sophisticated funk-jazz, he also seems to have a bit of Tain in him. Even Jimmy Haslip, the least likely straight jazzer here, seems to have caught the vibe.

This strikes me as not only a huge advance for the 'Jackets, but also as one of the smartest, hippest jazz recordings of what must be regarded as a standout year for brilliant jazz.

Album Tracks

1. Go Go
2. Monk's Habit
3. Smithtown
4. Healing Waters
5. Time Squared
6. Gabriela Rose
7. Sea Folk
8. V
9. Claire @ 1 8
10. Village Gait
11. My 1st Best Friend

 

[Dennie]

Sound & Vision Sampler SACD

Various Artists

2006 Telarc/Heads Up

A good listen too!, January 4, 2009
By Keith944T (Harmony PA USA)

I bought this because of good reviews AND to catch a sample of artists I don't know. Even without the limitted amounts of well done multi-channel music out there, this would be a must have. My two favorites are the gospel sound of "Don't Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down" and the acapella "Wenyukela". Both transcend the normal plane of musical recordings.

1. Icarus
2. Flesh on Flesh
3. Don't Ever Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down
4. Wenyukela (Raise Your Spirit Higher)
5. The Twelfth
6. Viven
7. The French Fiddler
8. Hallelujah I Love Her So
9. Why Are People Like That?
10. Let's Go Back
11. Teen Town
12. Funky Tina
13. I've Grown Accustomed to His Face
14. Village Gait
15. Cocowalk

 

[Dennie]

Concord Jazz Sampler Volume #1 -- SACD

Various Artists

2003 Concord Jazz

Good Music, June 7, 2007
By mikroski - See all my reviews
This review is from: Concord Records SACD Sampler 1 (Multichannel Hybrid SACD) (Audio CD)

I rate 5 star for the music, 5 star for sound quality and 4 star for surround mix. I'm not disappoint when listen to this album, each track on this album is very well selected.

I enjoy even when I listen with red book player. The CD layer also very good when compare to SACD layer.

One of my favorite album.

1. Beija-Flor - The Jim Hall Quartet
2. Come With Me - Maria, Tania
3. Straighten Up and Fly Right - Rosemary Clooney
4. Watermelon Man - Pancho Sanchez
5. Listen Here - The Gene Harris Quartet
6. My Handy Man Ain't Handy No More - Carmen McRae
7. Airegin - Tito Puente
8. Blood Count - The Stan Getz Quartez
9. Love Walked In - Mel Torme
10. Serengeti - Cal Tjader
11. In Walked Bud - Art Blakely and The Jazz Messengers
12. O Nosso Amor - The Charlie Bird Trio
13. Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year - Michael Feinstein

 

[Dennie]

Cold Hard Truth -- CD

George Jones

1999 Asylum Records

Amazon.com

He's the voice of experience, the voice of regret, or simply the Voice. Though George Jones suffered a near-fatal collision while recording this album, his first for Asylum, Cold Hard Truth has the vocal command of an artist with a new lease on life. Highlights such as "Choices," "Our Bed of Roses," and the album-closing "When the Last Curtain Falls" (with harmonies from Vince Gill and Patty Loveless) extend his reign as the most heart-clenching singer of sob-song balladry in country music. Even comparative throwaways such as "Real Deal"--a title chorus in search of a song--benefit from Jones's patented swoops and leaps. With the mournful strains of fiddle and steel guitar providing the musical frame, the album avoids novelty fare (no "High-Tech Redneck" here) in favor of a sound that echoes, if not equals, the classics of old. --Don McLeese

"Choices" (Billy Yates, Mike Curtis) – 3:26
"The Cold Hard Truth" (Jamie O'Hara) – 4:08
"Sinners & Saints" (J.B. Rudd, Vip Vipperman, Darryl Worley) – 2:29
"Day After Forever" (Max D. Barnes) – 3:54
"Ain't Love a Lot Like That" (Mark Collie, Dean Miller) – 2:20
"Our Bed of Roses" (Keith Stegall, Zack Turner) – 4:12
"Real Deal" (Jim Dowell, Keith Gattis) - 3:25
"This Wanting You" (T. Graham Brown, Bruce Bouton, Bruce Burch) – 3:09
"You Never Know Just How Good You've Got It" (Mark Nesler) – 3:29
"When the Last Curtain Falls" (Emory Gordy, Jr., Jim Rushing) – 3:37

 

[Dennie]

Hits I Missed ...And One I Didn't -- CD

George Jones

2005 Bandit Records

The hits he missed September 20, 2005
By Jerry McDaniel
Format:Audio CD

With this CD, we hear a lot of songs from George that he had first shot at recording but turned down. It's interesting hearing George sing songs that others had hits with...well, what i mean is, the concept-hook of this CD is listening to songs that became hits for others. I love all the songs on this CD...the stand-out for me is his duet with Dolly Parton on "The Blues Man". "Skip a Rope" and "Busted" are surprises. I love his take on Vern Gosdin's "If You're Gonna Do Me Wrong" plus "Too Cold At Home", a hit for Mark Chesnutt in the early '90s. We also hear George doing his version of Alan Jackson's "Here In The Real World"!! The highlight of the CD is listening to his re-recording of "He Stopped Loving Her Today", which is 25 years old this year {he had a hit with it in 1980}. "Today I Started Loving You Again" and "On the Other Hand" are also great!! I didn't know George was pitched hardly any of these songs before!! It's mind boggling thinking of all the songs George turned down in his career!! The CD opens up with Willie Nelson's "Funny How Time Slips Away" and then glides into Bobby Bare's hit, "Detroit City". The 12 songs are all wonderful and it's eerie to realize that George is 74 years old and STILL able to create one of kind vocal performances of these songs!!


"Funny How Time Slips Away" - 4:05
"Detroit City" - 2:55
"The Blues Man" (With Dolly Parton) - 4:32
"Here in the Real World" - 3:40
"If You're Gonna Do Me Wrong" - 3:19
"Today I Started Loving You Again" - 2:37
"On the Other Hand" - 3:05
"Pass Me By" - 3:07
"Skip a Rope" - 2:54
"Too Cold at Home" - 3:40
"Busted" - 2:48
"He Stopped Loving Her Today" - 3:21

 

[Dennie]

Today's work truck music...

The Long Run -- CD

Eagles

1979/1990 Elektra Records

This was an acquired taste for me.,
September 6, 2003
By Mark Lahren
This review is from: The Long Run (Audio CD)

I was kind of an Eagles fan already when this album was released in 1979, though their only other album I had at that point was "Hotel California". I was a bit surprised at the change of musical style when Long Run came out, and my first impression was that I didn't really care for it. But I was only 19 years old and freely admit now that I didn't know much about music at that time.

About six months after getting the album, my girlfriend and I began experiencing *serious* problems. At that point, this album really came to mean a lot to me, as a lot of the lyrics really hit home even though I was likely interpreting them wrong. I played that album literally 100 times or more during the coming months, and I now say that it was one of the few things I looked forward to at that time in my life. So my opinion is biased.

The quality of this album from beginning to end is absolutely first-rate, which is a given for any Eagles release. There is a change in style from their previous work, and I found that change to be best described as 'edgy' and slightly dark. I love every song on this album. All this said however, it ranks second place with me after "Hotel California" which was a difficult album to improve upon. It's not a quality issue though. Merely a style issue. I do like this album's style quite a lot, but nothing could top "Hotel California". And this style change, though subtle and certainly not a negative aspect, may take some getting used to if you haven't heard this album already.

Also please note that Elektra has just released a "Digitally Remastered For The First Time" edition of this CD. The ones I've seen have a sticker on top of the cellophane stating exactly that, so I would try and get that release if possible. I cannot imagine any lover of music being disappointed with this CD.

Side one

"The Long Run" (Don Henley, Glenn Frey) – 3:42
Lead vocal by Don Henley
Slide guitar by Joe Walsh and Don Felder
Guitar Solo by Joe Walsh
Organ by Don Felder
"I Can't Tell You Why" (Timothy B. Schmit, Henley, Frey) – 4:56
Lead vocal by Timothy B. Schmit
Guitar solos by Glenn Frey (played by Don Felder in live performance)
Fender Rhodes Piano by Glenn Frey
Organ by Joe Walsh
"In the City" (Joe Walsh, Barry De Vorzon) – 3:46
Lead vocal by Joe Walsh
Slide guitar by Joe Walsh
"The Disco Strangler" (Don Felder, Henley, Frey) – 2:46
Lead vocal by Don Henley
"King of Hollywood" (Henley, Frey) – 6:28
Lead vocals by Don Henley & Glenn Frey
First guitar solo by Glenn Frey
Second guitar solo by Don Felder
End guitar solo by Joe Walsh

Side two

"Heartache Tonight" (Henley, Frey, Bob Seger, J.D. Souther) – 4:27
Lead vocal by Glenn Frey
Slide guitar by Joe Walsh
"Those Shoes" (Felder, Henley, Frey) – 4:57
Lead vocal by Don Henley
Talk box guitars by Joe Walsh & Don Felder
Solo by Joe Walsh
"Teenage Jail" (Henley, Frey, Souther) – 3:44
Lead vocals by Glenn Frey & Don Henley
Synthesizer solo by Glenn Frey
Guitar solo by Don Felder
"The Greeks Don't Want No Freaks" (Henley, Frey) – 2:21
Lead vocal by Don Henley
Background vocals by "The Monstertones" featuring Jimmy Buffett
"The Sad Café" (Henley, Frey, Walsh, Souther) – 5:35
Lead vocal by Don Henley
Guitar solo by Don Felder
Alto saxophone by David Sanborn

 

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