THE ROLLING STONES
FORTY LICKS
2002-VIRGIN
VARIOUS PRODUCERS
1. Street Fighting Man
2. Gimme Shelter
3. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
4. The Last Time
5. Jumpin' Jack Flash
6. You Can't Always Get What You Want
7. 19th Nervous Breakdown
8. Under My Thumb
9. Not Fade Away
10. Have You Seen Your Mother Baby?
11. Sympathy For The Devil
12. Mother's Little Helper
13. She's A Rainbow
14. Get Off Of My Cloud
15. Wild Horses
16. Ruby Tuesday
17. Paint It, Black
18. Honky Tonk Women
19. It's All Over Now
20. Let's Spend The Night Together
1. Start Me Up
2. Brown Sugar
3. Miss You
4. Beast Of Burden
5. Don't Stop
6. Happy
7. Angie
8. You Got Me Rocking
9. Shattered
10. Fool To Cry
11. Love Is Strong
12. Mixed Emotions
13. Keys To Your Love
14. Anybody Seen My Baby?
15. Stealing My Heart
16. Tumbling Dice
17. Undercover Of The Night
18. Emotional Rescue
19. It's Only Rock 'N' Roll
20. Losing My Touch
Scattered and thrown into an incomprehensible order, Forty Licks is, despite its one flaw, still the best and pretty much only fairly comprehensive collection that covers the entire career of The Rolling Stones. It's important because disc two covers pretty much everything by them you would ever need post Some Girls, and because it gives a very good picture of just what the band has been able to accomplish over 40 years.
The only surprise here is the last track..."Losing My Touch" is a beautiful song sung by Keith Richards. Otherwise, everything you'd expect to be here is here. And that's the good thing...it's all together, finally, in one place.
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BOB DYLAN
GREATEST HITS VOL II
1971-COLUMBIA
VARIOUS PRODUCERS
1. Watching The River Flow
2. Don't Think Twice, It's Alright
3. Lay Lady Lay
4. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
5. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
6. All I Really Want To Do
7. My Back Pages
8. Maggie's Farm
9. Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You
1. She Belongs To Me
2. All Along The Watchtower
3. The Mighty Quinn (Quinn, The Eskimo)
4. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
5. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
6. If Not For You
7. It's All Over Now Baby Blue
8. Tomorrow Is A Long Time
9. When I Paint My Masterpiece
10. I Shall Be Released
11. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
12. Down In The Flood
Rather than do a single disc for his Greatest Hits Vol II edition, Dylan and Columbia opted for a two record set. The results are mixed, but high on the positive side. Not all of the songs are "hits", but there is a full side four of previously unreleased material, mostly songs re-recorded from The Basement Tapes. There's also "Watching The River Flow", a previously unreleased track that opens disc one.
Overall, the choices are interesting (and at times baffling), but the set is mostly very good...even though it can be a bit long. The cover photo is from The Concert For Bangladesh, showing Dylan looking at George Harrison, who was standing right next to him. _________________ I'm leaning on the threshold
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BILL WITHERS
JUST AS I AM/STILL BILL
1971/1972/2003-RAVEN
VARIOUS PRODUCERS
JUST AS I AM
1. Harlem
2. Ain't No Sunshine
3. Grandma's Hands
4. Sweet Wanomi
5. Everybody's Talkin'
6. Do It Good
7. Hope She''ll Be Happier
8. Let It Be
9. I'm Her Daddy
10. In My Heart
11. Moanin' And Groanin'
12. Better Of Dead
STILL BILL
13. Lonely Town, Lonely Street
14. Let Me In Your Life
15. Who Is He (And What Is He To You)?
16. Use Me
17. Lean On Me
18. Kissin' My Love
19. I Don't Know
20. Another Day To Run
21. I Don't Want You On My Mind
22. Take It All In And Check It All Out
BONUS TRACKS
23. Better Days
24. It's All Over Now (with Bobby Womack)
In the beginning of his career, meaning these two albums, Bill Withers was a unique voice with a style all his own...and songs. In later years, he would slowly step away from everything that made these first two record so special. But it's here, all on one disc, as smooth and raw as ever. One of the advantages of this is that the first album, Just As I Am, hads been out of print for many years (this entire collection is available as an Austrailian import), and these albums are far better than any hits collection you'll find by Withers.
He started out singing songs of the streets, of the hookers and dealers and everything that was real to him. The fact that he was later responsible for the dreck that is "Just The Two Of Us" doesn't matter here. Here, we have the hits "Ain't No Sunshine", Grandma's Hands", "Use Me", and "Lean On Me", showcasing an artist who had the world at his feet. It kind of ended here. The good thing...it's all right here.
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GRAHAM PARKER
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
1991-BMG
Produced By GRAHAM PARKER
1. She Wants So Many Things
2. They Murdered The Clown
3. Strong Winds
4. The Kid With The Butterfly Net
5. And It Shook Me
6. Wrapping Paper
7. That's Where She Ends Up
8. A Brand New Book
9. Weeping Statues
10. Guardian Angels
11. Children And Dogs
12. Over The Border (To America)
13. When I Was King
14. Ten Girls Ago
15. The Sun Is Gonna Shine Again
Once one of the three angry young men of rock along with Elvis Costello and Joe Jackson, it was Graham Parker who ended up being the lesser known. After his band The Rumour broke up, Parker continued on to an average solo career. Struck By Lightning is pretty typical Parker fare for the time...some really good stuff, some below average stuff, nothing great, nothing terrible. Steady, workmanlike rock that neither offends or stands out.
Parker is helped out on this album by Garth Hudson of The Band and John Sebastian of The Lovin' Spoonful. The songs are smart and catchy in subtle ways, but again, nothing will really stick in your head. A satisfying record if you're a Parker fan...if not, it's a decent listen...not much more.
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JOHN LENNON
MIND GAMES
1973-PARLOPHONE
Produced By JOHN LENNON
1. Mind Games
2. Tight A$
3. Aisumasen (I'm Sorry)
4. One Day (At A Time)
5. Bring On The Lucie (Freda People)
6. Nutopian International Anthem
7. Intuition
8. Out The Blue
9. Only People
10. I Know (I Know)
11. You Are Here
12. Meat City
Welcome to the very beginning of John Lennon's lost weekend, as depicted in the cover art of Mind Games. The album is John on his own, truly, for the first time ever. And the title track is a wonderful piece of music. Unfortuntely, Mind Games is also the album that truly showed how weak Lennon had become as a songwriter. The performances are great...particularly the lead guitar work of David Spinozza and the unusually strong vocals of Lennon himself.
Songs, though, are what is missing here. After "Mind Games", the pickings are thin. "Aisumasen (I'm Sorry)" is strong, and "Meat City" is pretty good, but all else is below standard...of what Lennon had been capable of doing in the past. The album also marks an end to Lennon's political period, with "Bring On The Lucie (Freda People)". "Nutopian National Anthem" is an non-creative 3 seconds of silence. John's best work was behind him by this time. This isn't terrible...but it's not a great Lennon album by any means.
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RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
CALIFORNICATION
1999-WARNER BROS
Produced By RICK RUBIN
1. Around The World
2. Parallel Universe
3. Scar Tissue
4. Otherside
5. Get On Top
6. Californication
7. Easily
8. Porcelain
9. Emit Remmus
10. I Like Dirt
11. This Velvet Glove
12. Savior
13. Purple Stain
14. Right On Time
15. Road Trippin'
In their long and surprisingly successful career, the Red Hot Chili Peppers have made some fairly bland music, and a small handful of good albums: BloodSugarSexMajic (which, while loaded with filler, contains their best songs), the surprisingly excellent By The Way, and Californication. Dave Navarro had just left the band, and John Frusciante returned to take his place. The result is the band's most mature record aside from By The Way, and almost contains enough actual songs to be consistent. Almost.
Flea is, of course, Flea, which is a good thing. Anthony Kiedis remains both entertaining and somewhat annoying. And, like BloodSugar, this is a bit (but not quite as) long, so it tends to drag. The highs here are great, the lows are disappointing. If you're a fan, it's essential. If not...you can live without this.
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KING SUNNY ADE
THE RETURN OF THE JUJU KING
1987-MERCURY
VARIOUS PRODUCERS
1. Sunny Loni Ariya
2. Sweet Banana
3. Olomoge Ma Jo
4. Mo Ti Kole Mi Sori Apata
5. Ona Mi La
6. My Dear
7. E Gbe Kini Yi Laruge
8. Odu Oteyi Yato
9. Emi Nfe
10. Ori O Bami Se Temi
11. A Mbo O
12. Oluwa Lo Yan Mi Wa
13. Let Them Say
14. Mo Ti Gb'Ohun Oluwa
15. Gbass Kelele
16. Ma Jo Bi Olokun
17. E Ba Mi Dupe F'Oluwa
Back in the 80's, the music industry thought it would be a good idea to find the next Bob Marley...a spokesperson for World Music. King Sunny Ade was the choice, and although the experiment failed to bring in Ade as a superstar outside of his homeland, it did open the eyes of many people who would have otherwise never heard Juju music. Ade sings mostly in an obscure African dialect, so buying his records for the lyrics is kind of out. But musically, Ade, who began his career in 1963, is one of the best.
Ade plays guitar, and his music is built around the guitar and keyboard lines, with the rhythms playing a secondary part and vocals last. It's very melodic, very danceable, and very not for everyone. But if you can get into it, Ade is well worth it. This compilation is good, but if you can find the individual albums, you'll get a much better picture of one of the greatest African musicians of all time.
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THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
1969-POLYDOR
Produced By THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
1. Candy Says
2. What Goes On
3. Some Kinda Love
4. Pale Blue Eyes
5. Jesus
6. Beginning To See Ther Light
7. I'm Set Free
8. That's The Story Of My Life
9. The Murder Mystery
10. After Hours
After the departure of the robotic voiced Nico and the abrasive John Cale from the first two Velvet albums, it was finally Lou Reed's band. And despite the Velvet's continued complete lack of commercial success, Reed made the most of it. This is where he takes the front by himself for the first time, and where his songwriting begins to turn towards a more acoustic and melodic place where he would go many times during his solo career.
Down to a four piece band, The Velvets on this record are not quite what the masses would consume, but they were in a constant state of improvement. Reed's songs here, all of them, are stunning and deserve to be heard. Again...you may not like the Velvets...and if so, you probably never started a band. This is a great work.
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THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
1969-POLYDOR
Produced By THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
1. Candy Says
2. What Goes On
3. Some Kinda Love
4. Pale Blue Eyes
5. Jesus
6. Beginning To See Ther Light
7. I'm Set Free
8. That's The Story Of My Life
9. The Murder Mystery
10. After Hours
After the departure of the robotic voiced Nico and the abrasive John Cale from the first two Velvet albums, it was finally Lou Reed's band. And despite the Velvet's continued complete lack of commercial success, Reed made the most of it. This is where he takes the front by himself for the first time, and where his songwriting begins to turn towards a more acoustic and melodic place where he would go many times during his solo career.
Down to a four piece band, The Velvets on this record are not quite what the masses would consume, but they were in a constant state of improvement. Reed's songs here, all of them, are stunning and deserve to be heard. Again...you may not like the Velvets...and if so, you probably never started a band. This is a great work.
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