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""NO HANDS" feels like if the Beastie Boys started in 1999. The production is a mixture of classic boombap and Y2k. The infectious electronic undertones steal every moment they're in. "BUSSIT", in particular, has a fantastic drum and bass interlude. The biggest charm of the album is the unrepentan..."""NO HANDS" feels like if the Beastie Boys started in 1999. The production is a mixture of classic boombap and Y2k. The infectious electronic undertones steal every moment they're in. "BUSSIT", in particular, has a fantastic drum and bass interlude. The biggest charm of the album is the unrepentant goofiness. Each silly line is delivered with full earnestness and confidence. It makes even the weaker bars sound fun. As fun as the album is, it isn't able to transition from good to great. It feels like it could use more ambitious beats or bars to really build off its momentum. It doesn't reinvent the wheel, but it certainly spins it. "[+]Reply
"I can't say enough positive things about this multi-genre music. They were so great, so innovative, so ahead of their time, able to cross over into any genre, and their songs are so, so enduring. Fan of rock ? This stuff rocks. Need the funk? This is funk 101. Wanna dance? How could you not! Need...""I can't say enough positive things about this multi-genre music.
They were so great, so innovative, so ahead of their time, able to cross over into any genre, and their songs are so, so enduring.
Fan of rock ? This stuff rocks.
Need the funk? This is funk 101.
Wanna dance? How could you not!
Need it hard or need it soft, it's all here."[+]Reply
"This album has it all, lots of blues and even hard-rocking elements with all the great ingredients for a fine album: fine guitar work. a strong vocalist and rhythm section. This album should have more attention when choosing the greatest influencers to the hard rock bands of the future. Fresh and...""This album has it all, lots of blues and even hard-rocking elements with all the great ingredients for a fine album: fine guitar work. a strong vocalist and rhythm section. This album should have more attention when choosing the greatest influencers to the hard rock bands of the future. Fresh and solid"[+]Reply
""Everything Must Go" is Steely Dan's second album since their re-union - and at this point their latest. I have noticed that it is often considered weaker than its predecessor, "Two Against Nature". I'm not sure I agree. Without quite reaching the heights of the 1970s there are on this album some..."""Everything Must Go" is Steely Dan's second album since their re-union - and at this point their latest. I have noticed that it is often considered weaker than its predecessor, "Two Against Nature". I'm not sure I agree. Without quite reaching the heights of the 1970s there are on this album some fine and actually very catchy songs - and unlike "Two Against Nature" none of the tracks become longwinded.
"The Things I Love the Most" is in all ways Steely Dan at their best - a song that would have slipped seamlessly into "Katy Lied".
"Blues Beach" - is with his little flute refrain a song that you soon may find yourself go whistling, and another evidence that the group is still capeable of writing sophisticated pop numbers, and lyrics with bite and wit.
"Slang of Ages" sung by Becker, also stands out positively - beautiful female voices.
The opening number "Last Mall" is more funky - but with its dismal lyrics and the fine drive also a number you gladly return to.
The title-track is, although I usually do not care much for saxophone solos, probably my favorite. Beautiful melody with a catchy and doomsday-like refrain.
The other tracks are solid, but more forgettable.
The lyrics are generally weird, dark and disillusioned which certainly does not make them less interesting.
I certainly hope that Becker and Fagen will return to the studios, they obviously have have a lot to offer.
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"It is an album of covers, but it seems he brings more emphasis to the emotion of the lyrics than some of the originals. Really just beautiful. It seems Gabriel is singing with his last whim on every song; a broken man singing with heart and soul. The atmosphere of the album reminds me of Johnny C...""It is an album of covers, but it seems he brings more emphasis to the emotion of the lyrics than some of the originals. Really just beautiful. It seems Gabriel is singing with his last whim on every song; a broken man singing with heart and soul. The atmosphere of the album reminds me of Johnny Cash's cover of Hurt. Drags a tad bit for me. My favorite tracks are: Heroes, The Boy in the Bubble, Listening Wind, The Book of Love, and Street Spirit (Fade Out.)"[+]Reply
"Little Love Affairs is Nanci Griffith's sixth album and her second on major label MCA. The rollicking folk accompaniment from the Philo records was scrapped on the MCA debut "Lone Star State of Mind" in favor for a more Nashville-friendly sound. Despite their best mainstreaming intentions, that r...""Little Love Affairs is Nanci Griffith's sixth album and her second on major label MCA. The rollicking folk accompaniment from the Philo records was scrapped on the MCA debut "Lone Star State of Mind" in favor for a more Nashville-friendly sound. Despite their best mainstreaming intentions, that record was strongly a folk album, with light pop and contemporary country touches on the surface. "Little Love Affairs" continues in that dynamic. At its heart, the album is a strong folk album, and even with a few tracks targeted towards contemporary country, the record is Griffith's peak pop-crossover record of substance. Griffith's very best pop songs were the magnificent From a Distance and Trouble in the Fields from the previous album, and most of Little Love Affairs captures that crossover appeal, not as singles, but in album-length form.
MCA's biggest attempt at a commercial hit was the single "Never Mind," written by Nashville songwriter legend Harlan Howard. Griffith performs it so true to its roots that it was probably too country (or folk) for country radio. The follow-up original track Love Found a Halo was also performed in the original style, and just was not glitsy enough to be suitable for country radio.
Perhaps the highlight of the record is Gulf Coast Highway, a very mellow track supported by more mellow tracks like Anybody's Fool and I Knew Love.
Luckily, to save us from getting too sentimental or too traditional, two lovely upbeat "Wish It Would Rain" and "Outbound Plane" save us from inner sentimental turmoil.
Overall, Little Love Affairs has the substance to make it Griffith's finest crossover pop album, rivaling "Late Night Grande Hotel" and maybe "Flyer."
Track Pick: Gulf Coast Highway
Gems: I Knew Love, Outbound Plane, I Wish It Would Rain"[+]Reply