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carlostones10
I received my cd yesterday. Really 5 stars.
5 stars, really? So its in the same league as Blonde on Blonde, Sgt. Pepper and Who's Next. Certainly good to know! How about some perspective?
It´s a really good album, Tele. Certainly 5 stars.
If you are grading on a very steep curve with only other Ron Wood albums to compare against it might be 5 stars. Certainly not Michelin stars.
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carlostones10
I received my cd yesterday. Really 5 stars.
5 stars, really? So its in the same league as Blonde on Blonde, Sgt. Pepper and Who's Next. Certainly good to know! How about some perspective?
It´s a really good album, Tele. Certainly 5 stars.
If you are grading on a very steep curve with only other Ron Wood albums to compare against it might be 5 stars. Certainly not Michelin stars.
You don't like the album, Tele? I find it very, very refreshing, coming out in a time where rock'n'roll almost not exists.
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carlostones10
I received my cd yesterday. Really 5 stars.
5 stars, really? So its in the same league as Blonde on Blonde, Sgt. Pepper and Who's Next. Certainly good to know! How about some perspective?
It´s a really good album, Tele. Certainly 5 stars.
If you are grading on a very steep curve with only other Ron Wood albums to compare against it might be 5 stars. Certainly not Michelin stars.
You don't like the album, Tele? I find it very, very refreshing, coming out in a time where rock'n'roll almost not exists.
I got my copy of Woody's I Fee Like Playing and I understand Tele's reaction to carlostones and DPM claims that it's a five star outing - let's get real...yes, it's a five star album...if you are using a scale of 1-10...but to compare this album to true five-star classics in the Rock pantheon is absurdity beyond words. A classic it is not.
But what it is, is a great-sounding album (forget for the most part the throwaway lyrical content - Woody will never be mistaken for a deep thinker or a word-smith) with Ronnie sounding spunky and confident as hell. I Feel Like Playing shows a surprisingly robust Woody insouciantly blasting out workmanlike songs - some sounding like rough-ass, fun-filled demos - filled with simple emotions with a propulsive, chunky sound in a raspy, gleeful monotone...and taking real joy in doing so. The true shock comes in that this supposedly dessicated carcass of a Rock Guitar Hero still has his chops more or less intact - which is far more than what can be honestly said about his six-string partner in the Stones. There are some truly phenomenal sounding moments in this album, proving beyond any doubt that Woody's talents have been woefully underused in his day-gig with the Stones. The Stones could really have used some of the guitar flash and grit that Woody displays in abundance here on their last 4 albums for Chrissakes...not to mention in their live shows (where the hell is this Woody on stage, dammit?) and that they have not done so (in what seems like decades) is an indictment on Messrs. Jagger and Richards' judgment.
Oh, and the album's a 'grower'...the more one listens the more fun it gets...songs like I Don't Think So, Thing About You, and the fantastically funky Spoonful make the roof vibrate with riffs that will have you uncontrollably bouncing up and down in place, the Little-Feat-like Tell Me Something will bring a smile to your face and the confessional I Gotta See will bring a tear to the eye...and the closer Forever is wonderfully soulful.
Woody has limited lyrical and vocal talents, sure, but he can rock like a Mother and with I Feel Like Playing he returns to his essence, puts the sordid tabloid images of the past year in the rear-view mirror and makes the Comeback of the Year. Stay on the straight track, Woody...focus on that axe, boy!
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Where are the fillers on this album, btw? 100%? Tell Me Something? Love them both.
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IrelandCalling4
If I may, a quick query -
Is the CD bookelt any good?
With favourite artists, I still like to get the physical CD rather than download; but these days, maybe the download will do. If the booklet is worth having though, I'll go for the CD!
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Where are the fillers on this album, btw? 100%? Tell Me Something? Love them both.
For me, 100% and Forever are fillers, i.e. the ones I skip. I'm not that big a fan of soul, and certainly not by Ronnie Wood (or Rod Stewart for that matter). I really like I Gotta See, but I consider that more bluesy than soul.
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slewan
all in all just what I expected. Although some songs are quite good the album is just mediocre and lacks of real substance. I guess we'll enjoy listening to it a few times and then we'll put it in our CD shelf and forget about it.
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TooTough
The weakest song is the one with the hardest riff:
Thing About You.
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IrelandCalling4
If I may, a quick query -
Is the CD bookelt any good?
With favourite artists, I still like to get the physical CD rather than download; but these days, maybe the download will do. If the booklet is worth having though, I'll go for the CD!
Get the Japanese version, it´s with the lyrics (some don´t care, though:-)
and 2 bonus tracks. The rest is the same: song titles on canvas and the
list of musicians helping out.
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I have Why You Wanna Go and a different take on Spoonful
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TooTough
The weakest song is the one with the hardest riff:
Thing About You.
That song and '100%' both remind me of Keith's '999'. Only in different ways.
Like them both a lot, and still enjoying the album much more than I expected to - quite a grower. (Listening to it in Jordistones' house in Barcelona a few days ago via great speakers with a few beers certainly helped!)
My favourite songs, however, are the first two - Why You Wanna Go And Do A Thing Like That For and Sweetness My Weakness.
And I like his singing on this record. Never a strong point on previous outings, but (maybe with a bit of help from Mr Fowler) he seems to have really found a style that suits him on this one.
Well done, young Ronald.
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I have Why You Wanna Go and a different take on Spoonful
as bonus tracks. Which are the japanese bonus tracks?
I Don´t Think So
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Tell Me Something
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Rocky Dijon
A week in and only "Spoonful" really strikes me as excellent.
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I have Why You Wanna Go and a different take on Spoonful
as bonus tracks. Which are the japanese bonus tracks?
I Don´t Think So
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Tell Me Something
Different versions, I presume?
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Rocky Dijon
A week in and only "Spoonful" really strikes me as excellent. I remain a devoted fan of Ronnie's first five solo studio efforts. This is a huge improvement over the last one, but still far from the quality of his earlier work. There are moments, but not really enough to sustain a song.
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KeithNacho
Great album!!!!!!!!!!! Since 1992 i was waiting for something like this...........
What is the role of Kris Kristoferson on the first track?????????????????????
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Erik_Snow
Recieved the CD a few days ago - and I find it to be a fresh breath of air.....sounds like Ronnie is playing what he finds to great sounding, personally, instead of following a boring old pattern/forumula - as in Rolling Stones seems to do every now and then.
I wouldn't call "I Feel Like Playing" a masterpiece or anything, but I find it to be his best album since 1981......and I'll be enjoying listening to it several times....before it finds it place on the shelves.
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likearollingstone
I think it is Ronnie's greatest solo effort to date and possibly one of the best albums of the year IMO.