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72hotrocks
THe lyrics throughout this record are pretty bad. Such tired 'moon,June,spoon' rhymes and 'She's so (good,bad,nice,nasty take your pick).
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Turner68
indeed one of the biggest criticisms of this album is that one more shot wasn't included lol.
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Title5Take1
It sort of reminds me of Julian Schnabel's album, although that's admittedly unfair.
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Title5Take1
It sort of reminds me of Julian Schnabel's album, although that's admittedly unfair.
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72hotrocks
CROSSEYED HEART-some nice acoustic Robert Johnson,for almost 2 minutes before Keith says 'That's all I've got' Perhaps a foreshadowing of things to come.
HEARTSTOPPER and
AMNESIA: the main bodies of these 2 are so similar to my ears with AMNESIA being more brittle and harsh in the breaks with probably better lyrics.I like HEARTSTOPPER better though
TROUBLE:Just what it is.Paint by numbers.
LOVE OVERDUE:Keith loves Reggae,but seldom does it as well as Jamaicans.This is a nice enough cover.
NOTHING ON ME;great sounding guitars playing pretty filler.
SUSPICIOUS:boring filler.
BLUES IN THE MORNING:uninspired,rote,"dirty blues" Dylans' band has been doing this thing better for the last 5 albums.
SOMETHING FOR NOTHING:how great players can make something from nothing.Great guitars,nothing of substance,and the organ at the end saves the day.Probably my favorive tune on the record.
ILLUSION: Make no MIstake dedux.Nice enough but i prefer MNM.Noras sweet voice is a nice break after all the gravel.
JUST A GIFT:nap time.
GOODNIGHT IRENE:goodbye patience.
SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE:Yeah Keith,I like Tom Waits too.You are Keith Richards though.What are you doing?
LOVERS PLEA:dreck.unlistenable dreck.
Your mileage may vary as,like,these are just my opinions,man.
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Rockman
Lover's Plea ... Wonderful homage to the Stax sound ... Mr Redding and a lot of others would be grinning
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Turner68
indeed one of the biggest criticisms of this album is that one more shot wasn't included lol.
Good point. LOL
I don't believe there's any one "right" way to make an album. Some albums are better suited to choosing only the strongest tracks, while others benefit from including everything recorded at the sessions.
I've already tried my hand at reducing Crosseyed Heart to a 10 or 11 song playlist and it just doesn't feel as satisfying. It's one of those albums where the sum ends up being greater than its parts. It's true you wouldn't need to include so many ballads on a Stones album, but it works for Crosseyed Heart because that's Keith.
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Rockman
Lover's Plea ... Wonderful homage to the Stax sound ... Mr Redding and a lot of others would be grinning
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ohmercy61
Lovers plea
Suspicious
Just a gift
Should of been left of the album!
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ohmercy61
Lovers plea
Suspicious
Just a gift
Should of been left of the album!
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JumpingKentFlash
The time it took you to press the quote button, then writing that sentence, then post it..... You'd have been at least 1/3 through it. Just read it if it has any interest.
Ok, I read 1/3 of it. I stopped here.
"I don't know why this is a problem for this album, and the aforementioned Stones albums, but it just is."
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JumpingKentFlash
The time it took you to press the quote button, then writing that sentence, then post it..... You'd have been at least 1/3 through it. Just read it if it has any interest.
Ok, I read 1/3 of it. I stopped here.
"I don't know why this is a problem for this album, and the aforementioned Stones albums, but it just is."
Good for you. Now are you done highlighting yourself?
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GasLightStreet
Anyone that doesn't like this album is ORDERED to listen to nothing but DIRTY WORK for 31 days in a row anytime there is time to breathe.[/quote
...or A Bigger Bang, in particolar Sweet Neo Con and Look what the cat dragged in.
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72hotrocks
RollingStone magazine gives it 3.5 out of 5 so,by that metric,I am comfortable with my rating of 2.5