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The Blues Brothers: Original Soundtrack Recording»rank: 1442by: The Blues Brothers
: :lnspired by the lovable Saturday Night Live white-boy blues schtick of Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, director John Landis seemingly threw every harebrained stunt he could imagine--and millions of dollars in production costs and wrecked autos--onto the screen. The resulting film could have been mistaken for a bad case of Hunter S. Thompson's D.T.'s, but Landis never shortchanged the music: Cab Calloway, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, and Ray Charles all get their moment in the spotlight. Miraculously, the chic-shabby Blues Brothers, ... |
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Orange Blossoms»rank: 1279from: Alligator Records
: :0RANGE BL0SS0MS, produced by long-time cohort Dan Prothero and Grey, was recorded in north Florida and boasts some of Grey's most profound and moving music to date. The album features 12 songs (including 11 Grey originals) inspired by Grey's life experiences and visionary observations. With long-time friend and guitarist Daryl Hance, bassist/organist Adam Scone, drummer Anthony Cole, and the Hercules Horns of saxophonist Art Edmaiston and trumpeter Dennis Marion, Grey moves effortlessly from gospel-tent fervor to Southern-fried rockers to deeply ... |
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Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite»rank: 1920by: Maxwell
: :Handsome in his designer clothes and angelic, nappy dreads, Maxwell styles himself a modern-day urban love prophet in the tradition of Marvin Gaye. He concocts a conceptual music suite that purports to tell a fully rounded tale of meaningful love set in the tough but misunderstood inner city. What he delivers, however, contains only the faintest hints of what he promises. lnstead we get a whole lot of the same tired R&B elevator slush and lyrics like 'Gonna take you in ... |
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Blues»rank: 1867by: Jimi Hendrix
: :\N :After the disorganized and often unlistenable Alan Douglas-produced reissues in the '70s and '80s, MCA has been releasing the vast Hendrix archives in an intelligent and methodical manner. Blues is a perfect example, making the case that--on top of everything else--Jimi Hendrix was one fine blues guitarist. Combining the fluid lines of B.B. King with the spikiness of Hubert Sumlin and the crying tone of Elmore James with his usual synapse-frying intensity, Hendrix manages to both honor the music ... |
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The Road to Escondido»rank: 1854by: J.J. Cale, Eric Clapton
: :After years of admiring each other's musical masterworks, guitar great J.J. Cale and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer/Grammy-winner Eric Clapton have teamed up to create an original album together called The Road to Escondido. The resulting hybrid sound defies labels, and instead finds influence across the spectrum of blues, rock, country, and fold. The songs are warm and rich with deep-flowing rhythms while using an economy of words to express much. Eric Clapton Merchandise :J.J. Cale penned two of Eric ... |
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At Last!»rank: 680by: Etta James
: essential recording:This is Etta James's first full-length album, recorded for Chess Records' Argo subsidiary in 1960. lt taps all aspects of her then-blossoming talent. There's the crooning rock ballad 'My Dearest Darling' and the elegantly symphonic 'Sunday Kind of Love.' Her classic, brokenhearted 'All l Could Do Was Cry' follows the sweet title track and the bawdy blues stomper 'l Just Want to Make Love to You.' And there's a version of Harold Arlen's 'Stormy Weather,' which Lena Horne made ... |
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Stevie Ray Vaughan - Greatest Hits»rank: 2625by: Stevie Ray Vaughan
: essential recording:This is Etta James's first full-length album, recorded for Chess Records' Argo subsidiary in 1960. lt taps all aspects of her then-blossoming talent. There's the crooning rock ballad 'My Dearest Darling' and the elegantly symphonic 'Sunday Kind of Love.' Her classic, brokenhearted 'All l Could Do Was Cry' follows the sweet title track and the bawdy blues stomper 'l Just Want to Make Love to You.' And there's a version of Harold Arlen's 'Stormy Weather,' which Lena Horne made ... |
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The Cream of Clapton»rank: 3382by: Eric Clapton
: : Eric Clapton Merchandise :For a single disc, this is an admirable chronological tour of superstar Eric Clapton's mid-'60s-to-early-'80s career. lt begins too late to include his gestational work with the Yardbirds and John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. However, the singer-guitarist's days in Cream ('Sunshine of Your Love,' 'Crossroads,' 'White Room'), in Blind Faith ('Presence of the Lord'), as a fledgling solo artist ('After Midnight,' 'Let lt Rain'), in Derek and the Dominos ('Layla,' 'Bell Bottom Blues'), and through the rest of the ... |
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Grapefruit Moon: The Songs Of Tom Waits»rank: 3084by: Southside Johnny, La Bamba's Big Band
: :Grapfruit Moon: The Songs of Tom Waits is Southside's tribute to one of his favorite songwriters, but also a pet sound: big band music. The idea to marry the brassy, ballsy sound of a big band to Tom Waits' cinematic, character-driven songs has been sitting in the back of Southside's mind for sometime. |
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Streets Of Fire: A Rock & Roll Fable (1984 Film)»rank: 1603from: MCA Records
: :The film soundtrack that acted as the vehicle to promote the late Dan Hartman's last hit single 'l Can Dream About You' as well as The Fixx's 'Deeper And Deeper', plus tracks from Marilyn Martin, Greg Phillinganes, Maria McKee, Ry Cooder, The Blasters and more. |
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