Doin' [CD-single]

1. Doin'

2. Doin' [Instrumental]

Tracks:

I Wanna Be A Hillbilly
Good Directions
Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right
Why, Why, Why
That Changes Everything
Little Bit Lonely
She's Got A Way With Me
Lucille
Whole Lot More
Here I Am
She Knows What To Do With A Saturday Night

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With his sophomore release, the Georgia singer reinforces the trend toward redneck beefcake, matching a bare-chested sleeve photo with material such as the album-opening "I Wanna Be a Hillbilly" (apparently a hillbilly with a penchant for screaming, arena-rock guitars). He engages in some pillow talk with the breathy balladry of "Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right" and takes a turn toward a dreamier romanticism with "She's Got a Way With Me," featuring vocal support from Michael McDonald. A straightforward revival of Kenny Rogers's "Lucille" connects country present with country past, while the reggae tinge of "Little Bit Lonely" jumps on the contemporary country & Caribbean boat. The genial charm that he brings to mid-tempo fare such as "Good Directions" (despite its hackneyed story of the city girl who falls for the country hunk), "That Changes Everything," and "Here I Am" suggests that Currington is more engaging when he isn't trying so hard to be so sexy. --Don McLeese

Customer Reviews:

Great Directions!.......2007-07-15

As is always the case with me, I hear a song, fall in love with it, and then I just have to own it! When I bought this CD, I was primarily interested in the hit, "Good Directions", so imagine my surprise when I found several other of my favorite songs on this album, as well! As a woman from Hollywood, though, "Good Directions" is by far my favorite song on the CD.

Country fan or not, cutesy as this song may be to some critics or not, I absolutely love it!

Good job, Billy!!!

Joyce Marie Taylor-Author and Poet

good cd.......2007-05-12

Definitely a good buy. It has enough good songs on the cd to make it well worth the money.

Definitely Doin' Somethin' Right.......2007-05-07

Billy has a great combination of crooning sing-along-songs and songs with a kick on this CD. He can go from a romantic song like "Here I Am" to a turn-up-the-sound kicker like "She Knows What To Do On A Saturday Night".
When you listen carefully, you can hear that Billy is a good song stylist.

Currington's Second.......2006-12-05

A very good second outing for Billy Currington. A very good listen from first song to last. Besides the two songs that were made into videos, I also like She's Got a Way with Me, I Wanna be a Hillbilly, Good Directions and Whole lot More.

An album where the skip button is an uneccesary option. Very smooth Country album, that's relaxing.

He must be doin' somethin' right.......2006-11-08

That son stuck on my head up to the point I had to get the album and you know what.. it's great!

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reading the fine print
Hilarious album from a very unique comedian
Hillarious as Always
Smoking Babies, Manatees, and Orville Redenbacher
Love it! Love it! Love it!

Doin' My Time
Jim Gaffigan
Manufacturer: Comedy Central
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00069YE2U
Release Date: 2004-12-07

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Elton John
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Got Married
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Comedy Central Presents Jim Gaffigan
World Stands Up (One)
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Album Description

Jim's cutting edge, clever, quiet style has earned him an unprecedented number of appearances on both Letterman and Conan O'Brien. His special, "Comedy Central Presents: Jim Gaffigan", remains one of the highest rated for all stand up specials on the network. He's a national club staple, and for the past two years has had recurring roles on "That '70s Show" and "Ed". He's also appeared in more than two dozen feature films ranging from big budget ("Three Kings", "Road Trip") to indie ("Final", "Igby Goes Down", "Entropy"). "Doin' My Time" puts all of his classic material on one CD from a one night stand in Seattle, and the DVD compiles his best Comedy Central performances, including the highly rated "Comedy Central Presents".

Customer Reviews:

reading the fine print.......2007-04-14

perhaps the information included the fact that it comes with a bonus DVD...but we missed it and now we have 2 of his DVDs...i hope we can find a use for it...expensive mistake?

Hilarious album from a very unique comedian.......2007-04-02

Jim should be the most popular comedian in America right now, he's definately the funniest at the moment in my opinion. His material on being lazy and hot pockets is classic and this came with a bonus dvd so it's a hell of a deal. Check out Beyond The Pale it's even funnier!

Hillarious as Always.......2007-04-01

It's Jim Gaffigan, what more can I say? This CD is beyond Excellent.
*Caution*: listen to this CD at your own risk while driving, I almost drove off the road laughing so hard

Smoking Babies, Manatees, and Orville Redenbacher.......2007-02-02

Comedy CDs are an iffy recommendation. What's funny today might bore you tomorrow. Some jokes are only funny the first time. Jim Gaffigan's CD, "Doin' My Time," scores high on the replay factor. Perhaps it's his delivery (dry self-deprecation with a twist of smug). Perhaps it's his avant-garde style of humor (he spends about a quarter of the time pretending to be a critical female member of his own show, weaving "her" comments with his). Perhaps it's just his voice, which has a malleable whine to it that never gets annoying and which makes his self-mockery seem humorously authentic instead of just patronizing or pathetic.

Part of it is definitely the humor itself. Whether his jokes make bizarre 180's ("I used to smoke. Yeah. Smoking's real addictive. But you know what's REALLY addictive? Heroin."), or whether their humor lies in their dead ends; whether they take the "didja ever notice?" concept and snap it in half (his "Hot Pocket" and bottled water/Mexican food bits are a good example of this), or whether they're just plain crude, grouchy, silly and dumpy, they all stand up to repeated listenings. There are a few times where you get the impression that the joke -- such as his bit on glasses -- would work a lot better if you could see the man (and, in fact, most of them are like that; Jim is almost as much fun to watch as he is to listen to), but none of them fail to be laugh-worthy because of it. Pasty, flabby, and grumpy, though he may be, Jim Gaffigan is also a funny, funny man, and this is a funny, funny CD.

(NOTE: This product comes with a short DVD of his Comedy Central appearance, which is much cleaner than the act to be found on the CD.)

Love it! Love it! Love it! .......2007-01-10

Beyond the Pale is my all time favorite...Doin' My Time runs a close second.
Gaffigan is a staple for anybody who enjoys stand up.

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SKILLS, SKILLS AND MORE SKILLS; STR8 UP TALENT, NO DOUBT.
More Gimmick Rap From The "Other Side" (1.5 Stars)
It's Time To Make the Doughnutz...10 years later
After Vanilla Ice and before Eminem, there was the YBT

Dead Enz Kidz Doin' Lifetime Bidz
Young Black Teenagers
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Young Black Teenagers
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Fu-Schnickens - Greatest Hits
Hard or Smooth
Pure Poverty

ASIN: B000008MKP
Release Date: 1993-02-02

Tracks:

In the House
Tap the Bottle
Roll w/ the Flavor
Sweatin' Me
Plead the Fifth
Soul Wide Open
Blowin' up the Spot
Y.B. Teenagers
On the DL (Down Low)
Looney Toonz
Outta My Head
Back For Your Head
First True Love Affair
Time to Make the Dough Nutz

Customer Reviews:

SKILLS, SKILLS AND MORE SKILLS; STR8 UP TALENT, NO DOUBT. .......2006-03-17

4 THOSE WHO DIDN'T SLEEP ON THEIR NICE 1ST ALBUM,
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO TOMMY NEVER.
KAMRON GOT SKILLS OUT THE ANAL. THE ONLY MC THAT I KNOW WHO COULD COME EVEN CLOSE TO BEING COMPETITION IS ANOTHER
SLEPT ON WHITE MC, EL GANT. KAMRON ALSO WAS, I QUOTE,
"THE BEST DAMN DJ IN FREEPORT HIGH," SO NOT SLEEPING ON
MTV'S DJ SKRIBBLE, BUT IT PROBABLY WOULDA BEEN MAD NICE ON BOTH ALBUMS, IF HE WOULDA ALSO BEEN THE DJ.
THE REST OF THE CREW IS MAD NICE TOO.
TAP THE BOTTLE WAS NICE, BUT SHOUN'T HAVE BEEN THE ONLY SINGLE/SONG PEOPLE PAID ATTENTION TO. IF I COULD, I'D GIVE IT FOUR AND A HALF STARS, CUZ XCEPT FOR SOUL WIDE OPEN, DA WHOLE ALBUM BRINGS THE FLAVE, NO MATTER WHAT COLOR THEY ARE.

More Gimmick Rap From The "Other Side" (1.5 Stars).......2004-09-03

Back in '93 a group of white kids dropped their sophmore LP called "Dead Enz Kidz Doin' Lifetime Bidz". I found a few things wrong with this CD. First of all, I have a personal beef with gimmick rap. Their name alone suggests a gimmicky approach to the rap game. Secondly, their skills on the mic are suspect. When this album came out back in '93, I had already saw the kid with the dreadlocks (another gimmick.....those dreadlocks were GONE by late '94) on House Party 2. He did a decent job on the mic in that movie, so I decided to go ahead and steal this album from the local moms and pops shop (what, you thought I'd actually PAY for something like this?). When I got home and gave it a listen, this album actually made me give up stealing. I didn't think this album was worth risking a criminal juvenile record (I was only 16) and I was pretty mad at myself for doing so. That's how bad this album is. Yeah, this album came out in '93, but rhyme styles back then were still light years ahead of these guys. And when you speak about Das EFX being imitated by so many MCs, this is one of the groups you're speaking of. They did manage to drop a lukewarm single with "Tap The Bottle" and "Soul Wide Open" is okay, but all positive aspects end there. Imagine Leaders Of The New School's debut album without lyrical skills and add some suspect production and you've got Young Black Teenagers. That's pretty much what it sounds like. Overall, this is a gimmick album. I have very little respect for gimmicks. This music was crafted by black people in the ghetto for black people in the ghetto. When white boys step on the scene, they are under a microscope and when they step on the scene with wack gimmicks they are less likely to be tolerated (word to Vanilla Ice). This would explain why we've grown to forgive MC Hammer (on the DL, I ALWAYS liked Hammer) but we still sh*t on Vanilla Ice. Artists like Eminem and 3rd Bass always get love because they stepped onto the scene with a respect for the craft. I don't do this often, but I have to give this album 1.5 stars. Therefore, this album has achieved the rare "coaster status". Use this to sit your drinks on, it'll serve a better purpose that way. As a matter of fact, I'm putting my copy up for sale on this website for $0.50, I don't even want it as a coaster anymore.

Standout Tracks: Tap The Bottle and Soul Wide Open.....that's it.

It's Time To Make the Doughnutz...10 years later.......2004-01-15

I remember being a young white youth in a small town in Wisconsin. I have been into rap since my brother bestowed upon me DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince present "Nightmare on My Street." A little white tape with black words, that was noise to everyone except me. Soon my tastes began to diversify and change...I wanted more. The one tape of my childhood that I can recall crystal clear ws the albulm "Dead Enz Kidz Doin' Lifetime Bidz" by YBT (Young Black Teenagers). To see a white group of kids trying to make it gave me a sense of power. I was outcasted in this hick ass town because I could rap. I was dubbed "rapstar" by the country music listening rednecks of my class. But whenever their taunts became to much I turned to the lyrics of YBT (example: Hey yo, hickory dickory dock I'm under the Brooklyn block yes/ Who's the next to testify and try and penetrate the vest/ Diggatie do re me fa so la ti do I drop back my prozac/I take it in track and give it a smack and cuttin no slack, jack (from Tap the Bottle)). Now the YBT albulm has been out of my hands for over ten years and I have finally procured a copy on Amazon. If feels like a homecomming, I am no longer the odd girl out (white kids across the world are the number one consumers of hip hop), I am now an accomplished poet who has since moved to the mecca of original rap...Brooklyn, NY, and I have recorded with the same giants who recorded with the Beasties, YBT, and Eminem. To others on the fence *cop it* or *don't cop it* I suggest that if you enjoyed the free flowing styles of 3rd Bass, Slick Rick, or even enjoyed the lyrical stylings of Ice Cube when he actually had lyrics (i.e. the Lethal Injection days) or even the crazy lyrical compilations of Ludacris then this is the c.d. for you. But if you simply like booty rap (i.e. 50 cent, Jay-Z) then pass this deal up, but know you're missing out on a sleeping giant of the early 90s.

After Vanilla Ice and before Eminem, there was the YBT.......2003-03-11

This album was back in the day when rap music was at its climax with hard-hittin' beats and phat rhymes, it was the second from Long Island's Young Black Teenagers (a white rap act trying to satirize rap music) and it's much harder and more polished than their debut album. Things start out pretty strong with Tap the Bottle, and Sweatin' Me is a head-nodder. Blowin' Up the Spot is the best track on the album, and Outta My Head is pretty decent. The lyrics are tight and the beats are in-your-face, but all the tracks on Dead Enz Kidz are hit and miss, depending on how you look at it. YBT has since broken up and have gone on to other things (DJ Skribble has made a name for himself with his Traffic Jamz albums), and most hip-hop heads dissed and dismissed this album. Dead Enz Kidz wouldn't cut it in mainstream hip-hop today but it's a good album to listen to if you want to remember how good rap music once used to be.

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unknown band
Man, I miss this stuff!
Hair Heaven
So underapprieciated

Doin' the Nasty
Slik Toxik
Manufacturer: Capitol
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000008KTL
Release Date: 1992-03-24

Tracks:

Big Fuckin' Deal
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Sweet Asylum
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Cherry Bomb
Marionette
It's Not Easy
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By The Fireside
Blood Money
Cheap Nicotine
Midnight Grind
Rachel's Dead

Customer Reviews:

unknown band.......2007-04-15

This reminds me of tesla somewhat,but with there own flare.Pretty cool
if you like sleeze.There are some cool guitar in here too.I gave it 4
stars cause the production could have been better.But still cool if
you like this kind of rock.

Man, I miss this stuff!.......2006-11-03

OK, really quick here...imagine if Skid Row was influenced by Spread Eagle and tried to do a cd that was similar to Lynch Mob's "Wicked Sensation". You might get tunes that rock like the ones on here.

Hair Heaven.......2006-06-03

I saw the "Helluvatime" video on the then Canadian only channel MuchMusic which later became Fuse. At any rate, the song just blew me away. The band had that street sense about them that few had captured (Skid Row / Guns N Roses) and at the same time had developed their own distinguishable sound. I was excited that a new band like this had came about, especially since Nirvana and the rest of the grunge bands were taking over the airwaves. But that was the last I had heard of them. I couldn't find a cassette / cd / lp of this band anywhere. I think for the most part they only got the publicity that they needed in Canada and mostly shrugged off with the rest of the 80's greats in most other countries. But after years of searching, more like a decade, I found a used copy of this in a record store. I bought it and jammed it on the way home. Boy does this album rock. The opener "Big F**Kin' Deal" is so tongue-in-cheek self gloating it's great! "Sweet Asylum", "White Lies/Black Truth", "Cherry Bomb", "Crashed", "Blood Money". All great songs. This album is packed with headbanging goodness. The only song I'm not too fond of is "Rachel's Dead", but with so many good tracks to jam, one filler track isn't so bad. By all means, if you like your rock HARD, pick this album up immediately. YOU WILL NOT BE SORRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So underapprieciated.......2003-03-27

I'm proud to be Canadian and I'm proud of our music artists, especially the guys in Slik Toxik. They're debut LP is right up there with any of the American metal of the 80s, and it's less cheesy than most, its like the Canadian counterpart of Skid Row, another awesome band (keep in mind that Baz is Canadian!)But Slik Toxik had a sound all thier own, a gritty and unpolished sound, although the studio dudes cleaned this album a bit, it still has a raw aggression that only a young and hungry band can produce at the start of thier careers. It's too bad the album came in at the start of grunge..Slik Toxik could have been SO big. Singer Nick Walsh was just barely out of his teens on this album and could belt out the notes like few can. Think of Baz of course and also Bruce Dickinson..if you don't know who he is then get out of this section you don't belong here..anyway, I put this album on many times and the music just takes me away, when I'm in a bad mood, this makes me feel better, helps me get it all out. I'm so glad I have this CD in my collection and you will too, just give them a chance seek them out...the band may be gone but the music will always be here..Picks you should pay attention to are "Helluvatime" (a single on MuchMusic for awhile) "Sweet Asylum" (probably the best song and the one that i listen to the most) "Marionette" (man he can screetch on this one) "Crashed" "Blood Money" and "Midnight Grind" I order you to get this one, you WILL NOT BE SORRY

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The Blue Note Debut, Soulive!!!
fresh sound
Amazing Soul-Funk-Jazz
Horn Controversy
Soulive is amazing

Doin' Something
Soulive
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ASIN: B000059QYA
Release Date: 2001-03-13

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Evidence
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Shaheed
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Roll The Tape
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Doin' Something, Soulive's Blue Note debut and second album overall, sees the organ-based groove-jazz trio creatively stretching beyond their heralded debut, Turn It Out. Where that session was a lean, live cooker that cemented the trio's appeal to the acid-jazz and jam-band crowd, Doin' Something reaps the rewards of time spent in the studio--there are overdubs and, more importantly, an ambitious, varied overall vision. Rather than just rattling off a dozen jams based on a single line, the tunes here are actual songs with memorable melodies that draw upon hip-hop, soul, funk, and pop to go along with the rump-shaking jazz grooves. Furthering the funk foundation, the trio--guitarist Eric Krasno and brothers Neal and Alan Evans on organ and drums, respectively, also brought in James Brown-veteran trombonist Fred Wesley to lead a four-piece brass section (and contribute horn arrangements) on a few tracks. This is the sound of a hot young band putting its best foot forward, and the great thing is, you won't be able to keep your foot from bouncing along. --Tad Hendrickson

Customer Reviews:

The Blue Note Debut, Soulive!!!.......2005-06-22

This is a great follow up to Soulive's first album. Now they're signed to probaly the greatest record company in the country; Blue Note, which also hosts Medeski Martin Wood, Terence Blanchard, Joe Lavano, Charlie Hunter, Cassandra Wilson, and many more.

I am a huge fan of organ trios. Sometimes I wish they just recorded with the three of them, but the horns do sound nice. This is tight grooves. Soulive are the kings of modern soul funk jazz.

Soulive hasn't released a studio album in a while. And it's really bugging me. I want to hear how these guys are progressing. With their last studio release, Next, Soulive proved to have some soul left in them, but we haven't gotten anything in a while.

I happened to catch a Soulive preformance on BET jazz the other night, and these guys were smoking. Smoking soul, Soulive knows how to bring down the house.

I think one of the reasons Soulive is so successful is that they appeal to everyone. They have the style, the looks, that appeal to the younger generation, yet they can still get down and groove and play some real jazz.

I think we're only in the early stages of Soulive, but my guess is that they grow into a very decent band. They are one of my favorites, and probaly will be for years to come.

In the mean time, keep listening to this funky album! It's got some killer grooves that can put you right in the mood. Soulive, the great soul jazz ensemble!

fresh sound.......2004-04-02

Great sound a -little smooth at times though. This is a great trio of young players but the guitarist's "hep-jazz-cat" look is pretty funny.

Amazing Soul-Funk-Jazz.......2002-10-15

Before I delve into my review, I must say that this will be rather biased, as I know the drummer somewhat well and have other connections to the band (namely, their manager, jeff Krasno, Eric's brother). But I digress. This was my first Soulive album I bought, after seeing them 3 times live. I wasn't sure if I'd like the studio efforts for I know that they work extremely well live. However, after the first listen though, I was hooked. Yes, it doesn't have that same raw energy that they posess live or on Turn It Out; yes the sonic qualities and mastering of the recording may not be top top notch; but it just gives it its own flavor, which I think should therefore be viewed in a slightly different light from how you'd view them live to truly appreciate the efforts on here, which are plentiful. Onto the music.
The album opens with one of their better known tunes, Hurry Up...And Wait. If this doesn't get your foot tapping, then I don't know what will. I do not tire of this song ever. Definitely an album highlight. These guys posess that organic funk groove that makes the Meters or James Brown so much funkier than all the newer stuff held down by click tracks or (ugh) drum machines. However, as another reviewer noted, it's not AS organic as MMW gets. Next is one of three tracks to have a 4 piece horn section. Now I share the same sentiments with most other reviewers on here that Soulive loses some of it's essence having these guys play along. The tracks (Doin' Something, Cannonball and Roll The Tape) just don't seem to be as spontaneous as the others as just a trio or plus one horn feel, which of course would make sense since it is trio plus horn arrangement. But still, I prefer it to be just as a trio or trio plus horn. Track 3 is Evidence, and this is the debut of Neal playing piano, which some may not like, but I absolutely love. This is another one of my favorite tracks off this album by far. Next is another well known tune, One in Seven, and is one of the more distinctive cuts. Bridge to 'Bama is next and is quite good. Check out how the tenor sax man (not detrimental to the song in any way) always comes back into the same melody during his solo, giving the song a strong sense of unity for which to expand off of. Cannonball is next, one of the horn section pieces, and is fine in its own right, but questionable as to it belonging on here.
Shaheed is track 7, possessing a rather memorable melody played down low on Neal's B3, and serves as a great transition from Cannonball into Romantic, the album's one vocal piece. Stephanie McKay provides those, and one can tell she has as much soul as the three backing her in easily the most emotionally moving piece on Doin' Something. Afterwards is another one of my favorite tracks, Solid. It just has that quirkiness to it which I've grown to love from these guys. Next is Roll The Tape, which I like best of the three horn section pieces. Some of the solos on here seem rather haunting for the key/mode they're chosing, very modern and cool. Last is another on of my favorite cuts, Joe Sample. Two simple melodies start it off and they end it all with one statement of the Steppin' riff off of Turn It Out. But wait! Probably the most surprising thing of this album exists after the song supposedly ends. It is Neal playing solo piano in more of a true jazz-classical style, and it is astounding; first because one most likely wouldn't expect it from him, and second, one wouldn't expect to hear it on a Soulive album! Assuming you can appreciate the piano greats like Bill Evans, McCoy, Chick and Herbie, you should love this. This album I hope I should not tire of for a long time to come.

Horn Controversy.......2002-03-30

As there seems to be a bit of controversy over the horn section I thought I'd break the tie. First of I play trumpet so there's nothing I like more than some fat brass licks and solos, however, most of the tracks with horn arangements seem a little out of place and choppy if you will. Also in comparison with their first album this one does have a smooth and slightly overproduced sound which seems to be taking them farther and father from their original vibe of "live preformance as the escence of music" (or somthin like that). Don't get me wrong, it's not a bad albumto put on and groove to, it just doesn't have that same raw, in-the-club, jam feel that turn it out did.

Soulive is amazing.......2002-02-07

I love this CD, and would definately recommend it to anyone.

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Thunderbird ESQ
You either love it or hate it
Dr.Love
If you don't like it you'r just not getten it.
krappy krappy poo poo!

I Know You Fine, But How You Doin'
The Gories
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Thunderbird ESQ.......2006-04-21

I love it more than I love you... this goes out to all the fools who desprately want to trash this album... you're turnin' me into a drinker. Yes it's noisy, yes, it's analog, yes it's better on vinyl, what this combination does is captures all of the soul and swagger of Mick Collin's genious. Yes hes' black, yes you can tell... no white man has reasons to sing the blues like he does, or can get unhinged enough to get as down, as dirty and as soulful (a-la Otis Redding) as Mick Collins. This album is an amazing example of Mick's earlier work, and a tribute to all the greats that came before him.

You either love it or hate it.......2005-03-29

Totally minimalist real bluesy, garage rock. They epitomize the "garage" band. No bass, primitive drums, and two often poorly played electric guitars. Some songs I love and some songs I just plain don't like. But I don't think this band ever pretended to be anything it wasn't. And that says a lot to me. If you're into the White Stripes or bands like that check it out. Chances are you still may not like them. What you have to look at here is the sincerity and the spirit. Not the production or chops.

Dr.Love.......2004-05-01

This is the real deal. This is Rock and Roll. The Gories are not only one of the most influential garage bands, but one of the best. Nobody making albums today has the soul Mick Collins has. Amazing.

If you don't like it you'r just not getten it........2003-11-09

I hate writing reviews but previous reviewers have desicrated one of the finest offerings fron the rock GoD
Mick Collins.

This album is not for all listeners. It says way to much with so little. Without this album there would not be a White Stripes. Jacks Major influence was the Gories. THIs album has influenced more Musicians than know it exist.

If you understand it you will love if not sorry.

krappy krappy poo poo!.......2003-10-14

I didn't even have to buy the album to pen this review... just sample the above selections and decide for yourself. The problem with the punk aesthetic is that it falls within 2 camps... those who actually write songs and make an interesting noise, and those who just make interesting noises on occasion. The White Stripes fall into the former category, The Gories the latter. And to be honest, ANYONE can make interesting noises... I can do some amazing things with my hand and armpit, but am I cutting records? NO! Why? Because my hand-armpit routine is not worthy of public release! And neither are The Gories! You wanna know why they broke up? Because they finally sobered up enough at one point to discover how much they sucked! The drummer just bangs it out... my four-year old cousin can do the same thing with a couple of sand buckets. The guitarist makes some interesting noises, (see above) and screams a lot... big whup. I don't want to sound like a fuddy-duddy, but this stuff doesn't even work as kitsch appeal. Look at the history of great Detroit groups... the Stooges, MC5, White Stripes... what you've got are excellent songs, ferocious music, a real dedication to craft masquerading as DIY minimalism. Those groups have the goods because they practiced and uh, gave some thought to their music even while pretending that they weren't. The Gories aren't charmingly bad. They're just bad! And not bad as in "good," but stinky stinky stinky! Avoid this album like the plague... don't buy into the phony hype about this band.

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Classic Hard Bop Live

Doin' the Thing (At the Village Gate)
Horace Silver
Manufacturer: Blue Note Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000H3096U
Release Date: 2006-09-12

Tracks:

Filthy McNasty
Doin' The Thing
Kiss Me Right
The Gingo-Cool Eyes (Theme)
It Ain't S'posed To Be Like That
Cool Eyes (Full Version)

Customer Reviews:

Classic Hard Bop Live.......2006-09-24

The band on "Doin the Thing" is one of Horace Silver's best. At that time the music he was playing was closer to hard bop though there are some elements of soul that he would become more influenced by. As a live set, it is excellent, great sound quality especially with the remaster. The extra tracks are classic as well. The in between stage banter is dated but amusing and nostalgic and fits with the disc. Any fan of hard bop or soul jazz will want to pick this one up. Hard bop took away the somewhat sterile sound of bebop and made jazz populist again without selling. Anything from Horace Silver from the 60's is great. This is an especially good album though.

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Music For My Ears
Smoothjazz.com Review

Just Doin' Our Thang
Bradley Leighton
Manufacturer: Pacific Coast Jazz
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0007QN4MI
Release Date: 2005-04-20

Tracks:

Sunny
Now's the Time
Pink Panther Theme
Summertime
Breezin'
Carefree
Europa
Lazy Summer Days
Ain't No Sunshine
Deep Sea
Easy Morning
Speak Low

Album Description

In his second solo release, Bradley Leighton lays down his regular flute and performs this collection entirely on the alto flute. It's warm, mellow sound - combined with the classic, rich background provided by a great B3 trio - gives this collection of freshly arranged standards and four original compositions a smooth warm glow.

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Music For My Ears.......2005-07-10

Sandy Shore has published an excellent review of the album. I merely want to add I disc jockey a program on a jazz station in the northwest. Bradley & Company have a sound that is just what I like. The album just recently hit our new release shelf. I left station at the end of the shift and purchased. Alto Flute is a beautiful sound, but this combination with the Hammond B3 and rythmn is candy to my ears.. It is a good album for your Jazz Collection.

Smoothjazz.com Review.......2005-06-21

If ever there was an album that exemplified the Smoothjazz.com concept of "Where Smooth Jazz meets Cool Jazz," then this new release from flutist Bradley Leighton is it! JUST DOIN' OUR THANG is a first-rate collection of eight jazz and pop standards...plus four originals...that beautifully illustrates why the alto flute and the Hammond B3 just might be the most sensual combination of sound and texture in music. The concept of this album intrigued me right from the beginning. When I started listening, my expectations were easily exceeded. A Seattle native, transplanted down the Coast to San Diego in 2001, Mr. Leighton knows his way around jazz, having spent many years as Seattle's "first call" flutist. JUST DOIN' OUR THANG is his second CD release, and I can't begin to tell you how striking the B3 Trio setting is for his mellow, hip flute sound. From his incredibly sexy read (or should I say "reed") on the beautiful "Europa" to his spunky take on the "Pink Panther Theme"...from the sultry "Ain't No Sunshine" to the Bossa-flavored "Deep Sea" (penned by percussionist Allan Phillips), JUST DOIN' OUR THANG is full of inventive, inspired playing. This one's going to be spending a lot of time in my player this summer, and my recommendation is to get a copy for yourself. In the case of Bradley Leighton's JUST DOIN' OUR THANG, Smooth Jazz has met Cool Jazz...and there's definitely something going on between them! ~Scott O'Brien

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Nothing Wrong Here!
Wonderful Delta Blues
Cedell Davis plays the blues the way it should sound.
a correction to the Amazon.com review

Feel Like Doin' Something Wrong
CeDell Davis
Manufacturer: Fat Possum
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Remember Me

ASIN: B00000DFW2
Release Date: 1998-11-24

Tracks:

I Don't Know Why
Every Day Every Way
She's Got The Devil In Her
Boogie Chillen No.2
Baby, I Love You So
If You Like Fat Women
Guitar Boogie
Falling Rain Blues
In The Evening
Sit Down On My Knee
Got To Be Moving On
Reconsider Baby
Murder My Baby
Green Onions

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Some folks, including blues journalists and musicians, don't care for the sound of Davis's knife handle on guitar strings, while others hear his astringent tuning as something singular, suspenseful, and wondrous. Combining his sure-fingered guitar work with one of the most expressive voices in blues, this longtime Delta juke joint performer essays nine originals and interprets five cover songs in a compelling manner that points out the depth and solidity of his feeling. Most of the numbers, like "She's Got the Devil in Her" and "Baby, I Love You So," are Davis solo performances--his main concern is love gone wrong. Also present are three tunes showcasing the Mississippian with New York-based sidemen. R.L. Burnside, another estimable modern-day Sunflower State blues guitarist, contributes to the dark felicity of a rendition of John Lee Hooker's "Boogie Chillen." Produced by the late writer-historian Robert Palmer, this is an album perfect for the 4 a.m. of your soul. --Frank-John Hadley

Customer Reviews:

Nothing Wrong Here!.......2002-05-29

Some would say that the only thing CeDell did wrong was to play his right-handed guitar upside down, left-handed, using a butter knife for a slide. For CeDell however, this was not only a necessity due to crippling effects of childhood polio but, it created a haunting, yet original, sound that ultimately turned out to be just right. "Feel Like Doin' Something Wrong" is not only CeDell's first full length recording but also, hands down, CeDell's best work. Fat Possum and Robert Palmer deserve a lot of credit for discovering CeDell and producing this masterful disc. The sound and quality remain true to what you might have heard on any given night in Junior Kimbrough's juke joint where CeDell performed. While much of the CD features CeDell and his mutated brand of slide guitar, there are also numbers that include the Burnside family and free jazz artist, Col. Bruce Hampton. For the adventuresome, this is highly recommended!

Wonderful Delta Blues.......1998-12-24

When my wife, Arline, and I went to the Delta for the first time back in the 1980s, we decided to pick one Delta Blues player to look up. We picked CeDell Davis, because he played the funkiest blues that we had heard. We had a hard time even finding CeDell, but eventually tracked him down at a nursing home in Pine Bluff with the help of Robert Palmer. It was a lot of fun to spend time with CeDell, which we did again on several subsequent trips to the Delta. Without going into all of the details here, the thing that's amazing is how much of the near-legendary world of the blues was just an ordinary part of his life. Robert Johnson was just another bluesman on the streets of Helena to CeDell and his friends. CeDell spent a number of years touring as a guitar player for Robert Nighthawk. While he says himself that it's hard to find any recorded music that compares to the nights when Nighthawk and his band were feeling it, still, I get a real kick out of CeDell and his music. I've heard him play a lot a lot more flat (dissonant) sounding music than he does on this record, and I think the flatter the better, but this record does a nice job of capturing his sound. I think Fat Possum is great label, by the way, and it's worth checking out all their releases.

Cedell Davis plays the blues the way it should sound........1998-12-12

What a great day it was when this classic blues record was re-released last month. Possessing what may amount to one of only a few cassette copies of this record from its original release, I've had the immeasurable pleasure of listening to Cedell Davis lay down some of the most soulful and intense blues around. Feel Like Doin Somethin Wrong is the epitome of Cedell's style, which some would dismiss as out of tune, but as the liner notes by Robert Palmer express, Cedell simply plays in an "alternate tuning," and his songs are consistent in their sound. Tunes including "I Don't Know Why," and "Falling Rain Blues" exhibit a tone and attitude not found in blues records by artists more interested in production and shine. Feel Like Doin Somethin Wrong is about a feelin', and Cedell Davis has it in spades. The "Boogie Chillin" cover is perhaps as good as the original, what with the R.L. Burnside groove and Cedell's urgent howl. "If You Like Fat Women" is something of a staple within Cedell's repetoir, winding up on his next record as well, and with good reason, for it's a hilarious song that again hits the groove with a vengence. The bottom line here is emotion, and if you can feel the intensity of Cedell Davis' songs, then by all means seek out any and all records by him and any of the other Fat Possum Records recording artists. Their sound might even be more "accessible", and I guarantee it's just as intense!

a correction to the Amazon.com review.......1998-12-03

One Amazon.com review incorrectly calls CeDell Davis a "Mississippian." Cedell is a native of Arkansas. He was born in Arkansas Delta boom town of Helena on June 9, 1927. He has since settled in another Arkansas Delta town, Pine Bluff. CeDell's unique "out of tune" style that he creates by playing slide with a knife is done out of necessity. When CeDell was nine he contracted polio and lost the use of his right hand. This album was CeDell's first. He has been recorded by Jim O'Neil of Rooster blues records for an Arkansas anthology, _Keep it to Yourself_. CeDell's latest album from Fat Possum, _The Horror of It All_, is in a similar vein as this reissue.

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Doin' It Her Way
UNDER RATED!
A Good, Not Great Debut.
She will survive!
nitabar's world

I Will Survive (Doin' It My Way)
Chantay Savage
Manufacturer: RCA
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Azz Izz
From the Bottom Up
Here We Go...
Still Climbing

ASIN: B000002WVG
Release Date: 1996-03-12

Tracks:

Alright (Interlude)
I Will Survive
All Night All Day
Baby: Drive Me Crazy
Pillow Talk
I'm Willing
Love Need Want
All Of My Love
90 In The Red (Interlude)
Turned Away
Brown Sugar
Let's Do It Right
Body
Callin'
Do You My Way

Customer Reviews:

Doin' It Her Way.......2004-05-08

What a great album this is and what such an underrated one it is. This woman can sing. There are some artists who just have good production on an album to make it sell but this one has that as well as a good voice which I can only describe as strong and smooth. For some reason her voice always reminds me of honey. I'd recommend this album to anyone that's after something to relax to aswell as for those romantic evenings. It's a more than decent album to listen to.

UNDER RATED!.......2002-11-30

This was a very nice cd. I purchased it on cassette in 1997 & played it until the tape wore thin. This is truly a collectible.
All this woman needs is a concrete producer & promoter!

One Love

A Good, Not Great Debut........2002-06-23

Her remake of Gloria Gaynor's disco hit, into a soul gem is a stroke of genius and one of many highlights here. Tight production, great sound quality and a fair share of variety make this a good CD. "Turned Away", "All Night, All Day" and "90 in The Red" are my favorite cuts and they all sparkle with a mid to late 90's commercial soul sheen, but there is also a bit too much filler to make this a true soul classic. The title track makes this worth owning, THIS is what a remake should really be!

She will survive!.......2000-05-23

Being honest, I should say that I'm not really feeling a lot of female rnb/hip-hop, they just don't do it for me (apart from Missy) they chat/whine about money, who can do who better, but this was amazing.

I remember first hearing it at my friends house in 1996, and I bought it straight after. To this day, it's one of the best albums I own as well as one of the best rnb albums I own. I have a lot of respect for her and her music. Simply put, it's a wonderful piece of work.

It's real laid back, moody, jazzy - true fans of the genre will not be disappointed. She even stays clear of the commercial formulae by having tracks up to 6/7 mins long, and if you're wandering whether or not she can hold a track that long...she can.

I can't even pick any top tracks, because once it's on, it plays all the way through.

I'm honoured to have it.

PEACE EASY

nitabar's world.......1999-07-26

i love you. bye. oh,andi hope to meet chantay savage one day.god bless you.

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