Black Eyed Blues [Import]

Track Listings

1. Justified

2. Ive Only Known A Stranger

3. I Got It Bad And That Aint Good

4. Black Eyed Blues

5. Too Many Roads

6. You Could Have Had Me Baby

7. Tangle In Your Lifeline (Bonus Track)

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
CTI Master Series remastered first-time CD reissue of 1973 album features 7 tracks including 1 previously unreleased bonus track, 'Tangle In Your Lifeline'. 2003.

Black Eyed Blues,Esther Phillips,Soul/R & B

Tracks:

Pump It
Don't Phunk With My Heart
My Style
Don't Lie
My Humps
Like That
Dum Diddly
Feel It
Gone Going
They Don't Want Music
Disco Club
Bebot
Ba Bump
Audio Delite At Low Fidelity
Union

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As with their last hit, Elephunk, Black Eyed Peas' new disc Monkey Business is a joyful cross-genre journey with musical props to hip-hop, rock, folk, funk, and pop. The reason the Black Eyed Peas have audience appeal that crosses over many styles is because the band members are such obvious fans of diverse music. Nowhere is this more apparent than on Monkey Business's high-profile guest list. After Justin Timberlake's contribution to the massive "Where Is the Love" breakout hit from Elephunk, their inclusion of big names once again was a smart, respectful move on the part of the band as well as their guests. "My Style" is Timberlake's BEP foray number two; while the song is funky pop fun, those looking to hear Justin in the forefront are likely to be disappointed, as his vocals are mixed evenly, no sweet soulful solos this time. Other guests of note are Jack Johnson, who cowrote the bling-bashing "Gone Going," Sting on "Union" (sonically inspired by the former Police-man's "Englishman in New York"), while funk legend James Brown contributes to a scorching soul track dubbed "They Don't Want Music." The contribution of female vocalist Fergie--who joined the band partway through their last CD--has raised up considerably on the band's fourth disc, their second as a quartet. Sassily fronting her way through songs like "My Humps," the "Hey Mama"-esque "Dum Diddly" and the first single "Don't Phunk With My Heart," Fergie's melodic contributions make for a record that will likely be heard by wider audiences than ever, making this a truly accessible `hip-pop' CD. --Denise Sheppard

Recommended Black Eyed Peas Discography

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Elephunk

Customer Reviews:

great beat easy to dance to.......2007-03-31

This CD is great from the first song to the last, I just wish that they would play them more on the radio. We love the BLACK EYED PEAS!!!

the black eyed peas are the business, the monkey business.......2007-03-22

they made an awsome cd! the only thing i diddnt like was that they diddnt make an edited version that came out on cd! i wish they did cuz somtimes my mom gets mad at me for listining to music with bad words but somtimes she doesnt

Fun!.......2007-03-13

This is just a fun CD. It makes you want to dance.
We listen to this in the Operating Room and it makes the atmosphere less tense.

NOTHING LESS THAN 5 STARS.......2007-02-13

New to this genre, I am blown away! Variety, beat, talent... I can not get to my other cds. CAN NOT agree with other unimpressed reviewers. Listen once, listen twice... Listen to that complex music and those words!!!!

Pretty good.......2007-01-31

I got this a a gift, so at first I was not sure if I wanted to keep it of sell it, as I am not really a BEP fan. In all honesty I know very little about this band, a song or two here and there. I decided to keep it and give it a try, I don't like the popular "hits" that much from this album, but was suprised at some of the really good album tracks. The players are very good on this album. There is a real sense of old school funk here that I really like.
I guess you never know what you will like till you give it a try.

Average customer rating:

Burdon becomes Black-Man's burden
They can't take away our music...
war rocks
Boring
Just one outstanding song.

The Black-Man's Burdon
Eric Burdon & War
Manufacturer: Avenue Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000032Z6
Release Date: 1993-05-04

Tracks:

Paint It Black Medley: Black On Black In Black/Paint It Black/Laurel & Hardy/Pintello Ne
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Beautiful New Born Child
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Sun/Moon
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Customer Reviews:

Burdon becomes Black-Man's burden.......2006-04-09

Here we're offered a clean and more polished Burdon backed up by some of the greatest musicians of the day. The Black-Man's Burdon didn't produce any hits, but it did showcase the raw power of War itself. Although Burdon's rhetoric is held somewhat in check here, it still manages to get in the way of the band at times on this 1970 MGM release. Eric Burdon & War's second offering (a double LP) would also be their last together. Burdon would never sound this poignant in his career again, and Spill The Wine (from Burdon declares "War") would be remembered as the only relevant material Burdon performed in the post-Animals era.

A point worth mentioning is that it's War's noodling (The Bird And The Squirrel and Nuts, Seeds & Life) in the wake of the classic Beautiful New Born Child that hold your attention. Setting you up for the relentless Out Of Nowhere (that should've been released as a single). In the twilight of the hippie era Jerry Goldstein produced some of the most social and introspective material of the year. Gun hints at a country sick and tired of the Vietnam conflict, while Sun/Moon soothes the listener for the pop sounding Pretty Colors. War's innovative fusion sound would carry them through the entire decade of the 70's, producing a string of 8 gold records in a row.

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They can't take away our music..........2005-10-03

five reasons to add this one to your all time good ones:

1. Sun/Moon

2. Nights in white satin

3. Spirit

4. Pretty colors

5. to remember not only Billie Holiday or Charlie Parker but also the black man's Burdon. Cheers!!!

war rocks.......2005-02-17

Eric Burdon can be a little annoying on some of the tracks, he seems a little full of himself. But when he works with War in a more integrated fashion, it is a fantastic match. The song cycle of Pretty Colors, Jimbo and Gun is one of the most powerful marraiges of psychedelia and soul ever. Feel the heat rise.

The cover of "Paint It Black" is also really cool, but a little out there with the wacky Burdon lyrics. Recommended album!

Boring.......2004-01-21

This is the worst of the 3 albums Eric made with War. Way too long songs that keep on repeating themselves. The Paint It Black Medley is explosivly energetic, and makes at least disc 1 wort to own. The relatively short track 'Out Of Nowhere' is also found here with a lot of deep lyrics. The rest of the album is just too boring to me. Eric himself hates this album, and so do I (almost). The other two albums, Love Is All Around and Eric Burdon Decleares War, is much better. Especially Love Is All Around.

Just one outstanding song........2002-10-11

I bought this CD only for "They Can't Take Away Our Music," which is a very powerful and beautiful song about black music in America. It got a fair amount of radio play at the end of 1970, which is when I started liking it. Interestingly, I still have never heard a single comment about what African-Americans thought about this song. I'm white and I love the song. The rest of the album was definitely disappointing, although a few songs have a nice Caribbean sound with guiro, like "Pretty Colors." The cover songs "Paint It Black" and "Nights in White Satin" are pointlessly long, too loosely structured, and add no new interest; they seem like trashy afterthoughts meant only as filler. However, Eric Burdon does all these songs with soul and seriousness, so the album's not really bad, just not very commercial.

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Favorite disc by Favorite singer!
Esther's 3rd CTI Masterpiece!

Black-Eyed Blues
Esther Phillips
Manufacturer: Kudu
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000AK0D8
Release Date: 2005-12-06

Tracks:

Justified
Ive Only Known A Stranger
I Got It Bad And That Aint Good
Black Eyed Blues
Too Many Roads
You Could Have Had Me Baby
Tangle In Your Lifeline (Bonus Track)

Album Description

CTI Master Series remastered first-time CD reissue of 1973 album features 7 tracks including 1 previously unreleased bonus track, 'Tangle In Your Lifeline'. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

Favorite disc by Favorite singer!.......2006-11-29

This whole disc is just so delicious. Not only to my subjective ears, either. Whenever I'm playing this in my salon, my customer always asks, "Who IS that?" Each song is different, gorgeously produced with a big, soulful 1970s sound that Creed Taylor had imagined would unite Jazz with R&B. And what amazing songs: starting with the angry "Justified"-"'cuz when I met ya, baby, Florence Nightingale shoulda been your Nurse but ole Red Cross Me, I'm gonna take the job but now I think I'm to the point I need one myself, really!" Mmm! Carolyn Franklin (Aretha's sister) wrote "Too Many Roads Between Us" surely up there with "Neither One of Us..." as one of the saddest love songs ever. "You Could Have Had Me..." by Leonard Feather could have been seedn as kissing up to the auther of The Jazz Encyclopedia so Esther hangs out on the song for almost eight minutes and finds meat never thought to be on that bone! "I've Only Known A Stranger" Wow! Breath taking. Old style Jazz with Duke Ellington's "I Got It Bad" but feel it, funk it, make it new. Go Esther! A big surprise for us old people who used to listen to Esther on LP or 8track- a NEW song "Tangle In Your Lifeline" is as personal and lovely as anything whe ever recorded. When I bought this cd, it was only available as an import at $22.95. Now you can get it for under $11! What are you waiting for?

Esther's 3rd CTI Masterpiece!.......2004-02-28

This was the third album that Esther cut for Creed Taylor's CTI album. It marked a change from the previous two in that the string arrangements were undertaken for the first time with this artist, by Bob James; it's a subtle but very important change. Secondly the material stretches out from the straight-ahead R&B to embrace a range of varying styles. This being the case, the album is not as 'immediate' as the previous two, but is just as satisfying when it yields all its nuances. My favourite tracks are her reading of Bill Wither's "Justified" which is a great version.There's a particularly sensual and burning version of "I've only known a stranger" and a straight ahead jazz version of Leonard Feather's "You could have had me baby".While I'm writing about it I should also mention the title track, which is a Joe Cocker track given a particularly good makeover. That's four out of the seven tracks mentioned already, so when you consider that there's a bonus unreleased track as well out of the remaining three,it makes you realise what good value it is. Add in an excellent set of sleeve notes, and this is another 'must have' Esther Phillips album!

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The White Stripes Who?

Rise Up
The Black-Eyed Snakes
Manufacturer: Chairkickers Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000ALFYN
Release Date: 2003-08-19

Tracks:

Rise Up!
Foresight
Mexican Half-Stick
Good Woman Blues
Cornbread
Red Sheet
No Good Daddy
Bo Diddley
Hillside Stomp
In a
Shine-Ola
Hillside Stomp (Reprise)
Good Woman Blues/Rise Up! [Multimedia Track]

Customer Reviews:

The White Stripes Who?.......2003-12-07

The Black-Eyed Snakes put The White Stripes to shame. Not only is it musically superior, but the songwriting is improved beyond boundaries. If you're a White Stripes fan, or a fan of Blues Rock in general, be sure to pick up the real thing.

8.5/10

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Black Eyed Susan
Manufacturer: Black Eyed Susan
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000CADVJA
Release Date: 2002-10-29

Tracks:

Days of Yore
Progress
Common Ground
Sitting Til Dawn
Benero
All These Pictures
Ridin Blues
Sweet Music
Freedom
Rainmaker's
Tranquility

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Monkey Business
Black Eyed Peas
Manufacturer: Umvd Import
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0009BXSIG
Release Date: 2005-06-21

Tracks:

Pump It
Don't Phunk With My Heart
My Style
Don't Lie
My Humps
Like That
Dum Diddly
Feel It
Gone Going
They Don't Want Music
Disco Club
Bebot
Ba Bump
Audio Delite At Low Fidelity
Union
Do What You Want (Non-Lp Version)
If You Want Love (Non-Lp Version)

Album Details

The Multi-platinum Grammy Award Winners Return with their Eagerly Anticipated Fourth Album, the Follow Up to the Peas' 2003 Breakthrough Release "Elephunk". "Monkey Business" is a Madcap Musical Journey, Mixing Fat Basslines with Latin Rhythms, Witty Rhymes and Hip Hop Beats. It Includes Collaborations with the Godfather of Soul James Brown ("They Don't Want Music"), Justin Timberlake ("my Style"), Jack Johnson ("Gone Going Gone") and Sting ("Union") and was Recorded in London, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Miami, the Peas' Tour Bus and Even a Japanese Bullet Train! Producer and Main Songwriter. Includes Two UK Bonus Tracks "do What You Want" and "if You Want Love".

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Watch out! The 'Snakes have bite!
!!!!

It's the Black-Eyed Snakes
The Black-Eyed Snakes
Manufacturer: Chairkickers Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Rise Up

ASIN: B00005RRLO
Release Date: 2001-10-30

Tracks:

Chicken-Bone George
Smokestack Lightnin'
Big Black Train
Honey
8-Inch Knife
New Orleans
Lordy
Mannish Boy
My New House
Cheerios on the Floor

Amazon.com

A side project from Low guitarist-vocalist Alan Sparhawk, the Black Eyed Snakes don't deliver dreamy acoustics--they're are a rock & roll act through and through. With Sparhawk as the singing ax man again, Brad Nelson on drums, and Bobby Olson on guitar, the Snakes are one down and dirty punk-blues act. For fans of bands like the White Stripes, Zen Guerrilla, and the Immortal Lee County Killers, the Snakes speed through garage blues, turning the distortion high on both the guitars and the snarly vocals. On their debut CD, they deliver five originals, four covers, and one song Low fans have probably heard before (a much quieter version of "Lordy" appeared on the Low/Dirty Three In the Fishtank CD). The covers are impressively varied; Moby's "Honey," the Fall's "My New House," and Muddy Waters's classic "Mannish Boy" are all twisted into sweaty Snakes stompers. The final song, "Cheerios on the Floor," lightens the mood a little, but overall, It's the Black Eyed Snakes is a superbly intense record that shakes with just the right amount of insane energy to deliver the blues with a volatile new edge. --Jennifer Maerz

Customer Reviews:

Watch out! The 'Snakes have bite!.......2002-10-21

Like a masterful puppeteer, the 'Snakes will bring life to your body and make it dance. Whether it's foot stomp'in or head thrash'in, you're certainly not going to be sitting still while listening to this CD. Right from the get-go with the 'Snakes original "Chicken-Bone George", the CD grabs a hold of you and won't let go. In fact, it is with their original material that the 'Snakes shine most brightly. Like bookends, the first and last tracks are polar opposites. Where "Chicken-Bone George" is a heart pumping thrill ride, the last track, "Cheerios on the Floor" is quiet, playfull and reminiscent of Pink Floyd's "Seamus". And right smack in the middle are slower blues riffs equally full of distortion, steel guitars and harmonicas. If you're feeling like you've got the blues, pop in the 'Snakes and you won't be alone. In fact, if you have a Quick Time Player, you can see them play live on this disk. A true must have for your collection.

!!!!.......2001-11-06

This is what blues is supposed to be: Raw, chunky, meaty, and sweet!

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Monkey Business
Black Eyed Peas
Manufacturer: Phantom Sound & Vision
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0002YD8ZI
Release Date: 2004-11-09

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Monkey Business
Black Eyed Peas
Manufacturer: Phantom Sound & Vision
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ASIN: B0002ZEWSY
Release Date: 2004-11-09

Album Description

Japanese specially priced edition of the first pressing. A&M. 2004.

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Oh God yes,the blues...

Black-Eyed Blues
Esther Phillips
Manufacturer: Kudu
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00015HIIQ
Release Date: 2004-01-23

Tracks:

Justified
I've Only Known A Stranger
I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
Black Eyed Blues
Too Many Roads
You Could Have Had Me Baby
Tangle In Your Lifeline

Album Details

The Soul Diva's Third Album for the Cti Label Originally Released in 1973. First Time on CD.

Customer Reviews:

Oh God yes,the blues..........2007-01-05

Little Esther,this is the one to hole up with when life has done you wrong,the boss is a beast, the man bought golf clubs with the money put away for serious stuff,the mother-in-law made a crack about any skill I have,total funkdom. Sometimes I have to listen twice for the recovery from self-pity but it always works and I return sassy,a touch crusty and ready to take it all on again.Good Stuff.

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