Lee Perry- Roast Fish, Collie Weed & Corn Bread (1978) ****
Stranger Cole- "Forward" In The Land Of Sunshine (1976) ***1/2
The Grateful Dead- Workingman's Dead (1970) ***1/2
Preservation Brass- For Fat Man (2025) ****
The Plastic Ono Band- Live Peace In Toronto 1969: Side One (1969) **1/2
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers- Echo (1999) ***
Deep Purple- SPLAT! (2026) ***
Rush- Presto (1989) ****
Corey Harris & Henry Butler- Vu-Du Menz (2000) ****
Bad Brains- I Against I (1986) ****
Thin Lizzy- Black Rose (1979) ****
Preservation Brass received a Grammy nomination for this album. If traditional New Orleans jazz isn't your thing, but you maybe want to try again. Listen to "For Fat Man." It's the best of its kind.
I was really looking forward to loving the new Deep Purple after reading a number of positive reviews, a few using words like "heyday" and "the seventies." And while the band sounds great, especially Ian Gillan who will be 81 years old next month, the songs go nowhere. They all have a sameness to them that could not keep me interested. Not a bad record, but not nearly the great record I've been reading about.
And Petty's "Echo" needs a major edit.
As for "Presto," I've played this at least three times in the last year, which is two more times than I had since 1989. Whatever I wasn't hearing, or not getting, I am getting now. This one is solid. Check out "War Paint."
6 comments:
Thx for pushing me to listen to that Lee Scratch Perry album. It's terrific and the production is wonderfully inventive. Is there a rating for Presto?
Four stars! I just fixed it. It was actually the best thing I listened to yesterday.
Painfully lean… but, a wonderful experience. :)
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers’ Echo (Edit) ::
https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/tom-petty-and-the-heartbreakers-echo-edit/pl.u-EdAVE0qIjeX4k
Room At The Top
Counting On You
Free Girl Now
Lonesome Sundown
Swingin'
Accused Of Love
Echo
No More
About To Give Out
One More Day, One More Night
Nice! Tomorrow I may very well have made the same choices. Yours may be a little more upbeat - certainly plays well. Thanks for “Echo Appreciation Friday”.
https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/tom-petty-and-the-heartbreakers-echo-bw-edit/pl.u-MDAW0bJCBg461
Live Peace- nobody listens to side two. Cleveland Jeff
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