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Addicted To the Motion
Gwin Spencer
Addicted To the Motion
Genres: Alternative Rock, Rock
 
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As she began recording demos for songs that would later help make up her solo debut ADDICTED TO THE MOTION, Gwin Spencer received aid from a most telltale benefactor. "A friend of mine Pete Matthews played Diane Hendrix ...  more »

     
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All Artists: Gwin Spencer
Title: Addicted To the Motion
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Good Foot Records
Original Release Date: 3/23/2004
Release Date: 3/23/2004
Album Type: Explicit Lyrics
Genres: Alternative Rock, Rock
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Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 783707711423

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As she began recording demos for songs that would later help make up her solo debut ADDICTED TO THE MOTION, Gwin Spencer received aid from a most telltale benefactor. "A friend of mine Pete Matthews played Diane Hendrix a killer version of 'Addicted to the Motion' that he and I had done, and he told her I was trying to make some demos," Spencer says. "She told him she heard Jimi in my playing." Soon after, Spencer received a $500 check from the Hendrix Family. "She told Pete she just wanted to help me, which was really unbelievably cool," Spencer says. While Spencer cites Hendrix and a host of other artists as influences on her songwriting and guitar playing, her music sounds anything but derivative. ADDICTED TO THE MOTION confirms the arrival of a singular talent, someone who has ingested nearly a century's worth of Mississippi Delta blues, Stax soul, British metal gods, and fellow Memphian Elvis's sexual magnetism to create an idiom all her own. ADDICTED TO THE MOTION is a raucous, soul-bearing meditation on both the pain and joy love generates. On the record Spencer melds eloquent songwriting with the sort of musicianship that has caused old bluesmen to shake their heads in wonder to achieve a plainspoken honesty that harkens back to her musical forerunners. "I think rock went from being something that moved back and forth to something that was stationary and hard-headed," Spencer says. "It's 'rock,' not 'cement' we're talking about here."

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A Woman Who Rocks
DeClawed | 03/22/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I enthusiastically have to echo the comments of the other reviewers. This album gets the heart pumping and can cause spontaneous dancing, or in the event you're driving, mad thumping on the steering wheel.



I discovered Gwin while looking around for different versions of "Ain't No Sunshine." I liked hers and went looking for what else she'd done. I found this album, bought it and it's still one of my favorites to get me moving--whether it's getting ready in the morning, cleaning the house or preparing for a night out.



There are so many female artists that have that breathy voice thing going on these days--and not that many of them aren't talented--but it is a pleasure to hear a woman who sings and who plays mad, energized guitar while doing it. And the songs as a whole are of a kind, not in terms of musical style, but good, clever lyrics and solid melodic lines.



Really enjoyable. Looking forward to more."
A solid slab of 70s-style hard rock
D. Nash | Cleveland, OH | 03/22/2005
(4 out of 5 stars)

"Funky, fuzzy guitar leads and catchy riffing over throbbing rhythms add up to a smile that just won't quit. Her wah-wah solo in "Don't Say It" may have you chortling with glee. In a just world, "What Else Could I Say" and "Yesterday & Days Before" would be all over the radio. Spencer's muscular guitar playing well suits the material. I'd like to hear her cut loose more than she does on this album. Her voice, though pleasant enough, doesn't give the songs the kick her guitar does, not the way I keep imagining Jo Beth Dunn's voice would. But The Mother Station is gone, and I guess I'll have to move on. Spencer did, and the result is a hard-rock delight."
Why Isn't This on a Major Label?
Kent Merritt | 04/14/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Someone turned me on to this CD, and it is a gem! I liked Gwin's old band, the Mother Station, but this is unbelievable. The songs are great, especially "Yesterday & Days Before" and "I Can Feel It." And her guitar-playing rocks. And her cover of Bill Wither's "Ain't No Sunshine" is no slouch either. Really there isn't a bad song here, and her voice is sexy. I haven't herd anything like her.Do your self a favor and BUY IT!!!"