Hopefully *not* the future of blues
D. Manley | 02/14/2004
(2 out of 5 stars)
"I was really disappointed by this recording - the songs are tired, and the effects on Bill Laswell's bass single handedly ruins the mix. I don't know what Laswell thought he was doing, it is that bad. On the first 10 seconds of the first song it sounds interesting but then it overpowers and dominates. It is a blurry mess of phased, flanged, who-knows-what, over processed, boomy bass noodling. Skip this one, trust me. You'll be taking it to the used record store in a week."
GOOD BUT PATCHY
HANS D HARMS | runaway bay, QLD Australia | 08/13/2003
(3 out of 5 stars)
"There are a number of outstanding tracks on this CD : HERBERT HARPERS......., IS IT BECAUSE I'M BLACK, BLACK MIDNIGHT SUN, TALKING LOUD AND SAYING NOTHING, TRULY YOUR FRIEND. They are worth 5 stars. Some of the other tracks border on 1 / 2 stars and bring the rest of the CD down. The skip button gets a workout for LUCKY IN LOVE ( it was [bad] when MICK JAGGER released the single ages ago and got worse with age ), SHE'S A BURGLAR ( blues dross ) and some of the others are barely acceptable. The musicianship is uniformly great and LUCKY sure is a talented musician. His guitar / keyboard playing is first class as is his singing. I just wish he had picked a better range of covers to do his talents justice"