Sales Rank:1249 List Price: $18.98 Lowest New Price: $6.54 Lowest Used Price: $4.54 Artist(s):
Tracks:
She Caught the Katy - The Blues Brothers,
Peter Gunn Theme - The Blues Brothers, Mancini, Henry
Gimme Some Lovin' - The Blues Brothers, Davis, Spencer
Shake a Tail Feather - The Blues Brothers, Judie, Tyree
Everybody Needs Somebody to Love - The Blues Brothers, Russell, Bert
Old Landmark - The Blues Brothers, Brown, James [1]
Think - The Blues Brothers, Franklin, Aretha
Rawhide (Theme) - The Blues Brothers,
Minnie the Moocher - The Blues Brothers, Calloway, Cab
Sweet Home Chicago - The Blues Brothers,
Jailhouse Rock - The Blues Brothers, Leiber, Jerry
Inspired by the lovable Saturday Night Live white-boy blues schtick of Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, director John Landis seemingly threw every harebrained stunt he could imagine--and millions of dollars in production costs and wrecked autos--onto the screen. The resulting film could have been mistaken for a bad case of Hunter S. Thompson's D.T.'s, but Landis never shortchanged the music: Cab Calloway, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, and Ray Charles all get their moment in the spotlight. Miraculously, the chic-shabby Blues Brothers, anchored by the Stax rhythm section of Cropper and Dunn, hold their own against the legends, perhaps by the sheer joy and love they have for the music. --Jerry McCulley
Sales Rank:2031 List Price: $18.98 Lowest New Price: $5.94 Lowest Used Price: $5.49 Artist(s):
Tracks:
Danger
Heads In Georgia
Missing Person
When This War Is Over
Sporting Life Blues
Dead End Road
It's Easy
Hard To Thrill
Anyway The Wind Blows
Three Little Girls
Don't Cry Sister
Last Will And Testament
Who Am I Telling You?
Ride The River
After years of admiring each other's musical masterworks, guitar great J.J. Cale and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer/Grammy-winner Eric Clapton have teamed up to create an original album together called The Road to Escondido. The resulting hybrid sound defies labels, and instead finds influence across the spectrum of blues, rock, country, and fold. The songs are warm and rich with deep-flowing rhythms while using an economy of words to express much.
Sales Rank:1174 List Price: $9.98 Lowest New Price: $5.42 Lowest Used Price: $5.25 Artist(s):
Etta James
Tracks:
Anything to Say You're Mine - Etta James, Thompson, Sonny
My Dearest Darling - Etta James, Gayten, Paul
Trust in Me - Etta James, Wever, Ned
A Sunday Kind of Love - Etta James, Belle, Barbara
Tough Mary - Etta James, Manley, Lorenzo
I Just Want to Make Love to You - Etta James, Dixon, Willie
At Last - Etta James, Warren, Harry
All I Could Do Was Cry - Etta James, Davis, Billy [3]
Stormy Weather - Etta James, Arlen, Harold
Girl of My Dreams - Etta James, Clapp, Sonny
My Heart Cries - Etta James, James, Etta
Spoonful - Etta James, Dixon, Willie
It's a Crying Shame - Etta James,
If I Can't Have You - Etta James, James, Etta
This is Etta James's first full-length album, recorded for Chess Records' Argo subsidiary in 1960. It taps all aspects of her then-blossoming talent. There's the crooning rock ballad "My Dearest Darling" and the elegantly symphonic "Sunday Kind of Love." Her classic, brokenhearted "All I Could Do Was Cry" follows the sweet title track and the bawdy blues stomper "I Just Want to Make Love to You." And there's a version of Harold Arlen's "Stormy Weather," which Lena Horne made famous. James's fine way with such a wide embrace of material wouldn't again be this well displayed on a single album until she was united with producer Jerry Wexler for 1977's Deep in the Night. --Ted Drozdowski
Sales Rank:2974 List Price: $13.98 Lowest New Price: $6.78 Lowest Used Price: $5.75 Artist(s):
Maxwell
Tracks:
The Urban Theme
Welcome
Sumthin' Sumthin'
Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)
Dancewitme
'Til the Cops Come Knockin'
Whenever, Wherever, Whatever
Lonely's the Only Company, Pt. 1 & 2
Reunion
Suitelady (The Proposal Jam)
The Suite Theme
Handsome in his designer clothes and angelic, nappy dreads, Maxwell styles himself a modern-day urban love prophet in the tradition of Marvin Gaye. He concocts a conceptual music suite that purports to tell a fully rounded tale of meaningful love set in the tough but misunderstood inner city. What he delivers, however, contains only the faintest hints of what he promises. Instead we get a whole lot of the same tired R&B elevator slush and lyrics like "Gonna take you in the room suga'/ Lock you up and love for days." Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite is significant only in that it recasts the same old same old as something monumental, and nearly pulls it off.
Initially, there's a lot to like about Maxwell: On his openers, "Urban Theme" and "Welcome," the early '80s full-band R&B and jazz pop grooves are reminiscent of Maze's brightest days and Steely Dan's coolest nights. But soon even Maxwell's passionate voice gets lost in a flat mix that turns every song into faceless background music. While R&B is at no loss for suave and sexy personalities to take the stage, a dearth of new ideas keeps the genre for the most part floundering and visionless. In the end, Maxwell's urban hang suite is just another empty room. --Roni Sarig
Sales Rank:2552 List Price: $9.98 Lowest New Price: $4.09 Lowest Used Price: $4.07 Artist(s):
Tracks:
Nowhere Fast - Steinman, Jim
Sorcerer - Nicks, Stevie
Deeper and Deeper - Curnin, Cyril
Countdown to Love - Kupersmith, Marty J
One Bad Stud - Leiber, Jerry
Tonight Is What It Means to Be Young - Steinman, Jim
Never Be You - Petty, Tom
I Can Dream About You - Hartman, Dan
Hold That Snake - Cooder, Ry
Blue Shadows - Alvin, Dave [1]
The film soundtrack that acted as the vehicle to promote the late Dan Hartman's last hit single 'I Can Dream About You' as well as The Fixx's 'Deeper And Deeper', plus tracks from Marilyn Martin, Greg Phillinganes, Maria McKee, Ry Cooder, The Blasters and more.
Sales Rank:1474 List Price: $17.98 Lowest New Price: $11.90 Lowest Used Price: $6.97 Artist(s):
Chris Duarte
Tracks:
The Best I Can Do
Satisfy
Slapstak
More Boogie
Troubles On Me
Lets Have A Party
The End Of Me And You
Blow Your Mind
She Dont Live Here Anymore
Babylon
Woodpecker
Blow Your Mind (Extended Version )
Troubles On Me (Extended Version)
Chris Duarte s new CD Vantage Point is poised to surpass the expectations of his loyal fan base as it features his best work in the context of high energy blues rock contains moments that bring to mind legendary artists as diverse as Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix and Eric Johnson.