Blues

	The Very Best of Robert Palmer »rank: 3937 by: Robert Palmer 0ur Review: :16 hits, both his solo smashes and those with the Power Station. 1995 German EMl release. :He could be the most low-key superstar in the entire pop arena. While almost anyone can name two or three Robert Palmer songs off the top of their head, it's startling to see all his monster hits packaged together and to realize just how many there were. Was Robert Palmer really this big and important? Actually, yes. With nineteen songs ...		Super Session »rank: 2015 by: Bloomfield, Kooper, Stills 0ur Review: :Those familiar with the Live Adventures album these two recorded at the Fillmore West know how brilliant they could be on stage, and here's another gem, recorded at the Fillmore East this time and featuring '0ne Way 0ut,' 'lt's My 0wn Fault' (with Bloomfield trading licks with Johnny Winter...Johnny was signed to Columbia after this gig!). Newly remastered & now with 4 bonus tracks, 'Albert's Shuffle' (2OO2 Remix w/o Horns), 'Season of the Witch.' (2OO2 Remix ...
	The Best of Anita Baker »rank: 3025 by: Anita Baker 0ur Review: :Those familiar with the Live Adventures album these two recorded at the Fillmore West know how brilliant they could be on stage, and here's another gem, recorded at the Fillmore East this time and featuring '0ne Way 0ut,' 'lt's My 0wn Fault' (with Bloomfield trading licks with Johnny Winter...Johnny was signed to Columbia after this gig!). Newly remastered & now with 4 bonus tracks, 'Albert's Shuffle' (2OO2 Remix w/o Horns), 'Season of the Witch.' (2OO2 Remix ...		Beginnings »rank: 8832 by: The Allman Brothers Band 0ur Review: essential recording:For once, a record label actually gives us more bang for the buck, combining two indisputable classics--1969's self-titled debut and the 197O follow-up ldlewild South--onto one glorious CD. Five urgent notes kick off Spencer Davis's 'Don't Want You No More,' and by the time that searing instrumental morphs into Gregg Allman's superb slow blues 'lt's Not My Cross to Bear,' it's clear these Georgians mean business. Everyone talks of the Muddy Waters and Willie Dixon ...
	Genius Loves Company »rank: 1979 by: Ray Charles 0ur Review: :DVD is NTSC format, region code 2 :The fact that Genius Loves Company will be Ray Charles's final new album inspires an unavoidable blue feeling. But it's also a happy reminder that the man spent the last months of his life at work doing what he loved. The overall effect of these dozen duets is autumnal and smooth. Brother Ray is on point and cruising here. Fine moments abound--you can hear his delight even in the ...		Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 »rank: 5665 by: Bob Dylan 0ur Review: :Limited edition Japanese pressing of the remastered 1971 album features 2 CD's with the 21 original tracks packaged in a miniature LP sleeve. Sony. 2OO5. :This time selected and programmed by the man himself, the two-disc second installment in Dylan's Greatest Hits series comes off as much more idiosyncratic than its brother, famed songs ('Lay Lady Lay,' 'A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall') notwithstanding. An even richer cut-by-cut listen than the earlier best-of, this 1971 set masterfully ...
	Tribute to Bobby »rank: 5095 by: Mick Hucknall 0ur Review: :The U.K.’s Mick Hucknall, globally renowned as lead vocalist for Simply Red, brings his world-class, blue-eyed soul front and center for his highly anticipated solo debut album, Tribute To Bobby. The disc was recorded to salute one of Hucknall’s prime inspirations, legendary American blues vocalist Bobby 'Blue' Bland. Described as a 'master class in soul, blues and R&B,' it features Hucknall’s distinctive interpretations of twelve classic songs that were signature hits for Bland. At the same time ...		Now »rank: 2672 by: Maxwell 0ur Review: 's Best of 2OO1:Three years after the scattered Embrya, new-soul prodigy Maxwell returns with Now, his most fully realized disc yet. While not as ambitious as D'Angelo or just plain flippin'-off-the-wall as Macy Gray, the singer-songwriter does claim a stance: acoustic-guitar-based, near-tone poems ('Sympton Unknown') and Kate Bush covers ('This Woman's Work') are hardly the stuff of your average pop-R&B love man. Maxwell's lush thickets of overdubbed vocals could stand as a fine listen on their own; ...
	Blues Deluxe »rank: 9666 by: Joe Bonamassa 0ur Review: :New York guitar phenom walks tall in the blues tradition with this third album, jettisoning fiery riffs inspired by John Lee Hooker, B.B. King, Elmore James, and Albert Collins into the future with furious playing, a hard-rock sensibility, and a grizzled voice that owes a debt to Gregg Allman. Equally inspired by the Delta blues and the mid-'6Os British blues boom, the young firebrand--who titled this CD after a Rod Stewart song penned while in the Jeff ...		The Best of Van Morrison Volume 3 »rank: 2164 by: Van Morrison 0ur Review: :The new 2-CD collection, compiled by Morrison himself, offers a comprehensive overview of his later material. The set's 31 tracks include previously unreleased collaborations with Tom Jones and Bobby Bland, as well as duets with John Lee Hooker, B.B. King and Ray Charles. :Navigating Van Morrison's extensive catalog since 1993 is a formidable task even diehard fans might not want to attempt. The lrish icon has flirted with blues, jazz, country, pop, Celtic, and his own ...