Arthur Lee - Arthur Lee (Original Recording Remastered)
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Music CD Cover Artist: Arthur Lee Edition: Music CD Audio: English (Unknown) Format: Original recording remastered CD Release Date: 2009-01-13 Music Label: Friday Music Soundtracks:
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Free Music Notes for Arthur Lee (Original Recording Remastered) Album
Free Music Review: Q:LOVE Is? ......... A:"Hey, man.That's the name of my group."
Hit: 3 Stars
Be forewarned, now, I'm like this huge LOVE fanatic.
And am probably a little too excited about finally seeing this 1981 Rhino Lp released in CD format by Friday Music (Muchas Gracias!)
to be trying to write a review on it.
However, as you can see, I only gave it a mere 3 stars. In a feeble attempt at keeping it real. Or as a token of my extreme.
But, hey, if you're an Arthur Lee fan, don't let a little thing like that throw you off, especially if you've never even heard it before.
'Cause everybody's different & Viva that! As you'll hear, this thing really does have it's moments.
Such as the 1977 rococo pop of this remake of an original Love outtake from Forever Changes"I Do Wonder";
The goofy funk workout with a demented Shine On, You Live Long chorus called "Happy You";
a wan 1980? remake, even though it features the great Velvert Turner-a protege of Hendrix on guitar, of "7 & 7 Is";
the fun garage rocker "Bend Down";
and the prettiest song on the album, a cover of the Jimmy Cliff song-"Many Rivers To Cross"-that Arthur accompanies himself on piano.
And the rest aren't that bad either.The trouble is, it ain't no Forever Changes.
Musically speaking it's closest comparative album would have to be it's immediate predecessor from (three & or) seven years before, Reel To Real.
Which left many fans disillusioned and Arthur claiming sabotage.
{But RTR still contained the definitive version of "Everybody's Gotta Live";
the ever fearful paranoid, agora-and-everything-else-phobic "Which Witch Is Which";
and the shoulda-woulda-coulda-been-a-hit-but-was-too-close-to-the-original-and-released-too-soon-after-it-became-a-hit,
and-therefor-non-hit "Be Thankful For What You Got";
the blustery rootin'tootin' "You Said You Would"
and a studio remake of "Singing Cowboy" that wasn't as good as the first one from FourSail.
But if you compare it to Forever Changes-they come out sounding mediocre-and the worst curse in the world is to be mediocre-especially after recording the first three Love album's (+ one & a 1/2 single's)
Not to say Lee was ever truly mediocre, or that these album's mentioned are just half an a**
As far as his studio discography goes, from the year 1974 onward represent something of a wilderness period for him.
Where he seemed to either had bad luck or no luck at all.And the album Arthur Lee falls right into that time period.
As does his final studio release Arthur Lee And Love} (aka Five String Serenade)
All I can tell you is 'let the music do the talking.'Enjoy, Please!