Bonnie Raitt - Give It Up
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Free Music Notes for Give It Up
Free Music Review: Classic blues-rock album
Hit: 5 Stars
Bonnie's first love is the blues but her music incorporates other influences including pop, folk and R+B. With three self-penned songs (Give it up, Nothing seems to matter, You told me baby) and seven other songs from diverse sources, this is one of Bonnie's finest albums, showing how she has pulled those different musical styles together.
The covers include the R+B classics I know (Barbara George) and If you gotta make a fool of somebody (originally recorded by James Ray, it became a major UK hit for Freddie and the dreamers, though I suspect that it was James Ray's version that inspired Bonnie's outstanding cover). Other great covers include Love has no pride (an Eric Kaz song that I first discovered on Linda Ronstadt's album, Don't cry now) and Under the falling sky (Jackson Browne).
This album, along with Bonnie's other early albums, did not receive the attention it deserved at the time, but as her reputation has grown, more people are learning just how good Bonnie's music really is - all of it, but especially those early albums.
Free Music Review: Epic Album
Hit: 5 Stars
Bonnie Raitt became a huge popular success quite a few years into her illustrious career. That being the case, it is easy to lose sight of the her earlier recordings. Give It Up is an early tour-de-force of eclecticism on which Raitt's resonator, 6- and 12-string acoustic, and (less frequent) electric guitar playing plays a role on every track, and on which Raitt's singing voice moves easily from the introspective singer-songwriter style to classic blues, R&B, and soul. Raitt does not so much imitate various styles as she seems to become a 1920s blues singer, become a soul singer, and so on. Her backing musicians play flawlessly throughout and the arrangements faithfully recreate a virtual compendium of American roots music styles from the 1920s to the 1970s. An album that's every bit as vital today as it was nearly 40 years ago, Give It Up is a must purchase!Free Music Review: Forget the awards, this is Bonnie's best album
Hit: 5 Stars
This album and all of Bonnie Raitt's first three albums were her best work, period. Her first disappointing album was her fourth, Streetlights, and although I was happy to see her get the long overdue recognition at the grammies, I just can't connect with most of the music she's been doing during her "successful" years. In her first three albums, she struck the right balance between blues, bawdiness, sincerity, and fun. Best of all there was no trace of the maudlin quality that crept into some of her later songs, nor was there the plain raunchiness that she's selling today with "Gnawin' on it." If your reaction to Bonnie singing "I Can't Make you Love Me" is the same as mine "Oh, get over it," you might like her early work better, it's just great blues, great music, without the self-involvement and the self-pity.Free Music Review: love it!
Hit: 5 Stars
It is refreshing to read reviews from fans who were actually there when this CD was first released (as an album, ofcourse) back in '72, because listening to it today, one can also feel the same adoration for Bonnie. My stance is that, if you truly call yourself a music lover, then this CD is a must. It is gorgeous to listen to from the first song to the last. The musicians are in mint condition, and I must I agree with a reviewer who stated that this CD gives you the feeling of a casual studio session with everyone very relax and just there to make beautiful music. It is mainly Blues tinge but you will notice some New Orleans style dixieland blues in "Give it Up or Let Me Go" and "You Got to Know How." It makes you think that Bonnie is from the South, but she was actually born in Burbank, CA back in 1949. Wow, She a real Gem!!!Free Music Review: This is it, folks.
Hit: 5 Stars
Bonnie at her best, before she tried disco and pop. No white chick could touch Bonnie in those days for true soul. I had all her albums - this one was never topped. And if you don't stop whatever you're doing and get all misty-eyed at "Stayed Too Long At The Fair," your heart ain't beatin'.
I saw her a few months after this album came out, at the Cellar Door in D.C., on stage with only Freebo the bass player (John Prine was the opening act). Fantastic night - those were the days.