Jonny Lang - Lie to Me
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Artist: Jonny LangEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1997-01-28
Music Label: A&M
Soundtracks:
- Lie To Me
- Darker Side
- Good Morning Little School Girl
- Still Wonder
- Matchbox
- Back For A Taste Of Your Love
- A Quitter Never Wins
- Hit The Ground Running
- Rack 'Em Up
- When I Come To You
- There's Gotta Be A Change
- Missing Your Love
Free Music Notes for Lie to Me
Free Music Review: 3.5 stars
Hit: 4 Stars
When you consider that Jonny Lang was still a kid when he recorded this album, it's incredibly impressive.
But putting the child prodigy angle aside, for a moment, it's really a mixed bag. There are, undoubtedly, moments of sheer greatness. The opener, title track "Lie to Me," is catchy, high quality blues, and the follow up "Darker Side" is a potent song, as well. The album offers up a nice mix of harder rockin' blues numbers with slower blues both of the heavy and soft varieties. At times Lang's playing even echoes that of Stevie Ray Vaughan.
So why is it a mixed bag?
Well, to some extent, the album tries a little too hard to be modern, and loses some of the raw emotion of the blues. Part of this modernity is seen in the album's clear pop leanings, evident on a number of tracks, which water it down somewhat. And then there's that final track, "Missing Your Love." It might be the weakest track on the album, and it just leaves a bad taste in the mouth. If it had to be included, it would have been a better fit somewhere in the middle...well away from the influential beginning or ending of an album.
But, given all that, it's still a good album, and one worth hearing. Perhaps some who like pop infused blues more than I will appreciate it more fully.
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Jonny Lang cut his debut album in Memphis when he was just 15, and, upon its release in 1996, the guitar prodigy from Minneapolis instantly became one of the leading lights of modern blues. He's a fast and flashy player whose approach rests equally on technical assurance and musical intelligence. Sizing up a dozen songs, he gets a pleasing, razor-sharp sound out of his ax while building excitement in his lead lines--thankfully, he steers clear of clich? and bombast. As a fledging singer, he acts out the lyrics of Ike Turner's age-old shuffle "Matchbox" and his own romantic ballad "Missing Your Love" with surprising poise and believability. Kudos to producer David Z for surrounding Lang with alert, first-rate sidemen and for helping select good material from Turner, Sonny Boy Williamson, Tinsley Ellis, and others. --Frank-John HadleyBlues Music CDs
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