The Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker
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Free Music Review: So mediocre it hurts
Hit: 1 Stars
The Black Crowes impressed people because in the 90s they looked like a 70s rock band, and sounded like a 70s rock band, and they had the attitude of a 70s rock band. The boogied, they had anthemic choruses, they were a little bit country and a little bit blues and a lotta bit rock `n' roll, and when you listened to their music you could sorta see them drinking beer and playing some dingy bar and doing the whole sex drugs and rock `n' roll thing. It was all cool, but here's the problem- not all 70s rock bands were good. In fact, some of them, despite all of their country and blues and suds and heroin, were terrible. The Crowes ain't immune from that fact. Sounding like the Small Faces in the 90s can be cool, but that's only the case if you have good songs to justify the sound. Otherwise, it's just a gimmick. And that's exactly what Shake Your Money Maker is.
In fact, this album tends to remind me why 70s rock isn't that fondly remembered a genre in the first place. This is an album full of macho posturing, instantly forgettable riffs, boring ballads, go-nowhere guitar riffs, and so on. It wallows in bar rock's clich?s without contributing anything new, and frankly, if I wanted that I'd listen to Bad Company. "Could I've Been So Blind" and "Jealous Again" are bland, joyless rockers with lame riffs and cheesy choruses, while "Seeing Things" and "Sister Luck" are equally uninspiring ballads that amble their way past the five minute mark in almost pitiful fashion. "Twice As Hard" is a badly misguided stab at a hard rock anthem, and "Thick n' Thin" is a joyless boogie with old-hat guitars and a quiet/loud dynamic that's only sort of cool. Even the big hit, a cover of Otis Redding's "Hard To Handle," has little more to recommend it than some funky rhythms. "She Talks To Angels" is another flat-on-its face country ballad.
Maybe I should just pass this off as mediocre, give it three stars because it isn't exactly offensively bad, but that would be too generous. These guys don't even get points for originality. Don't waste your time.
Free Music Review: A Rarity
Hit: 5 Stars
SHAKE YOUR MONEY MAKER by the Black Crowes is a true rarity -- a really good album of "classic" rock music recorded after the 1970's. There aren't many of these out there, folks, so this is something to savor. The robust late-60's to early-70's rock era slid into a near-comatose state in the 1980's. The release of this set in 1990 was a welcome breath of fresh air.
The first two songs of the set are the killers, but SYMM is solid from beginning to end. Bluesy, guitar-based rockers are mixed with several slower ballads in a satisfying collection of gritty songs that are all very listenable. Whereas many slow rock songs just roll over and play dead, leaving you waiting for the next catchy, up-tempo rocker, those included here (i.e. "She Talks To Angels") work well. That these guys can record enjoyable rock ballads is an accomplishment and marks the Crowes as a rock band to be reckoned with. Chris Robinson's vocals are raspy and emotive. The guitar riffs are infective. This is rock worthy of the "classic" rock era.
Don't get me wrong -- SYMM isn't another SGT PEPPER, WHO'S NEXT, or LET IT BLEED, but by post-1980 standards, this is great stuff. You can listen to all the songs without hitting any that make you wonder what somebody was thinking when they left it in. I often do. If, like me, you loved the music of the classic rock period and wonder why everybody seems to have forgotten how to write and play it, you gotta have this one.
Free Music Review: Black Crowes
Hit: 5 Stars
I've always loved this album, I had it on cassette years ago, but purchased this copy so I'd have it on cd. It is a classic, I love it!Free Music Review: Shake Your Money Maker by the Black Crowes
Hit: 5 Stars
Some of the best music and singing I have ever encountered. There is a little something for all tastes in this album. I couldn't have been any happier finding it at Amazon. I had looked all over for years. PaulaFree Music Review: Great Debut!
Hit: 5 Stars
If you are a fan of blues based rock, this CD is for you. If you are learning about the BLACK CROWES for the first time, this CD is for you. To me this is the best BLACK CROWES CD and it should be listed as a greatest hits record for all of the good songs. 17 years after its release, I still enjoy this one.