The Doobie Brothers - Stampede
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Artist: The Doobie BrothersEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Soundtracks:
- Sweet Maxine
- Neal's Fandango
- Texas Lullaby
- Music Man
- Slat Key Soquel Rag
- Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me A Little While)
- I Cheat The Hangman
- Precis
- Rainy Day Crossroad Blues
- I Been Workin' On You
- Double Dealin' Four Flusher
Free Music Notes for Stampede
Free Music Review: The Johnston era's finest Doobie album
Hit: 5 Stars
One of the band's finest albums, "Stampede" features a loose concept tied into the old west. The last stand for Doobies founder Tom Johnston as the creative center of the band, "Stampede" sounds extremely good. If it has been remastered (and I haven't done an A/B comparison to the previous edition), it doesn't say so on the album packaging anywhere. It's possible these remasters were all done at the same time as the Doobies box set and the tracks on that set and this one do sound similar. Either way, the album sounds terrific (and contrary to other reviewers who bashed the first CD issue of this, that one sounded good as well with terrific dynamic range. A lot of music lovers confuse louder and compressed with sounding better. It isn't. The life is usually squeezed out of it and its usually "brickwalled" which means that the lows and highs are roughly the same because there's nowhere sonically for the music to climb to).
The songs by Johnston and Simmons are among their best. Patrick Simmons checks in with his stunning epic "I Cheat the Hangman" (inspired by the short story "An Occurence at Owl Creek" about a hanging)which has a brilliantly arranged coda featuring a haunting choir, a brilliant horn solo and string arrangement that makes this the band's "A Day in the Life". Simmons also has a number of other strong tracks (including "Neal's Fandango") but this is the stand out cut on the album for him. It's followed by the moody solo guitar piece "Precis" written by newest member Jeff "Skunk" Baxter (former member of Steely Dan)that provides a nice, quiet coda the intense closer. Simmons also provides a solo guitar piece "Slack Key Soquel Rag" (Simmons overdubbed all the guitars. The song was misprinted "Slat" on the original album cover)that's also a nice counterpoint to "Music Man" (and closed out the original first side of the album).
Johnston checks in with a handful of strong songs including the opening track "Sweet Maxine" (co-written with Simmons. Johnston supplied the lyrics and sings the song ably backed by Simmons)with the rollicking bar piano playing of Little Feat's Bill Payne front and center. Johnston's "Rainy Day Crossroads Blues" is equally impressive but "Music Man" with strings arranged by Curtis Mayfield provides us with a powerful example of why Johnston's soulful vocals make him one of the most underrated singers around. Incidently, the three guitar attack of Johnston, Simmons and Baxter gives this album a feeling that occasionally echoes The Allman Brothers but with that unique Doobies sound behind it.
The highlight aside from these tracks is Johnston's brilliant performance of the cover tune "Take Me In Your Arms" which the band makes its own. Johnston's soaring, soulful vocal helped carry this cover tune to #11 on the charts for the band as a single. Surprisingly while there were other singles (among them edited version of "Sweet Maxine")none of them cracked the top 20.
The plus sides of the equation for this reissue are many--the album is presented in nearly an exact replica of the original vinyl release from 1975 including the lyrics on the inner sleeve with the CD inside a thin plastic holder to protect it from scratches (ah if the U.S. would only do that...)and the packaging is a replica of the original gatefold sleeve. It's a terrific recreation. The label of also recreates the label that Warner used during the 70's. The Japanese edition of this also includes a booklet with the lyrics in English and Japanese (as well as notes on the album NOT translated). Some of the lyrics are mistranslated from what I can recall but it's not as bad as some I've seen.
As with all Doobie albums the playing is top notch throughout. Johnston would remain a member through "Takin' It To The Streets" (contributing one very good song to that album and trading vocals with Simmons on "Wheels of Fortune") and "Livin' On The Fault Line" but Johnston's health problems (he suffered from ulcers and other stomach ailments)made this his last album (before the reformed Doobie line up in the 80's)with the band as a major creative force. It's a brilliant album highly underrated (why The Allman Brothers receive all the praise they do, Eagles and the Doobies do not is beyond me).
This is a classic album that combines, rock, R&B and country rock in a potent mix. This is highly recommended.
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Limited Edition European pressing of this album comes house in a miniature LP sleeve. WEA. 2006.Limited Edition Reissue of the Original Doobie Brothers Album in a Special LP Sleeve Replica that Duplicates all of the Original Vinyl Package that was Originally Released on Warner Brothers Records. The Detail Goes Down to the Warner Brothers Inner Sleeve (Which Typically Solicited Compilations of Other Label Artists) and the Version of the Label Used on the Original Album. This Package also Includes Full Lyrics (In English as Well as Japanese).
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