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actually rather like this one. 'hard to handle' appears to be the most popular song, but felt that one was only ok. 'she talks to angels' is great, heard that one before. lots of good guitar. generic voice
This came out a few years after Appetite for Destruction and had a similar impact... looking back, the southern rock, however influenced by the Stones, doesn't have as much pull as before.
4 really solid enjoyable songs. The remaining are probably great in a local live bar-band setting, as it is gritty bluesy rock with energy and passion. Unfortunately they are largely forgettable and aren't enough to come back to to warrant a 4 star rating. Still good.
No need to skip any, very enjoyable. Love the piano rock
I enjoyed the Black Crowes when I first heard them in the early '90s. Some of their songs are superb in my opinion, and I think most of my favorite Black Crowes songs are on this album (e.g., Hard To Handle, She Talks To Angels, Jealous Again, Sister Luck, and more). I love the guitar work on this album but I never know if it's Rich Robinson or Jeff Cease I'm hearing when I'm admiring what I hear (like that real sweet bluesy lead in 'Sister Luck'). I know Jeff Cease is named lead guitarist for this album, so I'll give this another couple listens to see what I pick up (no, that's not meant as a guitar pun). I hadn't listened to this album in a very long time - probably decades - and, dang, it really holds up well. Love the rootsy-bluesy-gritty-rock-meets-gospel sounds. Chris Robinson is a really great singer. I would've loved to have seen them in concert when they toured to support this album.
Great grooves and heartfelt vocals. Keepin' the faith in good ol' rock 'n' roll.
Always been a favorite.
So it's got that one classic song on it. I was surprised that this came out in 90. It definitely seems older. It's not exactly for me, but its all over the place.
awful i never want to hear anything similar
It's just a southern rock album. Not much to say about it other than the keyboard is great and the guitars are pretty good. The singer's voice is stereotypical of the genre, so there's no surprises in that department. All in all an okay experience.
This album is just another boring nineties album to me. I don't care for it, I'm never going to listen to it again, and I never really liked Hard To Handle.
Inte min kopp av te, gubben rock.
Too loud
hard rock muy genérico a mi entender, nada muy interesante, que me perdonen los puristas, hace 30 años trataban de sonar como hace 20 años de ese entonces.
Många bangers! Bästa låtar: Hard to Handle Twice As Hard Jealous Again
Very good album
Solid rock album - Lynyrd Skynrd vibes
Loved it. Sought out more of their music afterwards. I’m now a fan.
Feels like a CD I should have bought in my 20s
7/10 classic rock with a hint of blues in some songs. best song: twice as hard
Not my cup of tea but they sound great!
One good song. The rest was meandering forgetful average rock songs.
Fun one
Awesome southern/blues rock album
Not a huge fan of the vocals but some fun songs like Twice as Hard and Hard to Handle
Like a modern Rolling Stones. Pretty good but nothing that jumped out at me.
Didn’t realize so many familiar songs were on a relatively unknown album. Quality listen.
Everything other than "Hard to Handle" just sounds like the most generic music ever. It's kind of impressive. I couldn't imagine wanting to listen to again or share this album with friends.
I liked it! The hits were the hits, no true hidden gems.
Safe for Hard to Handle, I had no idea this band was a thing and loved being able to find hard, bluesy rock in the 90's as opposed to having to travel in time to Led Zeppelin.
I have heard several tracks from the band over the years, but nothing has piqued enough interest to get me to listen to more. No change of opinion. The musicians are talented, but for me this album is "okay".
Killer album. Half of it consists of absolute classics but another case of the hits overshadowing the rest of the album. Still a great listen for some throwback rock and blues.
It was, fine? Inoffensive but not particularly memorable.
Not really my sort of thing, and this felt old-fashioned when it was *released*, let alone 30 years later. Not bad, just not a great album.
Decent, plenty of catchy tunes. Not usually my cup of tea but went down well as background noise.
Solid as a rock
I had heard this before - solid southern rock sound.
A reasonably good bar band who's outsized success is a testament to the power of formulaic bullshit when it comes to opening the wallets of people with little understanding of authentic rock and roll.
Quite pleasant to have playing in the background, but utterfly forgettable and unexciting.
Really enjoyed listening but didnt fully grab me - nice surprise though
catchier than i thought. Like a more down-to-earth inspiration of the decemberists.
4.0
brings me back to high school. lots of energy.
One of my favorite albums, from one of my favorite groups. Not to mention one of the best debut albums
At the top of their game!
"hard" rock, "bluesy" kind of, vaguely 80s - 90s vocals, super generic sounding. This is the music that would play in a deserted franchised bar in a dying strip mall.
Really enjoyed this. Think they were an under rated band. ****
Really like the rock vibe, grungy guitars and power. Would definitely run with this album!
Great, fun rock album
Very listenable, but forgettable.
It was decent. Not really my cup of tea. Most of the songs sounded the same to me. Favorite track: Sister luck
Bloody excellent album!
When no one was making this sort of music, the black crowes released this absolute banger. High octane rock n roll from start to finish. lovely stuff. Not sure its quite strong enough throughout to give it a 5 but certainly a solid 4/5
I expected more. It was just fairly inoffensive dad-rock in the end.
Fairly enjoyable listen, pretty straight up blues rock
Hard to handle is such a great track
Blues-y guitar-driven rock, very full sound, driving
Okay, Schwanzmusik schon, aber ich mochte und mag das gern. Fand ich damals schon eine gelungene Wiederkehr dessen, was ich mir so unter musikalischer 70ies-Rock-Ästhetik für Anfänger zurechtsimuliert hatte. Von 3.6 aufgerundet "I'm never afraid of losing faith in you" ist außerdem eine ziemlich gute Zeile.
Hard Rock, wie er wohl niemals wieder ernsthaft ins Gespräch kommen sollte. Eine so cocky Spielart ist heutzutage schwer vorstellbar - höchstens als x-te Reunion Tour. Kurze Frage: sind die Jungs alle Geschwister oder war eine so deutlich markante Kinnpartie Einstellungskriterium bei den Krähen? Krahkrah 1.0
Kurzer erster Gedanke: „Beschreiben Sie dieses Album in 3 Worten:“ „Nichts für Malo.“ Bin gespannt, ob‘s stimmt! Ich kann mir je nach Laune und Länge der Autofahrt so Southern Rock Mock-Up ja ganz gut anhören. Nichts, was CCR oder die Allman Brothers nicht schon erfunden hätten, hier aber aus der Perspektive der Nachgeborenen noch „verfeinert“ und technisch perfektioniert. Gute Musik für ne lange Fahrt in den Urlaub oder nen Schweinerock-Abend ohne Manieren.
“Shake Your Money Maker” by The Black Crowes (1990) Good rock. The main lyrical theme here is of a man opening up his soul to/about his woman. Honest, reflective, and sassy, these all work well in the rock genre. Think early Rolling Stones. Pretty standard structure and arrangements, delivered well enough. Fine guitar grooves, with plenty of distortion and sustain. While Chris Robinson’s lead vocal has an appropriate and legitimate southern rock attitude (sorry, Boss), it is certainly missing variety, making it (accidentally and sadly) one of the more recognizable 1990s voices out there. “Seeing Things” tries to be a gospel-spiced anthem, but it doesn’t quite make it. Their cover of Otis Redding’s “Hard to Handle” cooks without boiling over, demonstrating that Rock and Roll perdures (but “Thick n’ Thin” is even better). And with the obligatory acoustic-heavy ballad lamenting some poor soul’s drug addiction (“She Talks to Angels”), the Crowes complete their rock album punch card. After 30 years, this is one to put on the shelf just to keep the collection complete. 3/5
Nice
3.5
<3
This was a very important album for me. I bought it right when it released and listened to it constantly. I also saw them on this tour, at a small club in Oakland called The Omni. Sadly, not around any more. They are an amazing live band. I've always loved how loose and bluesy this album is. It definitely deserves to be on this list.
Very clean vocal sound. More blues / garage rock than I remember.
Engaging blues. 6/10
Ok
Annoying bar music.
High school me liked this a lot. I just find it so boring though now.
Not my cuppa
Hillbilly Honkey Tonk. Hver og eneste låt kunne vært i en cars sequel. Stemmen til vokalisten var overdrevent røff og tøff, til det stadiet at det ble ufrivillig morsomt. Leste litt rundt om albumet, reviews og sånt. Fikk ikke så superbra tilbakemeldinger da den kom ut. Forstår ikke hvorfor dette albumet er med her.
One of my fav groups. 4.5 because I know what will come from this album.
Tres bon objectivement, mais pas non plus mon kif
Veldig kjedelig. Super repetitivt, 4/4 riff, ingenting interessant å feste seg til, irriterende vokal, og de mest klisje tekstene 90-tallet kunne stjålet fra 80-tallet. Hvis jeg vil være veldedig, ville jeg sagt at de prøver å gjenopplive gammel rock, men selv da er det ingen grunn til å høre på dette over Guns 'n roses, AC/DC, eller lignende. Eneste positive siden på dette albumet er gitar introen på "She talks to Angels".
Quality tunes.
Surprised I hadn't really heard of them before - and surprised by how much I liked it! Maybe just nostalgic for 90s Georgia summers
Opens with guitar that is the sound of how I wanted to be perceived in 8th grade. This would be brewery singing-from-the-cellar music. Definitely strong summer night highway, mustang convertible vibes. The camera pans straight down the center yellow line, does a flip, and focuses on you with your hair whipping around jamming out to this. Vocals are as if he is yelling in a whisper the entire time. Slows it down a little bit towards the end and brings back reminiscent feelings of an 8th grade dance. You stand there, looking at the swaying couples wondering if they'll get married, emotions are high as you gear up for middle school graduation. Rascal Flatts met Led Zeppelin and then created a Green Day cover band; I don't hate it.
Not really that into it, but not bad.
90’s rock is always good
This is a jam, got this blues rock thing.
boring and annoying
Sort of generic 90's rock. nothing fascinating
I don't like american rock that much
There have certainly been things so far in this that I've disliked intensely but this is the first inclusion I just found quizzical. It was easy enough to listen to but I just don't think it's near the same level as it's peers on this list.
Really solid classic rock. Good road trip stuff
ENJOYED
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This album still holds up, but it might be the amount of memories I have with this playing in the car on road trips.
One great song really shouldn't be enough to push this album to make this list. Hard to Handle is a great song, but the rest is just ok.
Maybe it feels pretty "standard" now, but is a good example of the genre. Was decent.
Solid 3.5. Doesn't warrant a 4 though. Did anyone else notice the glitch in "Twice as hard" at 1:32? It was on Spotify and Deezer oddly enough...
Quite a few songs I know but did not know were by the Black Crowes. A little ballady for my taste at some points, but overall pretty enjoyable.
meh
Nostalgia jam
A real classic. This was already one of my favorites. It is full of great roots rock. She Talks to Angels is an all-timer
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Toe tapping good time. loved the big southern rock guitars. Great melodies and singing.
What a lame album title, but it pleasantly surprised me! I really wasn't expecting to enjoy it based off the genre- but it was really solid! "Struttin' Blues", "Hand to Handle", "Twice as Hard" were pretty solid imo!!
Slaps
2.7
Bluesy Nice slide guitar Driving through the desert radio music Background music 6/10
A pretty great rock album! Surprised it wasn't in my rotation before
Très bonne introduction Album agréable à écouter malgré une première partie d'album plus intéressante que la deuxième qui est assez redondante Très bonne production Assez daté musicalement par rapport à l'année de sortie Les influences prennent le pas sur la musique qui ne réinvente rien malheureusement Il manque une touche de folie pour palier au manque d'innovation L'album reste en surface mais est un bel hommage à leurs groupes préférés
Yuck. I hated this when it came out and hated it less this time but still hated it.
Aside from the popular songs on this album I never really gave them a good listen, but this album was decent. Definitely have to listen to some more of their work.
Decent southern rock. Not genre defining, but solid. Love the voice, good hooks.
First track sounds like Led Zeppelin but folkier, dude on the cover looks like Robert Plant, the dude behind him kinda looks like Jimmy Page...I'm seeing a pattern but can't quite put my finger on it.... Ohhhh so this is where Hard to Handle comes fro (didn't know this was that song's name)
I legitimately forgot this album and band existed. It's weird how some bands stick around in the Zeitgeist while others fade completely despite having similar track records. The album starts out really strong, but then the songs start to sound a bit samey. It's good, but it fades into the background because there's not a lot of tempo variation. There are some slower songs, but I can't say that I'm terribly impressed with songs like Seeing Things. Some of the other songs are good but start to feel like cultural appropriation (lookin at you, Hard to Handle. Talks to Angels is a good song that feels more original. 3/5
Hm naja Nicht so der Burner
Highkey forgettable lmao. Exactly what typa rock n roll sound you'd expect from the early 90s, the back end of 80s hairs bands.
liked the band, liked the music. 3,5/5
it's not bad, but not something i'll return to probably, nice in the mood for some toe tappin rock i guess.
Liked it a lot!
Nothing hugely original here but a really good listen none the less. 3.5 stars
The vocals to me sound like how cilantro tastes like soap. I know this album has those two bops on it, Twice As Hard, and She Talks To Angels; but I don't like how this guy sounds. I almost turned it off a few times through. That's a No from me dog.
Fantastic blues rock record. A classic.
Good ood school sounding rock
A bit over inflated
Rock n Roll, rebelsk, tung guitar
Connor: I wasn't a huge fan. The riffs weren't exceptional, which is what this kind of guitar-driven rock seems to rely on, and the whole album sounds like it could've been made 10-20 years earlier - in which case it might have been more unique
If this were in a movie or playing in the background of a record shop, I wouldn't pay any attention to it. I would most likely never listen to this on my own, though.
pretty good, not my thing
The Crowes have a clear picture of the style niche they want to fill, and the playing to do it well. Unfortunately, the record falls hard into overproduction (at least to my entirely untrained ear) and the arrangements are unbearably radio-ready, especially where solos fit in or fade out. That sheen makes the LP grate a touch too much, though the songs here would sound perfect in the background of, say, a small-town rodeo.
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Solid classic album
Without a doubt, the Crowes BEST WORK. SEEING THINGS and SHE TALK'S TO ANGELS are powerful. I listen to these two practically every day for my sing along songs. Several more really good tracks on here. Twice As Hard, Jealous Again, Hard To Handle are a pleasure to hear, but I just Can't Get Enough of SEEING THINGS!
As beige as a peeled potato! This is generic American rock music to the n’th degree.