Shake Your Money Maker

good

This is just mediocre aerosmith

I used to always get these guys mixed up with the other 90s rock band named after crowes. They're definitely better than those other guys, but not by a whole lot. Also I hate to burst anyone's bubble, but the original "Hard to Handle" is WAY better than this version Favorite track: She Talks To Angels

I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. If it came on in a bar while I was having beers, it would be fine. But I'm never gonna listen to this on purpose.

This is an album of the 90s for me, even though their style is an obvious throwback to some point in the 70s. Good memories, at any rate.

a classic and saw them live for the first time this year - holds up !

Buen disco

Canções no formato antigo de rock baseado no blues e R&B, sem muito atrativo.

Fun, relatively mellow rock

09/15 Pretty good

All bangers. Great throwback southern rock. Brisk and upbeat, the right record on the right day.

A decent blues-revival album. Was certainly unique for pop music when it was released.

would be better in small doses. Like - really small. What I mean by that is I'd love to hear some one or two minute section of southern rock with piano in some other genre song that mashes up genres and it'd probably be my favorite section of such song BUT... full album of just it? Idk man. It's cool. But yeah no nothing speciallll sorrrgiii

Love the singer, these songs stick with me. Fun album.

Feel good dad rock, bit guitar wanky ie robyn's car jams

This is an amazing record to slip out in the early 90s. There are so many good songs on here. Twice as Hard and Jealous Again are barn burning rock songs to kick the album off strong. Hard To Handle was the big introductory hit off the record, as I remember it back then. It's a bluesy rocker, and it's pretty fun. She Talks to Angels is the best song on the album by far. It's a beautiful song. The album tracks are good, but forgettable. Overall, an amazing record.

A up, this was a surprise Good, fun, toe tapping rock. I enjoyed this more than I expected to

Good rock and roll

4.5 for me. Really liked this one

A solid album release by southern rock blues act. Talks With Angels is a fantastic sad song on someone's passing. I'm sure it has been played countless times in grieving a loved one.

An absolute glorious debut record from one of the greatest bands of all time.

Impressive.

Okay. Seemed fresher in its time.

A couple of good songs, but I did not click with this album.

excellent record. not sure why I didn't get into them bc musically they're pretty awesome 5/5

Very fun to listen to with a lot of energy though a bit repetitive over time. None the less entertaining.

This album was great!! I liked almost every song. They have their own style and sound.

I guess this was the Greta Van Fleet of their time? Come on guys, it's 1990, we're not making unreconstructed dive-bar rock any more! This manages to sound like both the 70s and the 90s in the worst ways of both. Awful ballads – Seeing Things is a hideous listen that I had to fight not to skip, and She Talks to Angels shows a bit of emotional depth but still sounds awful. Hard to Handle is good fun but not their song. The rest washed over me inoffensively enough, but I couldn't imagine it being music of any canonical importance. I love a lot of 60s and 70s rock, but this kind of nostalgia-baiting throwback gives me the ick in a way that I don't get from, say, post-punk and synthpop revival that's heavily indebted to the 80s. I think it's because striving so hard for this sound carries an implicit "hey baby, remember real rock music?" machismo that's just deeply lame. Still, there's something pitifully noble about committing to sounding so outmoded.

It sounds almost like a put down but this was “quite enjoyable”. This is one of my favourite genres in music but although happy to listen to it there was nothing particularly individual in either the vocals or the instruments on this album. I categorise this as generic rock music which many bands perform adequately. I was waiting for the ‘wow’ track but it never really came. The first track to wake me from my reveries was “Seeing Things” – the female backing singer made this one at least a bit more interesting than the rest. I recognised “Hard to Handle” but would never have known it was this group who were responsible for it. The second half got my feet tapping more than the first though and by the last track I was thinking that listening through again might make me appreciate it more. As there is so much more music I know I would rather hear though I doubt that will happen.

Not really my sort of thing but didnt hate it. I bet this would be fun on Guitar Hero. Kind of gets worse as it goes on and Hard to Handle cover is just a bit embarrassing.

Absolute bullshit.

Pretty good bog standard American blues rock with plenty of swagger. Prior to this I've only heard the album they did with Jimmy Page, this is alright to listen to but not much to bring me back.

Do you have any idea how traumatizing it was as a kid for this to be your mom's favorite album? It's not the most shit music, but it is still obnoxiously infuriating. Every single hit here makes my ears bleed. It's very cheap rock and that's all there is to it.

They walked so Jet could run.

Great

Great album from my youth!

I was already familiar with this album. It's a great album. It has some of the biggest hits of the 90s in Hard To Handle, She Talks To Angels, and others. For me, the quality of the non-hit songs is what elevates the album as a whole. There really is not a single dud on here. This album has been in rotation for awhile and will continue to be.

Pretty dang good. Forgot how many hits came from this album.

Well crafted piece of rock and roll. Honors the stones but does not dwell on the 60s. Exciting and fun. Loved the guitar work. This is my jam

meh, i am not a fan of southern rock or really any americana adjacent genre. in spite of that, i tried listening to it and maybe see anything that might make this album pop in any unexpected way. but it's just generic southern rock, nothing really special about it, except for the fact that this was released 20 years a too late. i guess this might be an alright throwback album for the true southern rock fans but apart from that... this was disappointing

I liked this but don't think I would listen to it again. Sort of thing that plays on Planet Rock at 11pm

Para una partida de billar en el bareto, puro bar rock

Really good straight ahead southern rock. I liked it then, and I see that it has aged well.

Like pressing a button on the Hard-Rock-American-Blues-Album-Generating-Machine™ and out slips this turd. That's probably a bit harsh but there it is.

classic rock het is best leuk gwn solid

klinkt oprecht copy paste als acdc. zitten wel goede liedjes tussen maar gwn mid

Good fun.

Perfectly fine album. Some songs are great, most are serviceable and unremarkable. I’ve tried a few times over the years to get into them with how much I like She Talks to Angels but it didn’t stick then and still didn’t this time.

I only know Hard to Handle off this album, which is a song I do like. Interested to hear the rest. I like the heavy blues-y guitar. Seeing Things is a great tune. Ditto Hard to Handle. Jeff Cease guitar work is fucking excellent. Alos loving Thick n Thin. Strutting Blues is great too. Not necessarily the most innovative album but it is a lot of fun!

Jaaha… ei tämä albumi periaatteessa huono ole, mutta… Muodollisesti pätevää ja taitavasti tehtyä Amerikan bluesrockia, josta ei kuitenkaan jää mieleen mitään muuta kuin hittibiisi Hard to handle, joka sekin on cover (tosin täysin omiin nimiin vedetty loistava versio). Tämä kuulostaa juuri -80 ja -90 -lukujen taitteen musalta ja kuulostaa vähän aikalaistuotteelle. En tunne Black Crowesia sen kummemmin; onko menestynyt tämän levyn jälkeen… Yhtä kaikki, enpä taida tähän levyyn koskaan palata. 2/5

Tylsää

I think these guys are slightly overrated. I've seen some writers compare them to the Stones and I think that's a little too much. That being said, it doesn't mean they're not a good bar band. This is a solid rocking album..

Not for me, kind of generic, but a nice listen.

Boogie woogie and shitty ballads. It's just the Rolling Stones with all the subtlety and danger removed. The longer I listen, the less I care. Why make music so generic?

no one needs to be listening to a 90's band doing 70's cosplay in the 2020's

I don’t think Black Crowes is who I thought they were. Sounds 15-20 years late. Not bad. I thought Hard to Handle was from the 70s. They’re also from my hometown.

How very rock'n'roll. And that's about it.

It’s ok, im surprised by it being from the 90s.

Too american for me

Nyeh

4 out of 5. Very Rolling Stones inspired and has great energy.

Solid blues rock album.

Overall: 8/10 Man, sometimes you just want to listen to a good rock album with great tunes, fun guitar work and killer vocals. These guys never really brought anything new to the game, but they made some great songs and they knew exactly what their strengths were as a band. Hard to Handle and She Talks to Angels are two of the best rock songs of the entire 90's. Fav Song: Hard to Handle

When the hit song is a shit cover, you have to wonder what the point of having an album like this on the list is. Not genuinely shit, but it's more than a little turdy.

You’ve got slow jam rock, sloppy rock, blues in the style of Joe Cocker with less of a soulful voice but it’s still good. I can’t fault this album though most of its singles, I do not like. These guys hit it out of the park. I think this may be the one album that I give 5 stars to but I’m not impressed by it. I can’t quite explain it. Nothing to fault here other than I personally don’t enjoy the band. Choice cut: she talks to angels

4.5

3.5

Na Faith no more, nog meer gezellige powerrock van rond 1990. Het heeft ook wel wat vibes van bijvoorbeeld Creedence en Lynyrd, maar het is dan ook 'southern rock', en dan de wat krachtiger doorontwikkeling daarvan. Hartstikke leuk, het scoort met gemak een vier, maar het is een beetje te standaard voor meer.

Ik was in 1990 net te jong voor de kroeg. Maar waarschijnlijk draaiden ze daar dit album grijs. Het is vrij typisch '90's rock. Weinig mis mee, weinig over te melden. 3,5 ster

Ja, dit heeft gillende gitaren, is soms bluesy en klinkt ook als veel andere bands die ik 5 sterren heb gegeven. En toch doet Black Crowes het niet voor me. Ik ken de hits die er op staan, maar op een of andere manier vind ik het niet fijn. Het is nep, te gemaakt, zeker die zanger. Met als dieptepunt die oorwurm van een Hard to Handle. Begrijp me niet verkeerd, ik zap niet weg als er een nummer langskomt in een playlistje, geen enkel probleem. De nummers swingen genoeg met degelijke catchy gitaarriffjes. Het is alleen dertien in een dozijn, megacommercieel. Nickelback voordat er nickelback was. Huismerk Bon Jovi. Ik geef een vergeetbare 3, omdat ik die oorwurm graag wil vergeten.

Very competently done blues/Southern rock, but it's just not something I'd ever put on by choice in a million years. It's got a good swing to it for what it is though.

Not their best album but hands down one of the greatest albums of the past 40 years

Hard for me to be unbiased here. I've hated this band's radio singles for as long as I've been aware of them. The rest of the album didn't do anything to make me feel better about it. It's kind of just mid honky tonk through a 90's 'alternative big guitar' production style.

One of the all-time great albums

Turds of black and brown and black and black and black and black and black and black and black and black and black and black and black and black and green and black and black and yellow and black and blue and black and red and blue and white and black and black and white black and yellow I don’t think it’s that color and black and black and black and black and black and white but it’s black and white I don’t think it is black and yellow it’s black and black and green but black I think it looks really nice but it’s a different kind of color but it’s a little different I don’t think that’s the way it is it’s not really that good but I don’t think I think it was just like the black I don’t think that I think it doesn’t have any black or black I think it just a lot more white I think it is a little more black I think it might not look good but it’s just not a good day and then it looks really nice but it’s just like the colors and it’s like the black I just don’t think it was like I think it looks really nice but it’s like the black I think it doesn’t really matter

Generic rock and roll is still pretty good tbh

pretty good

Je découvre ce groupe pour la première fois. C'est bien foutu mais c'est super chiant et répétitif, j'ai vite compris pourquoi ils avaient pas marqué l'histoire. Après pourquoi pas dans un bar dans le sud des US mais sinon oubliable

4.49

Almost went 4. Very very solid.

Another middle of the road vanilla album on the 1001 list. Not even Hard To Handle in the middle is able to lift it much beyond moribund, although just enough to raise the rating to three. Just don't listen to this. No need

I've been somewhat familiar with The Black Crowes for a long time, but have never listened to any of their albums. Wasn't anticipating to like this album as much as I did.

The most generic rock I've heard in a while

Good rock'n'roll

An uninspired retread of a specific type of rock music I never liked to begin with. The singles are an exception, with their dull-as-rocks attempt to emulate The Rolling Stones. At least those parts are somewhat more palatable. Overall, it feels like listening to an old band way past its prime. The only song I somewhat tolerated was a mediocre Otis Redding cover that I've already heard way too many times in my life. I know I'm being overly negative here, but the main reason I'm doing this challenge is to expand my horizons and experience new, interesting stuff. This is the exact opposite, a substantially weaker version of music I'm surrounded with since my infancy. It's one thing to wear your influences on your sleeve, I don't mind that at all, but there is genuinely nothing that makes this album stand out.

Baustelle, Gerstetten, Deutschland. Sounds like öde Altherrenrock.

An album truly and weirdly out of time. The smooth, clean production points to the ‘80s, the sound is some rolling hard ‘70s joint, and the heaviness almost foreshadows the grunge of the ‘90s, if it weren’t so otherwise obsessed with the past. I never actually knew “Hard to Handle” was from 1990, but I guess it makes sense that it’s from that same late ‘80s wave as Guns ‘n’ Roses. Music that the worst guy at your local dive puts on, but you honestly don’t mind too much - at least it’s not Limp Bizkit this time. In other words, a classic “I’d never turn this on myself, but I’m not gonna rush to turn it off either” type of album.

Great rock album, really scratched the itch for some classic rock.

Nearly perfect album, start to finish.

A very strong vibe from a very definite time and place - not revolutionary, but good fun and a staple of my childhood! Favourite tracks: Jealous Again, She Talks To Angels, Could I've Been So Blind, Stare It Cold

Solid album

Just an absolute bore of an album filled with generic hard rock of the time. Other than the singles really nothing stands out to me.

Heirs to the Stones and the Allman Brothers, this is a loose, bluesy, rockin’ album with a twang and shot of attitude that firmly fixes it in the mind

Good, solid album

Alright, another more recent blues rock band. What did I think of this album? I really enjoyed myself with it. Going in, I’d already heard a decent chunk of Black Crowes songs from my brother and tried to go see them live, but it got rained out. What I heard of them before listening to this whole album, I thoroughly enjoyed. After listening to this album, I definitely have a greater appreciation for their work. I think the album works well as an overall experience, with very little that could be considered filler. The way that they can connect the more uptempo blues rockers like Could I’ve Been So Blind with the more melodic and mellow stuff like Sister Luck, two of my standouts, is part of the reason the album works so well. The vocals on this album are really powerful as well, with Chris Robinson being able to blaze through songs like Hard To Handle, another standout, and power through the other louder songs, while also being able to take it down a notch for the more mellow tracks. I also think the guitar playing is worthy of note, with Rich Robinson being able to fire off these heavy solos, and then play more melodically for songs like She Talks To Angels, my final standout track. Add Steve Gorman and Johnny Colt holding down the rhythm section, and you’ve got a very dynamic band to work with. Overall, I think this was an impressive album, it definitely deepened my appreciation for The Black Crowes’ music, and I’d say you should go check it out.

This album smells like ditch weed, my sophomore dorm, and feeling like I discovered Southern Rock. Still love it, even if they grew to bigger and better things. I love listening to this album.

At the start of the Nineties, amidst the burgeoning wave of alternative rock and grunge, the Black Crowes established themselves as mavericks. Their sound was deliberately old-fashioned, making unmistakable references to the 1970s and bands like Led Zeppelin. In 1999, it was no coincidence that they played concerts with Jimmy Page, during which they mainly covered Led Zeppelin tracks. Nine years earlier, they had laid the foundations of their career with "Shake Your Money Maker". When they first took off, I found them dreadful — downright blasphemous. Today, drawing on 'old heroes' has long since become the norm, and I have grown accustomed to bands sounding as if they're from the Seventies. My problem with the Black Crowes is something else entirely: They celebrate a musical style that I find incredibly tiresome after just two or three tracks: Blues rock. When this style is copied without any innovation, I find it even more boring than the originals. I’m certainly in the minority on this. Fans of blues rock, hard rock and Southern rock love the Black Crowes and hold their albums in high regard. I prefer to listen to other things.

Southern tinged rock, recognized "hard to handle"

Solid southern rock that defies the trends of the time and as a results remains timeless.

This is the kind of music Kurt was probably raging against

My head says "Ah, this band is nothing special. They're good at what they do, but it's not like this is one of the best albums of all time." My heart replies with "Fuck it. I enjoyed listening to this. They're getting a 5 even if they don't 'deserve' it." 4.5

Super imitative and not super innovative. I have to admit that hook on Hard to Handle is pretty great though. I never knew they were actual English words that actually made sense until I looked up the lyrics today.

There are albums which sound ahead of their time; this one sounds stuck in the past. That in itself isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but here, it’s such generic rock that is hard to find anything that sets it apart. As much as it’s a cliche to say that something feels “soulless,” the description feels apt here. There are enough Rolling Stones albums in this list that an imitation from a couple decades later (albeit, a pretty close imitation) is more of a slog than a fun throwback. 2.5

You'd think the title track actually appears on the album, which it doesn't - and that goes a long way to explain the dejected faces on the cover

This is, at its core, not a bad album. It's quite listenable and I can imagine having it on my rotation in other moments of my life. But also... it's to a certain extent a nostalgic pastiche coming out in 1990, launching a cult career that, outside of a certain type of American radio and ofJam Band circles, mostly gets noticed for that time Jimmy Page joined them and they did a bunch of Zep covers. What about this MUST be listened to in my life?

Boring, I guess.

This is exactly what you always hear on the country rock station that's playing in the waiting room of the automotive shop. It's good for what it is, but there's not a lot of unique character here and most of the songs just blend together. Favorite track: "She Talks to Angels," simply because it's the only one that stood out from the rest.

I did not feel like this made me want to shake my money maker.

The more I listen, the more I realize I could just listen to 70s hard rock instead

Absolutely average southern rock that is distinctly The Black Crowes.

As a bass player in 35 years' worth of classic rock cover bands, I will be happy if I never have to play - or indeed hear - "Hard to Handle" again. That said, there's a lot of other great music on this album - "Seeing Things", "She Talks to Angels", "Jealous Again" and "Twice as Hard" are all great. Mixing Southern rock (including Chuck Leavell's great keyboard work) with Zeppelin influences, this is just good quality rock music.

Really solid 90s album, quite a few good songs on here. A lot of the loose rock stuff seems to blend together for me, Southern rock and all, but this one is a bit better.

Muchas canciones suenan similares, pero eso no quiere decir que sea malo. Puede volverse algo repetitivo, pero no deja de ser consistente

Typical album, not bad not great

I felt like this was a very well done and effective album. Unfortunately I didn't listen the lyrics thay closely so.

I wish I could go back to the first time I heard "She Talks To Angels"...What an earth-shattering moment.

Good old fashioned rock n roll

Håber ikke der kommer flere post Rolling Stones albums. Ikke dårligt meeen

Det mest lige-inden-alternativ-rock-brød-igennem-ass-album jeg længe har hørt. Lyder ok!

Granddad rock. Sounds like the local band that plays at the fair every year.

Good kinda forgettable

album #101 the unique voice was fun, and i love me some blues inspired rock. middle of the road for me! ꩜ average track rating: 2.7/5 ꩜ favourite track(s): hard to handle ꩜ least favourite track(s): jealous again ꩜ album rating: ★★⯪☆☆ ꩜ number of albums left to review: 988 ꩜ number of albums from the list that i agree with being on the list: 48 ꩜ albums from the list that I would consider on my list: 22 ꩜ albums from the list I won't include on my list: 79

Nothing especially revolutionary, but a solid bit of bluesy 70s throwback music. I'm sure the "rock is dead!!!" crowd absolutely ate this up

Found myself enjoying this more and more as the album went on, with Hard to Handle being where it really hit its stride. Some really fun rockin’ A year or two ago, this album probably wouldn’t have made much of an impression on me, but after hearing all the grunge and boring alt rock bands of the 90s that all sounded alike, it was actually refreshing to hear some guys try to emulate what they jammed to growing up in the 70s.

This sounds like a 90's revival of 70's rock. Nothing mindblowing, but hey, it rocks harder than expected! Standouts: Jealous Again • Seeing Things

Solid, but not particularly interesting. I liked their take on Hard to Handle but nothing here really seemed too inspired or caught my interest.

I was pretty indifferent to The Black Crowes when they first hit the scene in the early ‘90s. But as my musical tastes have broadened over the years, I’ve come to really appreciate Shake Your Money Maker. It’s raw, bluesy, and packed with just the right amount of rock ‘n’ roll swagger. And that opening guitar riff in “Twice As Hard” is easily one of my favorite album openers of all time. I don’t revisit this album very often, but every time I do, I’m reminded exactly why I keep coming back. It’s one of those records that’s simply a blast to sit back and enjoy from start to finish.

This album was unavoidable after it came out. I enjoyed it then and I still enjoy it today. It's just a damn fun listen and worth the entry on this list.

I can’t much stand this. I knew 3 of the songs from classic rock radio growing up, which killed all desire to hear any more classic rock in my life. The ones that I hadn’t heard before I think were even worse.

1. "Jealous Again" 2. "Hard to Handle" 3. "She Talks to Angels"

This is kind of basic blues-rock, but it's a banger. It caught me at the right time in some way or another. On the other hand, this band never produced anything that I've heard that was better than this.

The followup album is even better.

While I have heard the name for decades, I couldn't have told you amy Black Crowes song. It's straight forward, right down the middle blues rock. Which is exactly as boring/good as you are imagining. More Slash's Snakepit than G'n'R.

There are some perfrect tracks on here, but I think this is my 3rd favorite Black Crowes after SHMC and Amorica. 3/5

Shocked how much I liked this - I guess nobody talks about them anymore because they were huge at the time and then just totally washed away by Nirvana? It's basically Motley Crue guitar and drums with stripped down production and some harmonies and the singer's got such a great high-energy voice. She Talks to Angels is crazy too - beautiful guitar + organ and such good dynamics.

Twice as hard- oh hell yeahhhhhh this is exactly what I wanted to hear tonight. Hard to handle has always been a banger, and nothing has changed. Thick and thin is good. Stare it cold has an amazing ending, idk what stare it cold means but I'm convinced that I've got to. I like charming mess. Can't believe an album called 'shake your money maker' is gonna be one of my higher rated listens I was PLEASANTLY surprised. A four, but a lower four than zeppelin. On par with black sabbath.

3,5 e ster eigenlijk. Paar hele mooie nummers, hele plaat beetje veel.

Excellent album with one of the best songs ever on it (She Talks to Angels).

Very solid Southern rock/blues. Used to listen to them a lot back in the day. They were on the radio alot prior to the demise of terrestrial radio. 3.5 stars

Recognized a couple tracks, but the rest of the songs were basically more of the same. This was fine, fairly basic rock that sounds exactly like the era it was released. Overall 3.25/5

Hard to handle is certified white dad music. This album is white dad music. Not a bad thing. I like easy to listen to rock. But this gets a bit samey. Not a whole lot of tempo or sound changing but they stick to their sound and I’ll have them credit for that because it’s good

Pretty generic middle-of-the-road rock album for easy listening. I liked the guitar work on tracks like Sister Luck. Good production. Good vocals. But it really doesn't feel anything more than adequate to me.

Good album . She talks to Angels is an amazing song and Hard to Handle is a banger

Solid southern rock album from the 90’s.

cool, soulful but not that interesting

Meh. 2/5.

I recognise that this is an objectively fun album, but you underestimate my capacity for hating fun.

Through extensive experimentation science has finally created the most neutral rock and roll possible. All other rock and roll bands should be judged as either harder or softer rock and roll than The Black Crows. Very agreeable and inoffensive vibes can't complain

4.5

such average rock music

Love me some Southern rock. It's a fresh breath of air in the 90s where grunge and heavier rock sound was the most prominent. It's a fun album, blues and all that. A feel good album, really. Favorites: Twice As Hard, Jealous Again, Sister Look, Seeing Things, Hard To Handle, She Talks To Angel

First half a 3. It got better though

Boring and generic.

Listened to this a lot as a teenager, good blues rock but nothing groundbreaking

I really liked it! it sounds a lot like of the other bands of the time, Rollin' stones, talking heads etc.

Eh. Pretty generic, but not bad Favorites Song: She Talks to Angels

This was released in 1990. Everyone involved in the production and promotion of this bargain bin blues crap should feel ashamed of themselves.

Well produced. I like the vibe. But no original ideas. No songs that stick.

Has some good songs I have heard before, decent album just to listen to while working

Pretty solid album. Would give it a solid 3.5/5.

I dug it.

A straight throwback. At the tail end of the hair rock era and the beginning of the grunge era, this felt more at home in the late 60s and 70s. Great debut album.

Mostly ok

Песни 70-ых, ничего нового и интересного, просто неплохие песни, которые не наедают и не запоминаются

Perfect amount of blues vs rock. Quite a few good songs, but their best song Remedy is on another album. Favourites: Hard To Handle, Twice As Hard and She Talks To Angels.

Shake Your Money Maker by The Black Crowes was a really enjoyable listen and one I can definitely see myself coming back to. What stood out most to me was the variety across the album. It never feels one-paced or repetitive, and there’s a great mix of bluesy rock, swagger and soulful grooves throughout. The guitar work is excellent and gives the album so much energy and character. It has that classic rock sound without feeling stale, which I really liked. There’s a real confidence to this record. The band sound tight, the riffs are strong, and the songs are packed with attitude. It’s just a very easy album to put on and enjoy from start to finish. This was a great discovery for me and definitely an album I’ll return to again. Favourite tracks: “Hard to Handle”, “Thick n’ Thin” and “She Talks to Angels” were all superb Least favourite tracks: Every track on the album was worth listening to Album artwork: Cool album cover

Didn't like them back in the day - still don't care for their cover of "Hard To Handle", but they have grown on me. A descent southern rock album.

I call this hack rock! There has never been a band in the history of music that has borrowed so much from everyone that came before. I have never liked The Black Crowes!

Solid

The Black Crowes... I'm a little surprised to see these guys on here. They were effectively trying to bring the old-school Southern rock sound into the 1990 mainstream, with some success. This is a pretty simple, somewhat generic blues-rock album that occasionally leans into country balladry. It has a couple good songs(the big hits), but it's mostly kinda mediocre. I want to enjoy it, but I find myself not caring about it. They don't really have a whole lot of musical prowess, and their songwriting is frequently lacking(both in hooks and lyrical content). The best song is an Otis Redding cover, for fuck's sake! This more or less feels like a predecessor to modern radio country(a genre with no artistic merit whatsoever), which makes me want to hate it more. This is the kind of album that is not really essential but definitely had its day in the sun, much like yesterday's altogether more enjoyable Darkness album. This album is ranked #6 of 22 for 1990. Other 1990 albums rated by me: People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm(2/22)-5 Bossanova(4/22)-5 Fear of a Black Planet(5/22)-5 I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got(7/22)-4 The La's(12/22)-3

Um bom álbum de rock mas sem nenhuma favorita. Semelhante a muitos da época.

Fabulous old school blues rock and acoustic rock, with amazing strong high vocals reminiscent of Axl Rose with a little more polish, and from roughly the same time period. Many hits, and the ones that I have never heard are still very listenable even on the first listen.

I’m not sure that apathy, by nature, can be considered a strong feeling. But yeah I feel strongly apathetic about this album

*Truck revving sounds* You're listenin' tooo *HONK HONK* 102.3 *YEEEHAA* Trucker FM *Screeching Tires* Where we play nothin' but manly, American music to rock out to. *Rifle fires* This ain't your city-folks' station. *plays Highway to Hell 10 times in a row*

A banger

Not my thing, skipped most of it

Solid album. Good flow overall and not too long. I preferred the slower blues tracks personally. "She Talks to Angels" as always been a favorite, but I think "Seeing Things" surpassed it.

Eu vi uma definição que esse álbum era "rock de bar" e gostei. Combina mesmo com uma cerveja gelada no fim do dia e bons momentos. QoA Vesper.

Ok

Muito bom. Em época de grunge na alta, ele se distancia disso, com uma pegada hard rock ascendente dos anos 70, mantendo o peso da guitarra, nada farofa, com bastante identidade. Curti demais.

For some reason I thought it's the same band who wrote Mr. Jones but no, that was Counting Crows. I guess up till now they were the same band to me. The album is quite ok but at the same time something doesn't feel fully sincere here? The most general vibe they give off is "INXS if they were American and Michael had none of his charisma" (different genre but half this album sounds like INXS' Good Times and the vocalist sounds Hutchense-y). Another case of rip-off sound is Seeing Things which sounds like Joe Cocker's version of With a Little Help From My Friends. I had an ok time listening to the album but I also had some problems with it 2/5

Great rock album, not much to say

One time I was on Steve Gorman‘s radio show, but my segment got cut before it aired. My teenage self was so proud of me, I wore this record out when I was young. But then my teenage self was disappointed that we never made it to air. Also, too bad the brothers can’t get it together, still team Gorman all the way.

Вот этих мужиков я помню мне было 16 я танцевал под их музон

Proper American rock album, big fan

Better than I thought it would be. Accessible southern blues rock sort of business

This was a solid bluesy rockin' album. Their version of Hard To Handle is as good as Otis' in my opinion. Chris Robinson's vocals are outstanding. He seemingly effortlessly belts out these tunes like it's no big deal. Even with all that, I found Shake Your Money Maker to be mostly unmemorable. Liked Songs Added: Hard To Handle

It's hard to say the black crowes are underrated. Considering they had a significant drop off after this album, and an even further drop after their sophomore jinx, this album still makes them superstars all by itself. This album is so big, so powerful, that if they dropped the today, 6/17/26, it would win a Grammy. It's timeless. Rock that never dies? Here it is. On the album they said they were trying to sound like the stones and Dylan. Instead they ended up sounding like the black crowes.

Why do 20-somethings make music like that? We already have records of that era of music. Of course, this is high-power stuff, great playin and everything - but it is boring!!

Country rock is not my style. 4/10

chill. catchy. classic.

Bluesy. Fun and easy, all the songs felt kind of instantly familiar and a little the same although this band and record were both new to me. Almost felt like a (very skillful) cover band, weirdly? Would listen again in the right setting though.

Amazing Southern Rock album. The right album at the right time for the industry, reminding us that Southern rock can be fun and kicky and hooky. A couple of lulls in the intensity, but good overall. My rating: 5/5

This album sounds like the soundtrack to talking shit with my cousins while drinking cheap beer at a family reunion. three stars

Is it worse to be harmless than outright shitty? When you're playing the blues, probably. 'Blues' is a strong word for what this is, this is about as bluesy as Aerosmith (and it sounds about white.) I guess it's mostly harmless, but when whatshisface starts going "a-heya-pretty-mama..." I start missing the subtlety and grace of Eddie Vedder.

The music reminds me a little of Aerosmith, only more boring. And I don't find Aerosmith particularly exciting anyway. 2/5

70年代っぽくていいね

i just find them very wanky and trying too hard to sound like other bands….. zeppelin for example

The Black Crowes is proper rock and they’re good at it. It was right up my alley and deserves to be on this list. Top songs: Twice As Hard, Could I’ve Been So Blind, Hard To Handle, Thick n’ Thin, Stare It Cold

3.5 Favorite song: sister luck

It's 3.5

This was fine, even good. I kind fail to see how this was influential. It feels dated for its time, which is a fun sound, but idk I think I’d just listen to other stuff.

It's fine. There's a few radio hits on here.

-This album sounds like the School of Rock band were asked to make a soundtrack for Cars 2. I honestly would probably like that better. -The Stones cast an enormous shadow over this whole record, which is the price you pay for being such an obvious Stones worship band... -...And these guys are like a mild flavored family vacation version of the Stones. They're decently fine at copying their basic musical maneuvers (all the bends and hammer-ons, etc.), but they completely lack the sense of musical feel the Stones had, which is a big problem because the Stones were like 90% feel. -The drums sound awful to me and do not fit the songs whatsoever. It sounds like someone copy/pasted the drums from a Motley Crue or Bon Jovi record. There's a good reason Charlie Watts usually played an understated groove. -I finally understand why their biggest hit was a cover song -- these guys are not great songwriters. There isn't a hook to be found anywhere on this album. Which, hey, I can't write hooks either, but that's why I don't make music like this.

I knew it would be bad. I didn’t expect this bad.

The definition of fine

6/10

Generic rock music. I'll pass. I'll give a 2

Celui-Ci il est assez insipide. On dirait une sorte de sous aerosmith Lui je l’enlève des 1001 sans hésiter 3/10

solid 90's rock album. no complaints. would occasionally listen to it.

Singer is not good. Repetitious songs Okay album but not great. Hard to handle: best song

If it wasn’t for ‘Hard To Handle’ and ‘Thick ‘n Thin’ I would have forgotten I was listening to this, most of it is just background. It’s not bad, it just slips past without making an impression

Maybe if I were a trucker or something

First Listen: NA, couldn't take notes! OVERALL: This album is pretty fun. I love some southern blues rock, and these guys do a pretty good job of it. I found myself recognizing a bunch of songs, turns out I knew quite a few songs from these guys but was never aware of them. I don't think these guys do anything crazy unique, it plays around with pre-existing tropes and does a good job at it. It's well produced, well performed, and pretty well written. That being said I do think there's way more interesting acts and albums in the blues and americana sphere. I can't help shake the feeling that these were the Greta Van Fleet of the 90s. I doubt I'll return to this outside a couple songs. 5/10 T3: Twice as Hard, Hard to Handle, Sister Luck

Not familiar with The Black Crowes First Listen, the opening track is exactly what I look for in blues and folk rock. The chorus for many of the tracks are addicting; not surprising because Chris Robinson's vocal performance is excellent. The guitar performances guide every track perfectly and the drums supports everything else that keeps the rhythm going. Perfect highway music in the summer. Highlight of the album, Hard To Handle fucks. Absolutely fucks. That hook in the track is such an ear-pleaser and that alone makes the track slap so hard. Thick N' Thin is a very close favourite (I go back and forth from Thick N' Thin to Hard To Handle) as I think the drum and electric guitar performances are working their best here. Just noticing that my favourite tracks are the ones with names you could describe your cock with. Tuff. Stare It Cold has a super dope exit. That classic rock overwhelming feeling where they throw everything at you. Overall, the album was everything I like about rock. Blues Rock in particular. Though not every track matched the energy, the type TNT and TAH brought, I wanted. I did appreciate the slower paced songs, like Seeing Things, due to the fact that Chris Robinson's vocals is so fucking great. The album is more of a 5 than a 4 however about half of the tracks wasn't meeting me where I wanted to meet. T3: Thick N' Thin, Hard to Handle, Twice As Hard

Solid rock album with some better tunes in the later half of the album when it became more soulful. Still, nothing I needed to listen to.

I remember when they came out and was not that impressed with their style of music. It's good but not great, like what i feel a lot of albums on here are guilty of and just being kind of mid.

It's good rock n roll from a period when that sound wasn't in fashion. I think I prefer their next two albums a bit more, but this one is worth 3.5 rounded to 4.

Wait...I know you. I've heard of this band but I can't remember what from. I was alive in 1990 but was just a tater tot so the memory's a little hazy. This guitar playing sounds familiar. Yeah...I know this song. Memory unlocked! I do remember "Twice As Hard", "Hard to Handle" (I can sing this one despite not understanding a word this man is saying) and "She Talks to Angels". I think this stuff caught play on MTV around the same time as Collective Soul, Soundgarden, Soul Asylum, Pearl Jam, etc so my brain just lumped it in with that 90s grunge alternative stuff. "Southern rock" you say? Sure, makes sense now that I'm hearing it as an adult. Is this important to the development of music? Probably not. But it's still enjoyable.

The beginning of the album was better.

When I was 15 and I had my heart truly broken for the first time, I listened to this album on repeat for the entire summer of '93. I don't know why, because I was heavily into college rock and the Boston scene at that time so this was out of character as far as music goes, but I felt soothed by these songs. I don't know if the album is good or still relevant, but I do know when I heard some of these songs today I felt tremendous sadness for my 15 year old self, and I think any album that allows you to really go back in time like that is pretty powerful and it deserves all the stars.

Perfectly solid southern jam rock. Nothing that will blow your mind, but more than decent to listen to. Upbeat and fun, if otherwise unremarkable. Stronger in the 2nd half. Top tracks: Seeing Things, She Talks to Angels, Stare It Cold

Good album. They are a classic, while I wouldn’t classify them as classic rock.

probably wont return to this much

285 You know how in American teen dramas from the late 90s and into the 00s (Buffy, Dawsons Creek etc) one of the female characters would always end up dating an impossibly handsome clean cut man in a local band and there would always be a scene at the end of the episode where the band is playing a local bar or a prom and all the main characters dance along with big smiles on their faces as the end credits began to roll? This is an album full of the exact songs they would be singing. Highlights Jealous Again Seeing things Hard to Handle.

Right down Main Street southern rock. So pretty meh boring for most of it but I did always love their Hard to Handle cover growing up and it still sounds great. It’s some harmless fun at the end of the day. Rating: 2.1

Bluesy southern rock done right.

Talks to angels, you say...

may God have mercy on anyone who enjoys Southern rock

The only Black Crowes album I was familiar with was *amorica*, which I quite liked. For some reason, though, I never delved deeper into the band’s discography, which is a shame, because *Shake Your Money Maker* is, in my opinion, even better: laid-back yet powerful blues rock with that early ’90s vibe. And the production is spot-on too: the songs are catchy, the arrangements make sense, the sound is both rich and transparent, and the instruments and vocals are showcased tastefully and with true virtuosity. This is how an album should sound!

Swagger in need of a hook

Decent bluesy rock album. Not particularly original, but enjoyed listening to it. Especially Hard to Handle.

Too bland.

I saw them live before ever listening to their songs. What I can say is they're as bad live as they are in the studio.

Not my style.

Bom, mas não ouvirei novamente.

90’s Rock ⭐️Seeing Things

Had low expectations of this but I really enjoyed it. The hard to handle cover is naf but I liked the rest. Would listen again

Ça rock, bien, pas très original pour autant. 3+/5

A photocopy of a photocopy of a photocopy of the blues. An homage to an homage of an homage of the original music. Sounded dated the day it came out and sounds even worse now. I never want to hear this sub-Stones dreck ever again.

5/10

It was rocky

I should appreciate their effort to make a southern rock album without too much machismo, but the writing was just too bad on this album to really enjoy. That drops it to a 2.5 rounded ... up because the piano is good on this album

After the first song or two, I was fully prepared to write this thing off as just some generic rock that I wasn't going to enjoy. But then it's southern rock roots became more apparent, and my take turned around. It wasn't a complete 360, but at least enough to give it a 3.5 stars and round it up.

I mean I get why people would’ve really enjoyed this at the time but I agree with others here that it begins to sound a bit like generic bar rock after enough songs. Not bad but it doesn’t stand out to me.

Another rock band . Not in the mood

Unremarkable

Cool

An absolute MONSTER of a debut album that helped redefine southern rock. And it had 4 singles that got regular MTV and radio airplay for what felt like 2 years. “Jealous Again”, “She Talks to Angels”, “Hard to Handle” and “Twice as Hard”.

Bastante bien, al principio pensé que era un disco genérico de rock como los 20000 que hay en esta página, pero está bastante bastante bien.

great rock album some classic tracks very well put together

Pretty good!

Yooooo! Black Crowes are a bop. This album is fun, loud, and hits when the mood is right. 4.5

Enjoyed this, though it had a tendency to fade into the background. Enjoyable but not impactful/memorable. 7/10 Quite Likeable

rock n roll

Det lød ok. Gør absolut ingen fortræd. Pisse møj kedeligt. Nogen gange, så er det ok at man bliver gjort lidt fortræd. Det kan de lære til en anden god gang.

*29 Perfekt musik hvis målet var at lave reklame-musik for enten a) en open air festival i Varde b) traktorer, mejetærskere og deslignende c) XXL jalapeno-cheese-bacon grillpølser på storkøbstilbud i Bilka Herning Det er røvkedelig rural america-radiomusik.

Det var der ikke meget at sige om. Let at sluge, ikke noget der sparker benene væk under mig.

Hold da op, det var intetsigende 2.0

Det starter godt - og Seeing Things var rimelig fedt - men så går det godt nok hurtigt ned af bakke. Det er fladt, sjæleforladt og helt utrolig kedeligt.

Ikke rigtig dårligt, men heller ikke specielt godt. Kan overhovedet ikke se, hvad det her album skal på listen

🤘🏻

Day852 -the music you love is often heard in your formative years and the black crowes released this album at perfect time. i love them but they will always be my second favorite crows named band

I kinda liked this one.

This is a really fun album. I really liked all the songs. All are playlist worthy. I would listen again.

Some stank face blues rock. Really enjoyable stuff. Couple songs I really dug. Went into this only having heard the Otis cover. Went out pleasantly surprised. Bit too Led Zeppy at times, and sometimes just felt like a a caricature of old blues rock, but I imagine this was refreshing after the glam rock and synth heavy 80s. I just don't have that thirst to quench.

P is apathetic and K actively dislikes.

Awesome.

Derivativo e desagradável. Um daqueles tristes casos de quando uma banda copia um estilo sonoro que por si só já é chato e monótono, e o torna ainda mais chato e monótono. Quer dizer, o som dos Black Crowes seria datado em 1977, em 1990 chega a ser cômico, uma paródia de si mesmo. Apenas uma armadilha de nostalgia para boomers desesperados para reviverem a juventude. Toda música aqui se mistura, tornando-se uma massa cinzenta sem sabor e sem cheiro. Chegando ao final do disco você já está implorando pra que acabe logo. Minha dica é, se você não busca completar a lista totalmente, apenas escute a primeira faixa e decida se quer ouvir o resto ou não, porque o disco não vai sair nunca daquele padrão. Padrão esse que ao meu ver é baixíssimo. 1/5

Rock vibes. Some interesting songs.

Pretty lame, dudes

3.5

nice highlights: beetlebum 3/5

Vähä mitään tarjoamaton rokkilevy. Tulee mieleen amerikkalainen kapakka jossa on prätkätyyppejä pelaamassa bilistä.

Fiiliksenä tästä jäi vähän valju tosi perus rokkilevy, yks tuttu ilmeisesti tän levyn/tän bändin suosioon pompsauttama coveri Hard to Handlesta - muuten ei oikein mitään sanottavaa.

Standard rock album didn’t do much for me

I’d love to have a discussion with the editors about their decision to include so many debut albums on this list. With respect to music history, I guess it is interesting to hear what finally “broke through” for different artists. However, sometimes it is more interesting and a better listening experience to see where the artists go after they have obtained enough commercial success to garner more creative freedom. The second Crowe’s album is far superior to this record because it is more creative. It is still a homage to the blues-rock greats, but it seems fresher. Shake you Money Maker sounds like a lot of major artists from 70s because this is the sound their producer encouraged them to explore. He saw that people were tired of the electronic 80s and were ready for some rock roots. After signing the band, he pulled them into listening sessions of classics from bands like the Stones and Clapton and they reworked their original tunes to have a similar (too similar?) vibe. Nobody is going to be wowed by new sounds introduced on this record. Despite this, there is no denying that this album features some tight blues-rock. They are obviously fantastic musicians. It is a fun album if you just accept it for what it is. To my mind, an album doesn’t need to be especially unique to be enjoyable, but it does need to be unique to be profound. This was a perfectly acceptable record. Not bad, not great.

Enjoyed this more than I thought I would

Incendiary

Unexpectedly kind of awesome?

(3/7) unremarkable (but not unplesant)

Always love blues rock. Some songs didn't full hit me, but I need to listen to this one again.

Fun felt maybe a little derivative

heylittlethingletmelightyourcandlecauseuhmommaI'msurehardtohandlenowyessirram

Straight forward southern blues rock album. Nothing bad, but nothing earthshaking either.

Rock de bueno. Sin mucho arreglo. Fluye y se deja escuchar. Me gustó: Jealous Again.

Previously known. Novelty that doesn't really hold up.

Guess I’m not that into southern rock. Mostly not that interesting. A couple ok songs, but even those were only so-so.

Butt rock blandness

Music wankers.

On the one hand, these guys are super derivative. Essentially Led Zeppelin meets Allman Brothers, these guys make southern rock, emphasis on rock. (I was an usher in Boston at the Orpheum Theatre for a run of theirs, three shows, probably 1992. I wore earplugs and still my ears rang for a couple of weeks after those concerts.) On the other hand, it's a GREAT blend, those two classic fantastic bands mixed together. Allmans with balls. Led Zep with emotional range. Good stuff!

A solid rock album.

I wouldn’t want to be 16 now, it’s so complicated. You’re just surrounded by information much of which isn’t helpful. It was easier when I was 16 even if I didn’t think it was. I had a small group of friends and altering I did weren’t recorded forever. I also had this cassette, and that was simple too. Chuck berry riffs, jagger vocals, hammon organ fills. Nothing fashionable, but universal. Whilst many bands I listened to then fell by the wayside, this did not. Even to the point of butchering the songs on guitar. Some things stick with you

Un rock sympa qui envoie bien On sent l'influence de lynyrd skynyrd, qq sensation d'entendre une version américaine des stones, surtout sur les balades Seeing things étai déjà dans ma playlist depuis une moment et j'ai toujours autant de plaisir à l'écouter Qq ressemblance avec Primal Scream (surtout avec la chanson rocks), normal puisqu'ils ont commencé plus où moins les mêmes années. Mais entendre une sorte de retour au source du blues rock dans les années 90 (avec des prod très correct) est très cool 4,5 (mais je mettrais 4)

Rien ne peut égaler la version instrumentale de 'Hard To Handle' par No Brain, qui dure environ 2 minutes pendant lesquelles chacun espère - en gardant une mine stoïque - que Ben retrouve les paroles, avant que la chanson ne soit finalement avortée. Ayons l'honnêteté de préciser qu'elle sera à nouveau jouée - avec succès cette fois - un peu plus tard dans la soirée. Quand je dis avec succès, tout est évidemment relatif.

I don’t know enough about music or this genre maybe to understand why this made the list. It was fine veering toward boring and sometimes grating. Parts of it were alright but also hard to know if that’s coz i stopped really paying attention.

Spiritually Aussie Pub Rock (this version of Hard to Handle is one of my all time faves and if you had asked me who sang it, I would’ve said Dragon or The Choirboys or something of the kind). In my heart this is a 4, for Hard to Handle but it’s really a 3.

This was ok but not very notable. Felt like second half was a bit better?

This is like a photocopy of a good album. I can get why dad rock types would’ve loved this. The Hard to Handle cover was hard to handle.

Blended rock and country that I'm still not sure about.