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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.
Pretty standard rock
This was southern rock that was alright, I’ve heard a few of the songs from this album on the radio and the other songs sounded similar. It was a fine album, but nothing that I feel I need to listen up on repeat or anything like that.
The Black Crowes – Shake Your Money Maker (1990) On Day 123, I felt a bit mixed about this one. To be clear, it didn't sound bad by any means it has the vocals, the instrumentation, and the production you’d expect from a top-tier rock revival. The technical chemistry is definitely there. However, despite having all the right elements, it didn't quite reach that 5-star level for me. It’s decent enough listen for a 70s-style rock session, but it lacked that extra layer of substance to make it a personal favorite. A solid, consistent 4/5.
Brings back memories and still rocks
Did not hear anything new or different from Black Crows to other groups of that time period.
Good old fashioned rock record. Nothing fancy but the energy is greatand it definitely punches above its weight.
Rubbish tbh, did nothing for me, was this fresh in 1990? Probably not right? 2.0/5.0 Best Song: they’re all identical
Absolutely honking cheesy butt rock, just a shit sounding lame Rolling Stones. This feels like the cast of How i Met your Mother's favourute band. Truly lame advert rock.
Actually a lot of fun
Meh
Perfectly ignorable
O, spet en album, katerega se lotim brez predznanja! (Horrible naslov?!) Moj first impression je: še en unimpressive, forgettable rock band ("Twice As Hard"). Ugh, naslednji komad jim tud ne dela uslug ("Jealous Again"). Ful je vajb, k da si glihkar vstopil v random dive bar sred Amerike nek in lokaln band sred dneva igra svoje shitty komade. Tud posnet se mi zdi, da ni najboljš - produkcija? Omg, glih sm vidla, da me čaka cover "Hard to Handle", napisano by none other k Otis Redding! How dare they, with their mediocrity. Fak no, ker safr. Kr traja in traja, čeprav ma komad manj k 4 minute. Oh god, balada ("Seeing Things"). O, ja. It's horrible ("Hard to Handle"). Pač, k ko shitty lokaln band coverje špila, ker nimajo dost svojega materiala. O, super, zvok prometne nesreče za začetek komada ("Thick N'Thin"). Hočem ven iz tega dive bara.
If oasis ripped from the Beatles this is the other side of ripping off the Stones
Was pretty good.
This got so old so fast.
Generic crap 90s rock
I think this album needs to be played in the sunshine, it sounds sunshiney, and I remember buying it and playing it loudly in the summer. It's grey and rainy today and it really doesn't hit the same at all.
More ultra-masculine generic blues rock. The lyrics are dreadful and the music is unimaginative and dull. I hate this. Please random generator give me an album by a woman artist tomorrow.
Relentless dad rock
Claude, if I asked it to make generic annoying 90s rock
jesse at the co-op told me i "wasn't missing much" by forgetting to listen to this album until weeks later. and you know what...yeah
Sure
This album is fine. The guitars sound cool and the guy can sing. A consistent thing that seems to be developing is the way that the makers of list seem to have different idea of essential than I do. The mode they seem to be operating in is that albums are essential if they were interesting or impactful when they released. Put simply, if they are the sort of the receive anniversary editions down the line. I think that essential albums are those that are influential on everything that came afterwards, or whose quality is simply so high they have to be expierenced to marvel at the fact that they exist. This album sort of profoundly highlights that divide. This albums doesn't have monumental influence becuase, to be blunt, it sounds too much like its influences. It's album by a bunch of guy who grew listening to the Rolling Stones and decided to write their own Rollings Stones Songs. That said, it came out near the height of hair metal and right before grunge and punk broke more into the mainstream. The meanest thing I can say about it is probably that this is the sort of thing that the guy from the chorus of In Bloom would have loved. The Hard to Handle cover is really good though. I can't hate on that at all.
liked it, but found the ballads annoying
Fun bar band music.
One of my favs..nice to see you here old friend .
2.5 Not bad just nothing new here. Some guys making music some other guys already made 30 years ago... like it's the 90s, think of something else
I’ve always known about the Black Crowes and heard the odd song here or there over the years but always assumed I wouldn’t care for their deep cuts and it turns out I was right. The album is totally fine for what it is. They do flirt with butt rock pretty hard here but didn’t fully delve into the crack. There is enough here that it’s a fine rock album, Angels is a really good rock ballad, the kind of rock ballad that only works with top tier vocals, which Robinson has. There was also a good amount of forgettable filler and lame lyrics holding this back as well. 3 stars
It's not really bad, it's just so generic. I feel I could hear this band at a free festival and like it well enough with a drink in my hand but never think of it ever again.
brouu
This is supposed to be “the most rock ’n’ roll rock ’n’ roll band in the world”? It never really feels that way. 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳 sticks so closely to a retro, blues-rock formula that it ends up sounding more studied than spontaneous. It’s not bad, and there are some solid moments, but it rarely has the grit or unpredictability you’d expect. Instead of feeling dangerous or alive, it comes across more like a careful recreation of something that used to be.
Great rock and roll album. Lots of energy and great slower songs too.
Wow I should not like this as much as I do. There's such a rolling stones influence on this album, but it takes on a bit more of the bluesy side of the stones. Hard to handle was definitely their big hit, and I forgot how it's actually pretty good.
I have this on CD but haven’t listened to it in ages. I still enjoyed this one.
Standard US rock - ok I guess, but nothing exceptional about it for me
This was from 1990? We had hair and glam rock, this came out, and we decided to pivot to grunge? Man did we screw that all up. This album is excellent. Good cover work. Great originals. The vocals are incredible. I didn't realize "She Talks to Angels" was this early either. So good.
Classic Crowes
Oh boy. This is an album I could write about without listening to because I’ve already heard it about 10,000 times. I bought this album on cassette as a sophomore in high school, I believe. I bought it solely off the single, Hard To Handle. That song was a jam, but I later found out that the album was full of great songs. The Black Crowes, to give you an idea of their vibe, were like the U.S. version of Oasis, except where Oasis copied the Beatles, the Black Crowes copied the Rolling Stones, at least the Stones circa 1968-1978. The album opens with Twice As Hard, the third single off the album. By the time this came out as a single, you knew what you were going to get with the Black Crowes. Great bluesy guitars, including an amazing slide guitar, and the bluesy voice of singer Chris Robinson. I think Chris Robinson has one of the best voices in rock and roll. You can hear his influences in his vocal stylings, but he has a voice all his own. His brother, Rich Robinson, hence the Oasis comparison, is the perfect complement to his voice. He’s a great blues-rock player. He and his brother wrote all the songs, except for the cover songs. The cover songs were both Otis Redding songs. If you’re going to cover someone, you might as well cover the best. Track 2 is Jealous Again, and the way the guitars play off each other perfectly makes this song. This was the first single off the album, and if you liked this, you were going to fall in love with the Black Crowes. They were simple without being boring. This song has a great blues piano playing throughout that accents the guitars so well. There’s a great little breakdown in the middle where it’s just the brothers performing, Rich’s guitar and Chris’s vocals. One of my favorite songs off the album. Hell, I like all the songs on this album. Track 3 is called Sister Luck and it sounds like it could have been an unreleased track from Sticky Fingers. The first real slow song on the album, but that’s okay because the Black Crowes can do soulful, sad songs too. The song also has dueling organ and piano throughout the song. The organ provides more of a vibe, while the piano gets to solo a bit at the end. Just the kind of song that warms you up. One of those sad songs that actually makes you feel good. Track 4 is Could I’ve Been So Blind and it has that same bluesy, Stones feel to it. During the verses, there’s almost a punk sound to the song. The guitars are chunky and uptempo as Robinson sings about being a liar and cheater to his girl. Track 5 is Seeing Things and it was the fifth single off the album. I love this song. It’s very slow and sad. It’s a sad song that makes you sad when you listen to it. The organ playing in this song provides most of the sadness, though Rich’s guitar work is fantastic. Chris Robinson sings the song like he’s making up the lyrics on the spot and just singing from the heart. Just a powerful R&B song. The chorus also has a choir backing up Chris Robinson, and it puts the song over the top. Brilliant. Track 6 is Hard To Handle and I’d say this was the song that really blew them up. It’s an Otis Redding cover, and the video was fun, showing them on tour and just dancing with folks out in the street. This song is one of my favorite songs, period, not just on the album. The guitar solos are sharp, Chris Robinson’s vocals are incredible, and it’s just a fun party song. It really gets you fired up. Track 7 is Thick ‘N’ Thin and it’s another uptempo, almost punk at times, rocker. The song talks about the rock star lifestyle of that period of time. There’s a nice breakdown in the middle, bringing things down only to bring them back up to blast off to the end. Great rock song. Track 8 is She Talks To Angels and it’s a beautiful song about a girl Chris Robinson knew who was into heroin. The song features Rich Robinson on acoustic guitar with a mournful organ really holding everything together. It’s a sad song, and in the right mood, I can see this turning people into a blubbering heap. Though not me, of course. This song was made for Chris Robinson’s voice. The soulfulness, the scratchiness, it’s perfect. This was also a single, by the way. It was number one on a couple of Billboard rock charts and got to 30 on the Hot 100 chart. Track 9 is Struttin’ Blues, and it never quite hit for me like the other songs on the album. Maybe it’s because She Talks To Angels is so powerful that anything following it would not hit quite as hard. The song is really good, but I think the previous song kind of takes all your emotional energy, and it’s hard to get back to rocking so quickly. By the end, it brings you back into rock mode, and it finishes with a blistering solo by Rich Robinson. Last track is Stare It Cold and it’s another great Stones’ imitation. I keep mentioning the Stones when it comes to the Black Crowes. I’m quite certain that when they first came around, they also garnered comparisons to Aerosmith, though early, bluesy Aerosmith. Not the pop balladeers they eventually became. This album is just straight fire, as the kids say. I love it, and have always loved it. I also love their second, third, and fourth albums. I think the Black Crowes are criminally underrated when it comes to the biggest bands of the 1990s. Of course, the brothers hating each other for several decades didn’t help their legacy, but they’re back and hopefully ready to start fresh. This album is a must-listen, and if you’ve never heard it, I envy you because you’ll get that feeling the rest of us got when we first heard it.
ну прикольно но хз
This was an excellent album, I had never listened to anything other than the two singles.
glaubs zwei mal glosed, nie bewertet, und es isch mer au nüd blibe. Bim chli inelose aber au gar ned so schlecht. 3 shaketi schnägge
Aso zimli basic alte guitare rock sound. Meh als 3 chani nöd geh und magi au nöd beschriebe
Sounds like the most respectable bar band you know. They practice three times a week and are never late to load in. They respect the sound guy and warmly nod if you tip them. They even play a juiced up classic R&B cover. It’s fine. I can kind of dig it. Mixed and engineered really well, although the vocals get a little buried sometimes.
Safe, toothless and overall pretty bland. Not bad, but just... meh.
Great debut album. Blues and rock n roll from start to finish.