Shake Your Money Maker

great album

A blues rock album if I ever heard one

Väldigt välgjort men inte för tilltalande till mig.

With two great tracks, this album seems full of filler. Guitar riffs are good but the scene itself leaves some to be desired

Not aged well

sucks until the second half

American rock - not my cup of tea.

I was falling asleep on the firsdt half of the album and then it really picked up. It's hard to rate this album fairly because there's two such differents sides to it: boring soft rock that makes you want to fall asleep or quite honestly just turn it off as fast as possible and the later part which is quite fun and entertaining and groovy. Hard to rate this one.

Vähän tylsä. Toi hitti nyt on pyörinyt jokasella rokkikanavalla julkaisustaan lähtien, muttei se siitä hyvää tee 2/5

Tää oli kyllä just jotain sarjojen ja leffojen stockimusaa baarimontaaseihin.

Pianorock pauhaa poppistyyllin. Menevää, mut ei myöskään paljoa sen enempää. 3/5.

One for my comfort albums when I was to just sing along to the whole thing. Great rock record.

Seems like half of this album got radio play and there are definitely a number of hits sprinkled in. I seem to remember that this album like a bit of a fresh throwback when it came out. I definitely would have been listening to this a lot when it came out. A two may be unfair, but it doesn’t seem to have aged well to me.

Generic classic rock. Far better options for this genre, not sure why this album is on the list. A couple catchy songs

The return of southern rawk. For me songs ranged from catchy to inoffensive. Surprising number of singles seem to come off this record but I can’t see myself reaching for it. If I want that sound l would just throw on Exile on Main St. Also, didn’t sound anything like the original Black Flag version of “Jealous Again”…

Heard before: yes At least it sounds like someone is having fun. Not me though, even if I'm subconsciously tapping my foot. This makes me want to find the quiet part of the bar and talk to someone or watch TV. Top tracks: Jealous Again, She Talks To Angels. I can't tell the rest apart, except for Hard To Handle which I really don't like, and I'm not going to listen again.

Pure and great sounding, but I missed the solos from other bands in this genre

Great (blues) rock album! Awesome sustained guitar sound. Simple yet effective!

Nice Rock record but that kinda makes it very average

Below average

Sounds like a rock coverband on a local festival

Solid rock album.

Mostly boring boomer rock. Guns N’ Roses but one guy loves slide guitar

More like 1001 albums that make me want to die. Seriously though, why the eff is this on here? I skipped down the track listing to be fair, and surprise surprise, it’s terrible. Sounds like every pub band in the country. Like a rich suburban dad with a ton of money to professionally record ZZ Top covers. Devoid of original thought at best, grating on the ears at worst. If we have to scrape the bottom of the barrel like this, I think 501 albums would have been enough tbh. Justice for Lightning Bolt!!!!

Absolute snooze, classic rock revival from a time when the rest of the musical landscape was moving on to bigger and better things. There are worse things to be listening to, but it’s definitely not an engaging listen or one I would willfully revisit. WZZO-ass album.

Yikes

I’m a sucker for some good bluesy rock and this is a lot of fun. Maybe a bit generic, but I’ll definitely be listening again.

Tractor tunes

Maybe I'm missing the point with this kind of music, but isn't it supposed to be fun and exciting? Like The Faces and The Rolling Stones. This is mostly a joyless trudge, except for the excellent piano work provided by session musician Chuck Leavell (formerly of The Allman Brothers, keyboardist on Rolling Stones studio albums). I watched the video for Hard to Handle, and the lead singer is a cool dude, he looks a lot of fun. None of that came across listening to the album.

I mean it's not bad but they were a bit fucken late to the party with this sound lmao

Such an iconic sound. I'll continue to keep coming back to this.

First listen Saved 1/10 Top track: Twice As Hard

Best Songs: -Twice as Hard -Could I've so Blind

You know what, this was great! Why've i never heard anyone ever mention this band. Solid vocals, great energy. Guitar and drums hit

I actually loved this album, so fully of energy and superb singing. "Hard to Handle" and "She Talks to Angels" are the biggest hits. 9/10.

Reheated leftovers.

Hey the Seventies called, they want their retrobullshit back

Generic boring rock. it's not bad, but it's so boring which is possibly even worse. One stand out is "hard to handle" and that's a cover. scrapes a 2 just.

Really hate this, even worse now I’ve realised it’s not counting crows

Southern blues rock bangers - goes hard in the pickup truck or at the whiskey bar

Aight actually

Run of the mill AOR. Awful.

It was a consistent album, just none of the songs I was like "wow I need this in my playlist". it feels more like background music at a restaurant

An absolute 5

Really enjoyed that - classic rock and roll

Find blues rock a bit dull. Don't think this really added anything to mankind. Could have been written in the 60s, 70s or 80s. 2.5*

Eh, I guess it's fine if this floats your boat. The entire time I just felt like I've heard all of these songs before, performed better by better bands. Even "She Talks to Angels" just came off as a "Wild Horses" tribute. It all comes off like these guys put on the costume of "Blues Rock Band", kind of like an early Greta Van Fleet.

Shocked I've never heard this whole album. This had several great early alternative rock classics and even the songs that were new to me were great!

Bit too generic "rock" for me but it's not offensive or anything. Just very vanilla. I bet they would put on a good show though.

Really liked it.

Pretty fantastic. 4/5

Reminds me of Bad Company, with touches of Rod Stewart and the Faces, with a bit of Led Zeppelin blues thrown in for good measure. I liked it.

Yeah, a fun rock and roll album!

at times good, at times generic rock

When people ask why rock died, you can answer with bands like The Black Crows. Literally nothing original to be found here. Every note, every vocal has been done to death. If this came out twenty years earlier... maybe. But by 1990, this had been done a million times. It's a snoozefest from start to finish.

It’s classic rock and roll. I like but don’t love.

viba

Es bien rocanrol. Me gustó, tiene buenas cosas.

A really enjoyable blues-rock album. Great length, never got boring. Standouts: Jealous Again; She Talks to Angels. 4/5.

Least fav: could I’ve been so blind Fav:Hard to handle- really only b/c I’ve heard it before The only reason it isn’t a 4 is because there is this weird high pitched ringing noise throughout the record, it ruins a lot of songs

A lot of favorites to this day. 4 stars for being enjoyable!

I imagined blasting this album while cruising along the highway in my pickup on the west coast, but I can not imagine listening to this album in any other way haha

Things I dislike: hard rock, blues rock, southern rock, bad vocals. How I would describe this album: see above list.

Yea it's ok

I've listened to this album four times now, and I think it is extremely underrated.

3/5 It's a decent album with some interesting elements for a 90s rock revival. Same flavor as the usual hair metal RnB/rock blend. Not bad, nothing too new

Standard 90s poppy college rock type stuff p solid tho

pretty solid album w some classics. just a 3 tho

Have owned this album since it came out and it still holds up.

Listened Before? Y This one is one I had when I was younger. I have listened to it in its entirety several times. It's got a great vibe, and it was released at the perfect time in America. It's a solid record from front to back. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Twice as Hard

Solid throw back rock n roll

This album is right up my street surprised iv never come across it before, good old fashioned blues rock n roll from the 90’s. Added to my rotation.

I found this one quite boring to be frank. In general I’m a big fan of rock and hard rock but this was pretty dull and repeated Saved tracks: Twice As Hard, She Talks To Angels

Ok, mostly generic with a few standouts.

Still great after many, many trips through this album.

Easy 5 stars. Damn near perfect rock and roll album. Chris robinsons voice is soulful and the bands groove matches.

Not super bad but not super interesting.

Favorite/liked songs: Twice as Hard Jealous Again Sister Luck Seeing Things Hard to Handle She Talks to Angels 6/10 The rest are still bangers. Great album front to back. Pure rock and roll! I’ve listened to She Talks to Angels a handful of times today. It’s a beautiful song.

Close to perfect rock and soul. A really fun vibe fills this album

Good 90's rock 3.5

un rock un po' leggero e un po' pop, non sembra male. Però provano tutte a essere ballad... MMM

Got a few early 90s classics on here, but it just doesn’t do a lot for me. Feels like a coked-up John Mellencamp album. I don’t care for John Mellencamp.

Meh, never really got into this, loads of my friends compelled me to listen to it, over and over and hard to handle was always on the jukebox. But it just never really clicked. I think it's his voice, I struggle to warm to it. Wouldn't turn it off if it was on the radio, also wouldn't buy it.

This has to be like the most influential album ever for lame dads everywhere. As soon as I heard hard to handle start I could hear the grills get fired up and the belts looped through all the Jean shorts get tightened. While it definitely feels like the most cliched dad/bar rock album ever, there’s nothing necessarily wrong with that. It filled up 43 minutes with not totally awful rock music I guess.

This would be a 2 without "Hard to Handle". Super bland generic rock for me, didn't make me feel anything.

Eh. It's okay. I can see why it's not really widely played these days unlike the albums it takes such heavy influence. It's forgettable and doesn't stand up to its contemporaries. It just feels the whole time like they wish they were lynyrd skynyrd or CCR, and that makes me wish I was listening to those artists instead.

Loved this album then, still love it now.

I remember the Black Crowes from the early 90's ... basically a 70's imitation blues band. Today the music seems somewhat dated to me ... the songs are kinda old-hat, predictable. A good album, but I'm just not in the same place I was back then.

Great album. Good from front to back.

Great album from start to finish!

I really wanted to give this a 1 because I generally HATE this style of rock and I'm so tired of "Hard To Handle", a song that simply will not die. Also, when I was a kid my mom privately sold a car and had to repo it when the buyer stopped payments. I was along when we got it back and this album was in the cassette player, so I always associate it with deadbeat weirdos (they were , trust me) In spite of all that it's somehow not a 1. It's a 2 and I hate to say that. At least my suffering wasn't too great.

Pretty good straight ahead rock

Fairly mediocre late 80s/early 90s rock. Not bad, not great, just good.

Pretty uninspiring really

Started to fall asleep in the middle of the first song. Ugh. Repetitive and nothing noteworthy! Rock isn't just good because it's rock. Give me something to write home about, please.

It's a generic early 90's hard rock album with 60's rock influence. The old school influences aren't enough to set it apart, in my opinion. Not bad, just mediocre.

Like a 2.8

Niet super origineel, maar wel gewoon prima.

Great 90s Rock. Love his voice and their sound

Decent retro rock album. Nothing new, but it was different from what everybody else was doing at the time. Songs are quite generic, but the singer lifts them to a higher level. Favorite song: She talks to angels.

Deze had ik 'op CD' en ik had hoge verwachtingen, maar ik ben 't een beetje ontgroeid. Met enige moeite toch 3 sterretjes.

Wat een topplaat! Niks meer, niks minder

Top plaat!

Heb erover getwijfeld hoe goed ik dit vond, ik vond het namelijk best 'traditioneel'. Ik laat het echter naar de positieve kant doorslaan: ik vind het namelijk ook. Dit woord heb ik nog nooit gebruikt, maar hier past het.

some good tunes

When this album first came out I dismissed it as a poor man's, Faces. Clearly, Chris Robinson was channeling his best Rod Stewart impression and his brother Rich, emulating his Ron Wood/Keith Richards side-kick role. I couldn't deny, I liked the music, as I enjoy bar-band, basic rock 'n' roll. Listening now all these years later and I can hear the appeal of band as they have continued to deliver a solid rock/blues sound. I should also appreciate the fact the music at the time on the radio was moving away from the rock format to a more pop, hip-hoppy, youth targeted style I loathe so much. The Crowes had kept alive the spirit of classic 70's rock and updated it. Their debut is still their best album, filled with some good songs and is well worth re-discovering.

Not a bad start. Sounds like it should be used for a roadtrip scene in a film. Very late 20th century rock. In a disappointment to John Humprey's, I started it but didn't finish

Hard to Handle is the little momma mess around song! She Talks To Angels + twice as hard

Great jams! Added two songs.

The perfect accompaniment to a laminated menu.

A good background album of solid rock songs. a few quite good songs to save to playlists. 'Seeing Things' gave me a good feeling of Joe Cocker which I liked and Favourite track of course is Hard to handle.

At times it is enjoyable, but it is a forgettable project on the whole. There are small elements of brilliance here, but I cannot see myself revisiting this again. There are simply better records in this genre, of which possess more character.

Really do not like Chris Robinson's vocals. High pitched and whiny.

⭐ Hard To Handle

Fairly generic rock

3/5

Good vibes, my kind of music. I enjoy it a lot.

Starts with two great songs but drops off after that. Still a really good album though.

Didn't like it. Not for me

Cover bands and divorced women in bedazzled jeans have one thing in common. They love the song hard to handle. The black crowed are pretty decent and makes some good causal southern rock songs. It just so happens that their style has become so generic and boring that to listen to it now feels like it lacks any creativity. Their music is good but it falters being in between classic rock and modern alternative. Either way it’s better than most on this list. 6.5/10

Music is fine but I just found the singers voice kinda whiny and grating. 2 stars

1st - track - Zepplin guitar 2nd track - Pearl jam guitar 3rd track - Rolling stones? It may be derivative...but damn. It's basically built for my tastes. I remember liking them a lot in high school!

Was my favorite album for awhile in the early 90’s, just a great sound, very reminiscent of the great southern rock albums of the 70’s, soulful lead singing

I have never listened to this album, but somehow I never every single song.

One of my all time favorites

I listened the Shake Your Money Maker a lot when I was a kid. My Dad loved it and I had plenty of nostalgic moments listening to it again, it was many years ago. Overall, I enjoyed the hits, but the other songs don’t stand out that much to me. 3 out of 5 stars.

Loved it!!!

Decent album on the whole; feels very typical of early '90s rock. Interesting that I'm quite fond of one of the number one singles, Hard to Handle, and can't stand the other, She talks to Angels.

Making 1990 sound like 1970. This is southern blues rock done very well - competent vocals, talented guitar, stable rhythm section, but southern blues rock is about as bland and safe as music can get and there's nothing to distinguish this from a million other bar bands. The hit song was a cover of an Otis Redding hit that doesn't really extend it at all (and lacks the vocal nuances that Otis adds). She Talks to Angels is the only song that varies from the pattern. This album lacks imagination. Black Crowes played at a festival I was at last year. I didn't see much of them, Kurt Vile was on a different stage and was far more my style.

I loved this so much! I recognized many of the songs and it all felt very nostalgic. Great album.

Quite good, but a bit generic at times

I remember liking The Black Crowes ok back in college. Let's see if I still do. Yep. It rocks. It rolls. The hits still hit. I am not sorry to have dusted this one off. I would even argue this album does belong on this list, carrying the banner of bluesy guitar driven rock forward into the 90's. 3.5

9/10 - I really enjoyed it

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Ttres bon, de bonne vibe de blues, rock, lynyrd skynyrd, etc. 4.5

My sister loves them... for me it's a meh!

On the one hand, it's hard not to like this brand of retro (even for the time) blues rock. It's reminiscent of so much blues inspired, sloppy, classic rock such as early 70s Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, or The Faces. On the other hand, I find the singer's voice irritating. It's vocal fry without the growl that makes that kind of singing interesting. After awhile, I just can't listen to it any more.

She Talks to Angel's is superb and highlights a very good album here.

I liked the production on this a lot and thought the kind of country/hard rock fusion was interesting and pretty unique. Unfortunately the songs themselves were nothing too special and I got pretty bored in the back end.

I can't believe I knew so many songs on here. Real good 90s blues rock.

A timeless southern rock album that scores, just like their follow-up work (but only know the first three albums) zero points for originality - say a little later band like the Drive-by Truckers for instance have a sound much more their own - whereas the Black Crowes are more operating like Lenny Kravitz. Their "Hard to Handle" cover is great.

Rock as it should be: bluesy and raspy.

Good vibes and funky!

The not-so randomizer struck again this week as I mentioned The Black Crowes in The Verve write-up yesterday. "Shake Your Money Maker" is the debut album from Atlanta, GA rock band The Black Crowes. The Black Crowes were formed and Re fronted by brothers' vocalist Chris and guitarist Rich Robinson. The album title was named after a classic blues song by Elmore James. The music style is described as southern rock, blues rock, hard rock and rock and roll. It was their best selling album and a commercial success selling over 5 million copies which was unique for the time frame given it was nestled between the declining hair metal era and the oncoming grunge scene. It received a mostly favorable reception with some comparison to Faces and The Rolling Stones.... a fair comparison. A classic Rolling Stones-esque guitar riff opens things up on "Twice As Hard." One of the first things you notice is tthat the production is pretty "tinny" and muttled. Vocalist Chris Robinson's is great though for this style of music. Breaking up twice is hard. Another classic rock guitar riff begins their first single "Jealous Again." A piano is added which makes it a little more bluesy. There is a groove thing going on here too. Nice guitar solo at the end. Chris Robinson belts it out on the ballad "Seeing Things." A soulfulness with an organ, a more prominent snare drum and backup female singers added. He's blind to seeing things. The band gets a groove going again on their breakthrough single and a Otis Redding cover in "Hard to Handle." He wants a girl who's with another guy. Chris Robinson kills it again on a slower song, "She Talks to Angels." An acoustic guitar and organ. A real life story about a girl addicted to heroin. The album ends with the band just rockin' and jammin' on "Struttin' Blues" and "Stare It Cold." I admit to being not the biggest Black Crowes' fan. I thought they're OK but not too original. Well, they're really not; some of these songs sounded like cover songs from the Stones' "Exile On Main Street." And you know, that's not entirely a bad thing. This band does rock. Chris Robinson has a great voice for this style. The band is tight and the guitar is great. I wish the album had a better production, but, overall, I have a more of appreciation of The Black Crowes today than back in 1990.

En minä nyt tiedä onko nämä ihan jees omia bluesbiisejä vai vähän jopa pastissonomaista. Joka tapauksessa en syty.

Jos haluan kuulla Hard to Handlen, laitan Otisia soimaan.

3/5. An upbeat rock album with some blues involved. The best songs are the only good songs. Other songs are kind of skippable but still enjoyable.

Pretty generic southern rock

Better than expected, and surprisingly old

The living spirit of rock: brilliant.

Good Rock

I’m not into Southern Rock but I rather enjoyed this album.

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When you want to drive out of this lonely town with the top down in your beater, but the Stones would be too British for the grain silos in the rearview and the smokestacks on the horizon.

Highlights: "Twice as Hard," "She Talks to Angels" A major difference between 90s and 00s music outside of hip-hop and R&B is that the "Alt" umbrella effectively contained "country rock". Even grunge bands by and large shared in qualities that would later be monopolized by "country" in the kitschy national cultural divorce of the Bush administration. So this album coming right on the dot in 1990 is certainly prescient if not extremely influential. The charisma of the drawl in bright, melodic tenor over waves of distortion that carries this album also lends success to Nirvana, STP, Alice in Chains, Fuel, Live, Train, on and on until it gives way to grizzled macho baritone-tenor in the 00s. There's actually color and diversity to most of the lyrics; the bridge of "Talks to Angels" kind of tramples its ideas, but otherwise it's really a pretty clever and sad song. Southern-ness in rock music eventually became a lodestone for ever-accumulating *prescription* until former rock-dominated Midwest states were ruled by country rock per se that was lyrically literally just consumerist catechism, so this also has value as a memento of a more earnest and authentic period for those characteristics in music.

Not really my thing but it’s pretty neat.

Dadrock medio fome/ me cuesta prestarle atencion xd. 6.5/10

Very good debut

Great album. Great musicianship. I dont search for Black Crows songs but I dont turn them away when I hear them.

Solid rock album with some real bangers.

There was a time I would have been super into this, but it didn't age well at all for me. Best track: Hard to Handle

This is a little tricky for me to score because this is not my kind of music, but I realize that this is a really well done album. They certainly captured the spirit of 70s southern guitary blues rock with piano and brought it forward to the 90s. I do appreciate listening to something good that I wouldn't have chosen, but I also won't be putting it on again anytime soon.

I can't remember the last time that I listened to the album...and it is possible that I never did listen from beginning to end in one sitting before today. It was great! The blues-rock hit just the right spot!

Aw, I love this one from my walk-man days. Great bluesy, southern rock sound.

Should have listened to this a long time ago. Solid rock! Great album!

Three tired radio rock singles are the best this has to offer. Why is this here?

Bland in most parts with a couple of standouts, but really not much ever bringing me back. Just seems like R O C K with little spice.

solid bar rock, nothing id come back to

that one that all the covers bands do is good even though i've heard it a million times. the rest of this was so piss poor. like fucking turd. its like they went on wikipedia and read the description for what blues rock is and decided to make it from that description without having ever listened to any music. this band screams local pub gig on a saturday night. really generic shit that will get the drunk people excited while the band all think they're the epitome of cool dressing up as the rolling stones and using their best rock star moves so nigel and janet will tell their mates about the really good band they saw in the red lion.

Go eat a dick you little crowey cunts. This hurt my hymen.

Bit shit

Middle of the road road and roll. My guess is that their influences were Rolling Stones and ZZ Top. I remember Hard to Handle being a hit for them but never understood a single word of the lyrics including the words Hard to Handle. Nothing here to upset anyone but also nothing to get to excited about.

Clichéd mainstream blues based rock.

Just another generic sounding American blues rock band that listened to a lot of Rolling Stones and Led Zep when they were growing up. Meh.

Really good album, enjoyed every song and would listen more. Great start to the week

Some good songs on here, but ultimately they sound kinda like a cover band to me. I've heard waaay too many bar band covers of "Hard to Handle" to get any enjoyment out of it anymore, "She Talks to Angels" was a standout track though.

In their best album, Black Crowes evokes 70s southern blues rock through the use of power chords, a loud and energetic vocalist, and gospel-inspired back vocals and piano on certain songs. It's one final classic hurrah before alt rock takes over. I wouldn't say it's innovative, with a few forgettable songs and plenty of repetition, but it's certainly executed and produced well. Even the mandatory power ballad "She Talks to Angels" isn't that bad. Favorites: Twice as Hard, Sister Luck, Hard to Handle

Exceptional launch into the rest of their career. “Hard to Handle” gets all the notice here, as their first single, but one should never overlook “She Talks to Angels”, a window into the future of their songwriting chops

Performances are good, especially the vocals. Recording is solid. If only the Led Zeppelin albums were engineered this well. It's a great collection of songs with a couple of standout singles. After all, though, it's pastiche.

Fun, very good without crossing the line into great

Not bad

Listening to this album for the first time in years I was struck by how much I liked the production. It just sounds great—clean and full but not too slick. I was surprised it’s even 45 minutes because it’s full of great songs but it never drags for me. What a fun record.

Top 3 Songs: 1 - Hard To Handle (6) 2 - Jealous Again (2) 3 - She Talks To Angels (8)

Unremarkable

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Love this!

Sleazy dad Nascar rock... hate it. No, thanks.

sci-fi folk :-)

Not bad at all. But not much happens. 2 Holy shit "Hard To Handle" is so iconic, didn't realize it was their song. 3 It holds up

Öder Blues Rock. Konnte der Band noch nie was abgewinnen.

i mean i had fun with this album while i cleaned my room, it’s just not my favorite style.

I forgot how good this is.

I feel like I was a little young when it came out, so I'd never heard this (minus the obvious singles) but it definitely holds up.

My mom played this album a lot when I was growing up. I haven't heard it in a long time but I feel like I've grown a new appreciation for it is an adult.

A really great album! She Talks to Angels ❤️

I haven’t listened to the full album before, only heard the hits. The entire album is outstanding.

This album is perfection.

I hadn't heard this album before and didn't really know the Black Crowes apart from this one track Hard to Handle. I'm not a big fan... Cheesy rock not done super well. Not very appealing to me apart from it being remotely funny I guess.

Well this was quite funny I thought! Hilarious name for the album. I felt like it was all so typical of the genre, like the songs and what they were about were incredibly typical. Unsurprisingly - troubled women. But overall I quite enjoyed it

Didn't mind this. At first I just thought it sounded like a less good Faces but after a while I got into it. Nothing to write home about but not bad.

This is not my genre at all (I think it's Southern Rock/blues mixed with a bit of metal and grunge?), but I enjoyed this album full of big hits, catchy songs, and driving energy. I can see why it had such a commercial success. I'm not sure it's super original, and after all their greatest hit was an Otis Redding cover, but they seemed to have shown appropriate respect for their sources and it's a fun album. Sort of like comfort food in music form. It's hard to choose 3 or 4 for this one - but I'm going 3 because it was not groundbreaking in anyway.

Me: Mom, can we have Let it Bleed? Mom: We have Let it Bleed at home. Let it Bleed at home:

Ok. Felt really if it’s time though

Classic hard rock

Good album. Bluesy Rock and roll

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This takes me back to the '70s, when there was lots of boogie. Lots of meaty riffs all driven by that gunshot snare. What's not to love.

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Solid, no bullshit, rock n roll.

It’s alright. It’s a great rock record, but nothing unique or new really.

Alright but nothing too special to recommend it further

I like it, it's a good solid rock album.

Still listening but great so far!

Not my cuppa tea

In high school, I was obsessed with this band. Subsequent releases cured me of that affliction, but this is an amazing album that stands up with time.

This is actually the last album I have purchased on CD. I had a rental car through work in 2011 and it didn’t have a auxiliary port and this was before Bluetooth was standard. I needed some music so found this at Best Buy.

Definitely colors within the lines of southern rock, but I’ll never sneeze at some good Americana.

we all know i love some country, this is nothing too special but it’s pretty nice

Great 90s debut.

Classic

Hit after hit after hit after hit: Twice as Hard, Jealous Again, She Talks to Angels & the incomparable Hard to Handle. What a debut album for the kings of southern rock. The instrumentation and harmonies and laid back, summer saturday BBQ groove of this album gets an A+ from me. Need this one on vinyl!

Never realised this version of Hard To Handle was by Black Crowes. That realisation was probably my highlight. Oh and that the singer was married to Kate Hudson. She Talks to Angels has a nice guitar intro and a heartfelt theme, if a bit cliche. But then this whole album is canny cliche. Once upon a time I’d have probably really liked this, but I also used to like Eastenders and used to drink cans of Fosters and I think both of them are shit now too

Sound a bit like aerosmith sometimes but without the fun 80s hair metal bits, and that band that do all right now (called 'free' apparently). Hard to handle is a decent song, don't really need the rest of the album. Seems like they are just repackaging the sound of older country blues rock bands.

Seems quite dated, nothing particularly sticks out. One star feels harsh, I can appreciate that it was well received at the time.

"Hard to Handle" is the best song by far but I thought the rest of the album was alright.

Yeehaw. Very American Didn't mind it but if started grating on me by the end.

I really got into this album. Songs like “seeing things” and of course, “hard to handle” just feel like the true essence of southern rock.

I saw them at Bottlerock Festival 2022

Typical southern rock / bar music. This one came out in the nineties and it's pretty clear they follow a, by then, tried and true formula. Fun to listen to, for a bit, but in the end didn't really grab me past the halfway mark. Think I'd rather listen to the older rock classics than this.

loved this album - The lead's voice is really reminiscent of Rod Stewart which I enjoyed favourite songs: Hard to Handle and Twice has Hard

This takes me back- stylised glammy, bluesey rock. It's good and easy to listen to. This kind of this never seems to date.

This album is actually proof to me that I don't hate this genre, just the bands that I have been forced to listen to for most of my life. There were a few lowpoints that I had to force myself not to skip, but overall a solid listen. Favourite tracks (in no particular order): Hard to handle, Thick n Thin, She Talks to Angels, and Jealous Again.

A great rock album! Cool riffs, smooth production, and the singing is raw and engaging.

Catchy, easy listening alt rock with a country/southern twang. Entertaining!

Not bad at all, just very uninteresting

Yeah total butt rock, not for me!

It's incredibly uninteresting 1/5

Awful

Off brand, basic blues rock It's pleasant and fun but it’s not very original or interesting in any way; I don't think this deserves to be on the list

"Shake your money maker" is a pretty weird slang phrase. Of course I'm saying this as someone who doesn't live in a culture that uses such phrase. Still, I was a bit surprised at how generic it was. It's a pretty decent blues-rock album, but I'll probably remember 0 of those riffs. Maybe this shake your money maker thing is not as weird as I think it is. Is this what they call "dad-rock"? Christian rock sans Jesus? Maybe. Kudos from being a non-boring, energetic dad-rock of an album though.

It's a nice heavy late-nite blues rock album that came out in the time when grunge was getting absolutely huge. Lenny Kravitz already showed a year earlier there was still a market for 70's rock. So here The Black Crowes came with an album that really was nothing new, a combination of The Stones, The Faces and Rod Stewart. But it rocked. And still does.

This was a great album, rocking blues. Hard to handle and she talks to angels were the best tracks. Everything else on the album was really good, tons of energy, great blues links. It reminded me of some great 70s acts, definitely taking influence from Led Zeppelin.

A lesson in musical education and cos-playing. I loved 'Hard to Handle' when this album was realised - 1992? 1991?. Because I come from a household where musical tastes were as uncoordinated (and as limited, in their own way) as Jim Reeves, Abba, Millie Jackson and Boney M (and yes, I know I could describe this as "eclectic". But that would be a lie, a lie crying out to heaven for vengeance) ...I had no cause to consider this as anything other than an original composition. Boy, Otis knocked me for six. (The story of how I came to hear the Otis Redding version is pretty revealing in its own way. Everyone knows "(Sitting on) the Dock of the Bay". I knew pretty much nothing else about Otis, or indeed about 60s soul beyond Aretha and Motown. One day, saw somewhere that Bryan Ferry named his first born after the singer. I've never liked Roxy Music very much, but Eno has always intrigued me. So, even though I hadn't listened to anything by RM other than Virginia Plain, on the basis of a deep and conflicted investment in Mr E, I decided to figure out what it was about Redding. In other words, I took the scenic route to the Truth.

Ces gars-là m'ont bien plu malgré une reprise de With a Little Help From My Friends qui ne dit pas son nom. Un vrai coup dur pour Mathieu de la Nouvelle Star 11 qui avait pourtant beaucoup travaillé et obtenu un bleu de la part de Sinclair.

Wenn etwas insignifikant ist, du kannst es The Black Crowes rufen

I don't expect to like every album in this book, that's fine, but I don't expect them to annoy me - this is an exception. One of most egregious inclusions on this list given how comprehensively the 70s classic and blues rock is already covered from first time around. Why would I listen to this in 2022 when I already have Exile on Main Street, or Led Zeppelin II? May have been essential listening in the 90s when there were just the several other bands rehashing Rolling Stones' 70s sound, Lenny Kravitz, Primal Scream's boring period, etc. Except at least they had the grace to include a couple of great songs, I'm not arguing with Rocks off, massively unoriginal, but certified banger. There's no tunes here. 9 helpings of meh and 1 annoying song from an advert. Also, Hard to Handle when played in Manchester indie clubs in the 90s would signal the music was about to turn shite and would invariably be surrounded by other bands doing pale (and also somehow infinitely annoying) comparisons of good blues rock. Reef, Kula Shaker, all that terrible shite. So yeah, please, take this away.

Enjoyable, but I always waiting for the blast...

I’m a little confused on why this album is ok this list. There was a lot of innovative music at this time and this is fairly basic blues rock. It’s essentially revitalizing a genre without adding anything new to the conversation. The music is pleasant enough, but given its context, just doesn’t seem that important.

More than a four

a few decent ones

2.5

Straight up good rock I like it

Generic rock led zeppelin wannabes boring no slay no pizazz robert plant was hotter cool cover design though

Quite dull, run-of-the-mill soft rock album. Moves along at a normal pace, finishes at na appropriate time. Nothing unexpected. All filler no thriller. It has a steady rhythm, so good to walk to (as I was doing) but only if you're intending to think about something else.

Such a safe rock album, felt like there was no risk or attempt to stand out honestly

Some dad rock shit

The hits were good. The rest were filler and sounded like one song. It wasn't revolutionary. It sounded like a couple of bands from the 70's smashed together.

This was retro rock when it was released. It was refreshing to hear this type of music on the radio in in 90, but if I wanted to hear this type of music, I was more likely to play the Stoned, Faces or the underrated Free. Don't get me wrong, this is kick-ass rock and roll and that is always welcome. Some songs are very good, and She Talks to Angels is a classic. While a welcome respite from a lot of dreck on the radio in 1990, this is derivative, albeit very good derivative music. I would give 3 1/2 if an option. Today, for reasons I can't articulate, I will grade down.

I love this album. I remember thinking when it first came out that it had a distinct Rolling Stones feel. I still hear that influence but I think it stands on its own as a great American rock and roll record, plus it has aged very, very well.

I had never heard this in full before and while. I think it was very good, I think it falls just short of the 5 star tier. It was fun, but it was really just an updated Exile on Main Street or Sticky Fingers. It's kind of funny to hear American music refracted back through the Rolling Stones but it really sounds like they were a huge influence on this albums. I was really wowed by "Sister Luck" and think they'd put on a good concert.

Impressive debut album. Definitely a lot of emotion in the lead vocals. Strong rock mixed with blues. Seeing things and talks to angels are the standouts for me. A bit too upbeat and hard jammy for me but solid nonetheless as a body of work.

Good rock album. Some nice singles and there's some country influences in some of the songs.

"She talks to Angels", really liked that one. Otherwise its this american rock sound, that i don´t quite get - I find it quite irritating, it all sounds the same and its not rocking my boat.

Mediocre american rock, boring but good production and no "bad" stuff.

Better than I remember. I guess because I’m not hearing it on the radio every other song.

Was alright, bit too clean sounding for mine but still a good sound

Have never been a huge Black Crowes fan, but I've always enjoyed this album.

listen

Nice, very "Rolling stones" A bit dated now but still listenable

Nice energy, good riffs

Pretty good

Rock and roll bb

Listened to this one a lot growing up.

This is super cheesy and not for me at all. I can't in good conscience give it more than 1 star. I guess I can say that it's a bit eclectic. But that's all it's got going for it. Not sure how this is on this list.

From a decade when the dominant music genres were hair metal, grunge and britpop, a Led Zeppelin-esque blues rock album (although with some hints of alternative rock, more typical of that era) was definitely a surprise, but a welcome one!

Halfway through I started to wish I was listening to Exile on Main St instead.

It's ok but not a genre that's exciting to me anymore :/

Such a beautiful album. She Talks to Angels will always be one of my favorites of all time.

Twice As Hard was really good, I like the guitar tone a lot. Jealous Again was good as well, I like the inclusion of the sort of jazzy piano on this song. Sister Luck you can definitely hear the “country” coming through a bit, not in a bad way, but it somewhat reminds me of Lynyrd Skynyrd. Could I’ve Been So Blind was again liked, nothing new to say, same reasons as before. Seeing Things was very reminiscent of Muse’s “Falling Down”, the sort of soft country, I really like it. Hard To Handle is somewhat familiar, very good, feels a but Led Zeppelin, mot much but a wee bit, has that classic rock feel. Thick ‘N’ Thin was really enjoyable, made me want to move, really liked the guitar work. She Talks To Angels was a nice acoustic ballad, literally the only gripe is the tuning meaning I can’t learn it. Struttin’ Blues again, highly enjoyable, would love to learn all this stuff but nothing is in a normal tuning. Stare It Cold I would argue was the worst song on the album, and I still really enjoyed it. This entire album was great, apparently it’s 43 minutes long, and if so then I must’ve loved it because it was the fastest 43 minutes of my life. I absolutely loved it and would recommend it to anybody. 4.9/5

I recognized the hits, although I don't love them. The rest of the album is pretty generic.

I don't have much to say about this album. The songs were inoffensive. Not bad, but not amazing either. My favourite song was Twice as Hard.

Best Song:Seeing things

4/5 bester Song: Thick N'Thin oder Seeing Things aber der ist auch geklaut es sind ca. 3 Trash Songs drauf der Rest ist strong sie lernen über das Album zusammen zu arbeiten Song 1: Wannabe jimmy Paige leicht nervige Vocals (sehr ertragbar) SCHEIß DRUMS blues solos popRock Coldplay vibes 5 Mitglieder 5 Genres zusammengeworfen die Intros sind immer geil und dann stürzt es ab seeing things ist ja einfach with a little help from my friends (Eher joe Cocker Version) auf wish ab Song 5 ist es geiler BluesRock

classic rock n roll sounds like it was released in 1970, not 1990

Not a big fan of the sound. Can’t place why exactly. But it’s not entirely fitting. I appreciate the quality of the songs and the instrumentals and vocals. But I am having a difficult time adjusting to the album if that makes sense. It sounds very generic, even for 1990. There’s nothing special about it.

Excellent album

Very good rock album from the 90s that sounds like right out of the 70s. There isn't really a bad track here; songs, production, playing, singing are all equally good. 4/5

decent

Great tunes

Although it contains their biggest hits, it's not my fav (that's Amorica). This album is rooted in blue/rock n' roll fusion that I'm not a particular fan of. When they do fuse, I like it better in Led Zeppelin and Aerosmith – and I still don't really like it in those cases. Singer sounds like the singer of Buck Cherry, which doesn't help their case either.

Not a fan of this genre

The album was ok. I knew a couple of songs. I have no need to listen to it again. It is mainly rock. It is just there. The album better is than a 2. Not really a 3. I will round up.

Fun sound, heavy hair rock. Not quite my cup of tea

Fine but not interesting at all. Hard to handle has real words in it? Wild

Belongs in the Pantheon of Southern Rock with Skynyrd and the Allman Bros.

Meh

solid rock album, although I seem to have heard it before

Very 90s. A bit too upbeat and fastpaced. Could not enjoy.

that was actually pretty good not exactly my genre but still enjoyable 7/10