The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion

Never got it. Pub rock that people seem to think is genius. It bores me to tears.

The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion is the second album of southern blues rock The Black Crowes. Given that their debut album (Shake Your Money Maker) is already on the original list and their music is not very original, this album is not justified for submission. On the other side this album is far better than their debut album and the songs are good and the performance is great. So why not. As mentioned earlier this has done before, but it is done very well. It may not be art but it's good craftmanship. Sometimes food does not have to be haute cuisine. Comfort food can be so damn satisfying too.

This band has always felt like a one-trick pony to me – even though the instrumentals are executed to a T and the songs are written well, they're all written in a way where everything sounds the same. The overall listening experience on this LP feels like minor variations on a theme rather than a diverse Crowes artistic statement, got somewhat tiresome without any interesting deviation from the norm.

a pretty standard southern rock affair.

I know The Black Crowes a bit, they're a Planet Rock staple, so I knew The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion would be a decent listen. It's pretty straightforward Blues rock but it's good, doesn't try to be anything it's not, and when it hits the mark it's excellent like on Thorn in my Pride and Sometimes Salvation. Easy high 3, sure it's derivative and unoriginal, but sometimes that's what you need, an easy and comforting listen.

Good enough

Better than their debut from the original list, but still kinda shit. Boring blues rock probably recorded inside of an iceberg in the 70s but cryogenically unfrozen and released into the world only in 1992 as a result of climate change. 2/5.

I've tried, but I really don't care for the Black Crowes. I'm sure they're very good at what they do, but I'm I just can't get into their music. Reminds me too much of classic rock bands like the Stones and Aerosmith, who I also don't care for.

Nope. I refuse to give this my time.

I stand by my review of their first album.

Not bad, not great. I think one Black Crowes album was more than enough

It’s good. Not much else to say really.

Rating: 6/10 Best songs: Remedy

Meh. This has been done many times before and many times afterwards. It's pretty bland blues rock. My personal rating: 3/5 My rating relative to the list: 3/5 Should this have been included on the original list? No.

A heavier style of blues rock. Very energetic music. 'Remedy' is a kind of famous hit-single

The children of southern rock do music that sounds like The Black Crowes

Based on the cover and titles I expected something kinda country. What I got was more like a mid-90s sugar free gum commercial. Extremely dated ‘adult alternative’ rock. Sort of fun in a time travel throwback sort of way

All right

Blimey, this lot got some stick in the early 90s, accused of ripping off just about every blues rock band that came before them. The criticism often seemed to overlook the fact that the blues rock bands that came before them ripped off the blues artists who came before them, etc, etc. This is just how music works. Also overlooked, by critics anyway, was just how good this band was. The rest of us, and there were a lot of us, knew. This album was a massive step up from its predecessor; a confident, swaggering beast, and the run of tracks from Sometimes Salvation through to My Morning Song is an absolute blast. They remind me most of Free, but did they rip off Free? Probably, and several other bands, but I really don’t care. I love Free and I love this.

If this is what passes for music on the Rolling Stones Wannabe Express, I'll take my chances off that particular meat-and-potatoes, borefest gen x / boomer train. (Dear anonymous user, please don't blame me for taking a page out of one of your rare sourpuss reviews -- after all, The Black Crowes copy their sources of inspiration in such a blatant fashion themselves, don't they? So surely, you of all people can appreciate the irony here...) 1/5 for the purposes of this list dedicated to essential albums. 6/10 for more general purposes (5 for the musicianship and production values + 2 for the artistry if that thing had been released during the early seventies -- alas, the album was released in 1992, so it's gonna be a 1) Skip button, please. *Please*. ---- Number of albums from the original list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 465 Albums from the original list I *might* include in mine later on: 288 Albums from the original list I won't include in mine: 336 ---- Number of albums from the users list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 122 Albums from the users list I *might* select for mine later on: 141 Albums from the users list I won't select for mine: 315 (including this one) ---- Salut Émile, Tu pourras lire ma dernière réponse sous le *Little Criminals* de Randy Newman. A+.