All Kinds Of Blues - Memphis Slim

Advantages: guitar
Disadvantages: none

...This is a good and cheap selection of some of the greatest blues musicians ever. The collection opens predictably with a muddy waters track (rollin’ stone) although probably not his best and then there appears the great elmore james performance on slide guitar in ‘dust my broom’ – a fantastically modern style of blues for the time. The j l hooker song is not ‘boom, boom’ thank god and the howlin’ wolf track ‘smokestack lightning’ features as track 9, this is a great song and I think once a budweiser advert song. There is a beautifully rough recording of memphis slim’s ‘guess I’m a fool’ towards the end which is for me the pick of the tracks. This is a solid album, nothing too new, but touches all the bases and is successful.... Read review

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Advantages: GREAT MUSIC
Disadvantages: NONE

...Sheryl first came on to the music scene with her ‘clean cut cow girl’ image with a fine song that was a chart topper, ‘All I wanna do, is have some fun’. It instantly attracted a lot of followers, then the hit ‘My favourite Mistake’ was released and I was sold. Having been raised in Missouri, near the blues town of Memphis, Tennessee, it’s not hard to figure out that the influences of rock, blues and folk music have influenced her music. She has the best lips in the world… apparently… and her voice has that rustic ‘hard’ edge to it. The music on this album ‘Globe Session’, is a variety of rock and ballads. The tracks are: My Favourite Mistake There Goes The Neighborhood Riverwide It Don't Hurt Maybe That's Something Am I Getting Through (Part I & II... Read review

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Advantages: Way Down
Disadvantages: all of the rest

...came along anyway. Still if you must carry on, we have He'll Have To Go, Pledging My Love, Moody Blue (another single from the album), and She Thinks I Still Care, all hideous country and western tunes with Elvis singing like he is reading the lyrics from a phone book . The last track, It's Easy For You, is a little better. But only a little. If you must buy a late-period Elvis album, go for "From Memphis To Vegas" or "From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee"; both have much better songs and more importantly, better singing. Avoid this album like the plague.... Read review

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