Earl Hines & The Duke's Men - Earl Hines

Advantages: Sufjan stevens, vocals, originality, sounds, vibrance, different
Disadvantages: Some people may miss the references of the album

...implausible to perform live, though this one is broken into two parts, the first part starting happy and lively full of multi-instrumental layers before the vocals kick in with Sufjan and the backing band. The second part sounds more like the previous song, a slow sad sounding, with changes of pace spread liberally through out. 10/10 "Riffs and Variations on a Single Note for Jelly Roll, Earl Hines, Louis Armstrong, Baby Dodds, and the King of Swing, to Name a Few" – 0:46 Different, but still not my thing. 4/10 "Out of Egypt, into the Great Laugh of Mankind, and I Shake the Dirt from My Sandals as I Run" – 4:21 Another instrumental, which is a shame as you can kinda imagine Sufjan singing over it and the song being brilliant, as it is it's abover average but not what it could have been. 6/10 Over a good album that seems to have... Read review

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...I got this album because I was sick of buying singles and hunting down other tracks that I liked, and they seemed to be on different ones, which is quite peculiar for compilations records these days! It features artists such as: All Saints, N-Tyce, Lutricia McNeal, Shola Ama, Aretha Franklin, Kristine Blond, Robyn, En Vogue, Zhane, Deni Hines, Aaliyah, Erykah Badu, Tina Moore, the list just keeps on going. There aren't many not-so-good songs on this album, I think you'll find it really good and groovy! The Sisters of Swing and boys of swing records are good ones to collect, they often feature songs that aren't on the satndard compilation Cd's.... Read review

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...to do. We Aint Ever Satisfied is the proof, albeit the short snapshot version, that Earle was right to play the game his way, for in not bowing down to the marketing men, the suits and the record company bosses he has produced some musical gems and 12 of them compromise this 1992 album. Earle is a Texan who cut his musical teeth in Nashville and was part of a group of outsiders to the ultra conservative country set up of the time. Earle worked with such luminaries as Guy Clarke and Townes Van Zant both of whom achieved a reasonable amount of success but Earle, who always said that he would make his first album at 21 had to wait another 10 years for his thing to kick off. By then he was as much infamous for his difficult attitude as he was famous for his raw emotive live shows. By the time Guitar Town, the debut album, saw the light of day... Read review

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