| Product Summary | | Label: Sony/550 | | UPC: 00074645786322 | | Release Date: 6/7/1994 | | Buy.com Sku: 60405575 | | Item#: MG67MX | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 1732 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Every Morning ~ Keb' Mo' |  | | 2. Tell Everybody I Know ~ Keb' Mo' | | | 3. Love Blues ~ Keb' Mo' | | | 4. Victims Of Comfort ~ Keb' Mo' | | | 5. Angelina ~ Keb' Mo' | | | 6. Anybody Seen My Girl ~ Keb' Mo' | | | 7. She Just Wants To Dance ~ Keb' Mo' | | | 7. She Just Wants To Dance ~ Keb' Mo' | | | 8. Am I Wrong ~ Keb' Mo' | | | 9. Come On In My Kitchen ~ Keb' Mo' | | | 10. Dirty Low Down And Bad ~ Keb' Mo' | | | 11. Don't Try To Explain ~ Keb' Mo' | | | 12. Kindhearted Woman Blues ~ Keb' Mo' | | | 12. Kindhearted Woman Blues ~ Keb' Mo' | | | 13. City Boy ~ Keb' Mo' | | | 13. City Boy ~ Keb' Mo' | |
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| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel: Keb' Mo' (vocals, guitar, harmonica, banjo); Tommy Eyre (keyboards); James "Hutch" Hutchinson (bass); Laval Belle, Quentin Dennard, (drums); Tony Draunagel (percussion). | | Recorded at Red Zone Studios, Burbank, California and Devonshire Recording Studios, North Hollywood, California. | | The first solo release by contemporary blues-based artist Keb Mo' mixes a reverence for traditional country blues with more streamlined elements of commercial pop. Despite a convincing "down-home" approach of gravel-textured vocals and superior slide work and finger-picking skills, Keb Mo' avoids the pose of a hard line revivalist. Instead, he chooses to employ his fluency in the Delta tradition as a palette on which to blend a connoisseur's sampling of various musical genres. Country, funk, swing, and late 20th-Century folk balladry (Traci Chapman, James Taylor and Bob Dylan) all manage to make their way into the mix for a seamless blend of roots and radio friendliness. | | Keyboards, bass and drums (in addition to Keb Mo's contributions on guitar, harmonica and banjo) flesh out breezy soul-inflected pop such as "She Just Wants To Dance" and the island flavored "Tell Everybody I Know." Though gears continue to shift, from organ-drenched gospel to hillbilly lite, Keb Mo' brings things back to the source with inventive homages to the blues altar, such as in his re-casting of two Robert Johnson songs. Though blues purists may find Mo's genre blending somewhat disconcerting, others will find much to appreciate in this accessible, enjoyable, finely honed music. |
Producer: John Porter |
Engineer: Joe McGrath; John Strother |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 06/07/1994 | | Original Release Date : 1994 | | Catalog ID : 57863 | | Label : Okeh Records | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00074645786322 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Rolling Stone (5/13/99, p.65)
- Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's."Rolling Stone (12/15/94, p.98)
- 3.5 Stars - Good - "...it all sounds seamless..." Q (2/96, p.65)
- Included in Q's 50 Best Albums of 1995. Q (6/95, p.126)
- 4 Stars - Excellent - "...Like Mississippi John Hurt or Taj Mahal, Moore is rooted in songs rather than licks, although his guitar/banjo technique is sharp, hard and irresistibly sparkly....it's precisely because Moore pushes so hard that he's so compelling." Living Blues (9-10/94, p.66)
- "...a fresh take on some of the oldest blues styles..." NME (Magazine)
(7/15/95, p.49)
- 6 (out of 10)
- "...fine versions of two [Robert] Johnson songs plus some experiments with ragtime and pop music, circa 1920. But he's got a modern nous..., some funk plus a husky, keening voice that will endear him to the Jools Holland set..." |
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