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Format: CD
Manufacturer: Bloodshot Records
Buy.com Sku: 225021866
UPC: 744302019123
UPC 14: 00744302019123
Release Date: 10/24/2011
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Song Listing
Disc 1
Song Title
Sample
1. Want More ~ JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound
2. Everything Will Be Fine ~ JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound
3. I Got High ~ JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound
4. I Am Trying To Break Your Heart ~ JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound
5. Don't Lock the Door ~ JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound
6. Baaadnews ~ JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound
7. To Love Someone (That Don'T Love You) ~ JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound
8. I Can See Everything ~ JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound
9. Missing Things ~ JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound
10. Sister Ray Charles ~ JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound
11. Awake ~ JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound
Album Notes and Credits
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Personnel: JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound (vocals); Billy Bungeroth (vocals, guitar); Kevin Marks (vocals, drums, percussion); Ben Taylor (vocals); Yuriy Geyer (violin); Nate Lepine (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Chris Neal (tenor saxophone); Gerald Bailey (trumpet); Andrew Zelm (trombone); Alex Hall (piano, organ, Wurlitzer organ, congas); Andy Rosenstein, Marcus Gentry, Renaldo Domino (background vocals). |
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Audio Mixer: Alex Hall. |
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Recording information: Dirty North; Hi Style. |
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Photographers: Scott Williams ; Clayton Hauck. |
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The Bloodshot label, generally known for its "insurgent country" music, releases its first soul album, and while the tendency is to call this "insurgent R&B," Chicago-based singer JC Brooks and his white trio are closer to garage soul. Along the lines of Austin's Black Joe Lewis and Brooklyn's Dap-Kings, the group finds its groove in the tough '60s rumble of Stax and Motown before the latter became overly commercialized. Brooks has a convincing tenor voice and the songs, predominantly written or co-composed by guitarist Billy Bungeroth, tap into the raw power of Otis Redding and Wilson Pickett at their most rootsy. Added sweetening from guest horns, keyboards, and background singers fleshes out the sound, but keeps things unpolished and, well, at least somewhat insurgent. When the band hits a get-down funky James Brown backbeat as on "Baaadnews," it nails a frisky "Cool Jerk" vibe that is inescapable and hip-shaking. Brooks shifts to falsetto for the smooth, string-enhanced Philly International-styled "To Love Someone (That Don't Love You)" (one of only two covers, this one originally performed by obscure Chicago soul group the Kaldirons), but ballads are not what the outfit is about. Rather, they excel at a harder-edged R&B, frequently with offbeat themes as on the interestingly named "Sister Ray Charles," a title that never appears in the song's lyrics. The other cover, Wilco's "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart," is given a fascinating, surging rearrangement and is stamped with the seal of approval from no less an authority than Jeff Tweedy. There's a nod to the Fine Young Cannibals in the finger-popping "Good Thing" Motown beat of "Everything Will Be Fine," and while little is unique, there's plenty of energy and enthusiasm to go around. Brooks and company take an unlikely detour on "Missing You" that seems like they have been listening to the Band, and close with an Impressions/Curtis Mayfield-inspired, politically charged "Awake," a sweet ballad with somewhat clich?d "this train is bound for glory" words that mix some gospel into the approach. Nothing is extended past its breaking point and the disc winds up in just over half an hour. But, like the best albums soul or otherwise, it leaves you -- as the title says -- wanting more. ~ Hal Horowitz |
Producer: Jimmy Sutton |
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Engineer: Alex Hall |
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Technical Info
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Release Date : 10/24/2011 |
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Original Release Date : 2011 |
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Catalog ID : BS 191 |
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Label : Bloodshot |
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Number of Discs : 1 |
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SPAR Code : n/a |
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UPC : 00744302019123 |
Professional Reviews
Alternative Press (p.92)
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he most unique nod to the past is 'Missing Things,' where Brooks channels Otis Redding as his backing band lays down rootsy piano and organ harmonies..."
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he most unique nod to the past is 'Missing Things,' where Brooks channels Otis Redding as his backing band lays down rootsy piano and organ harmonies..."
Living Blues (p.53)
- "WANT MORE, with its refreshing, eclectic blend of rootsy soul, is definitely worth repeated listens."
- "WANT MORE, with its refreshing, eclectic blend of rootsy soul, is definitely worth repeated listens."
Uncut (magazine)
(p.81)
- 3 stars out of 5 -- "Throughout, the bone-dry sound keeps the tightly efficient performances of the three-piece core group and horn section in razor-sharp focus."
(p.81)
- 3 stars out of 5 -- "Throughout, the bone-dry sound keeps the tightly efficient performances of the three-piece core group and horn section in razor-sharp focus."
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