Tags
Language
Tags
March 2024
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
25 26 27 28 29 1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31 1 2 3 4 5 6

The Black Crowes - 1972 (2022)

Posted By: Rtax
The Black Crowes - 1972 (2022)

The Black Crowes - 1972 (2022)
FLAC (tracks) - 188 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 62 MB
26:58 | Southern Rock, Blues Rock | Label: Silver Arrow

If any active band is fit to take a 50-year trip back in time, it's the Black Crowes. After all, the Atlanta-formed group's debut album, Shake Your Money Maker, was shaped as much by the rock, glam and R&B of 1972 as it was by anything surrounding the band in 1990. And it wore it well, as one of the songs on the Crowes' 1972 EP says; brothers Chris and Rich Robinson and their bandmates pasted those influences on their musical sleeves, unapologetically and with gusto, and fused them with enough of their attitude to make it sound timeless rather than retro.

Having reactivated the band in 2019, the Robinsons' first recordings with the Crowes' new lineup puts the band in the way-back machine. 1972 delivers 2022 Crowes treatments of a half-dozen favorites of that year, choices that both make perfect sense - such as the Rolling Stones' "Rocks Off" and Rod Stewart's "You Wear It Well" - and raise eyebrows (the Temptations' "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone") but in all cases sound like they had a helluva time taking them on. The sextet's affinity for the material wins out, the Crowes' genuine appreciation and respect for the material resulting in more than rote remakes.

"Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" is the outlier, a Norman Whitfield suite whose carefully laid-out sonics hardly seem suited for a band of rowdy rockers. The Crowes' version works, though - harder 'n' heavier, outfitted with funkier beat and piano, organ and guitars in place of the original's lush string arrangement. Chris Robinson deftly works his way through the "hey mama" middle section that was originally done by five voices, and his harmonica break toward the end caps an original and wholly worthwhile take on the classic.

The rest of the EP is mostly faithful, with some different vocal phrasings and instrumental tweaks. There are no horns on "Rocks Off," for instance, and the Crowes' midsection breakdown is more grounded and less trippy than the Stones' Exile on Main St. rendition. "You Wear It Well" substitutes organ for violin during the first solo, while versions of T. Rex's "The Slider" and David Bowie's "Moonage Daydream" replace glam with granite (no audible acoustic guitars on the latter, either), giving each a more forceful kind of impact.

Little Feat's "Easy to Slip," finally, is the unexpected gem, a deep cut sung by Rich Robinson, with a bit more of a Grateful Dead veneer amid the harmonies and country/Americana underpinning. It was an underappreciated track back in 1972 and shines on in loving hands 50 years later. We do hope for some brand new Black Crowes music - which both Robinsons have indicated is likely. Until then 1972 is a welcome placeholder, an inclusive and engaging party that opens up a little more of the Crowes' rock 'n' roll heart.

Tracklist
1. Rocks Off (4:32)
2. The Slider (3:49)
3. You Wear It Well (4:52)
4. Easy To Slip (3:29)
5. Moonage Daydream (5:03)
6. Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone (5:13)
–––––––––––-

DON'T MODIFY THIS FILE

–––––––––––-

PERFORMER: auCDtect Task Manager, ver. 1.6.0 RC1 build 1.6.0.1
Copyright © 2008-2010 y-soft. All rights reserved
http://y-soft.org

ANALYZER: auCDtect: CD records authenticity detector, version 0.8.2
Copyright © 2004 Oleg Berngardt. All rights reserved.
Copyright © 2004 Alexander Djourik. All rights reserved.


FILE: B3 Papa Was A Rollin Stone.flac
Size: 35745070 Hash: BA036DAFD8156559CD36ED5AC41FFD8C Accuracy: -m8
Conclusion: CDDA 100%
Signature: 39FE41606B99BDA719FA8E8BE62E6E2D20369067
FILE: B2 Moonage Daydream.flac
Size: 36597383 Hash: 49E57F3CA7460BA569393B601EE258A3 Accuracy: -m8
Conclusion: CDDA 100%
Signature: D08A9846B5D305ECCC6F8D2BF5090057E6E14A04
FILE: B1 Easy To Slip.flac
Size: 25843547 Hash: 71F62D12F1A0BA27660F94B44E2DD4F5 Accuracy: -m8
Conclusion: CDDA 100%
Signature: 7759E39C37A0EE9DC15098D7ED8F0A9A05DA9DA3
FILE: A3 You Wear It Well.flac
Size: 36639882 Hash: 91A74CC8000DC9CEACB425E68CD24DF2 Accuracy: -m8
Conclusion: CDDA 99%
Signature: 156102D46EF1C9117AC3039B71C03934FC4037EB
FILE: A2 The Slider.flac
Size: 27211704 Hash: 6AE9B2A5DC323028AEED9773816F5790 Accuracy: -m8
Conclusion: CDDA 100%
Signature: B9CD9CFCD0A2FF01CF47F179B7671D7D830ECC0C
FILE: A1 Rocks Off.flac
Size: 35183988 Hash: C18CEE26A5B198BB021F1DF95064B282 Accuracy: -m8
Conclusion: CDDA 100%
Signature: 1D40365249B512D13EC6B67877907404C4979446