BLACK CROWES Shake Your Money Maker - 2007 reissued Southern Rock CD w/bonustracks
Format: CD Condition: New Year of Release: 2007 Cat. No.: 14635 Label: Sbme/Columbia
The Black Crowes' debut album, Shake Your Money Maker, might borrow heavily from the bluesy hard rock grooves of the Rolling Stones and Faces (plus a bit of classic soul), but the band gets away with it due to sharp songwriting and an ear for strong riffs and chorus melodies, not to mention the gritty, muscular rhythm guitar of Rich Robinson and brother Chris' appropriate vocal swagger.
Unlike their later records, the Crowes don't really stretch out and jam that much on Money Maker, but that helps distill their virtues into a handful of memorable singles ("Jealous Again," "She Talks to Angels," a cover of Otis Redding's "Hard to Handle"), and most of the album tracks maintain an equally high standard. Shake Your Money Maker might not be stunningly original, but it doesn't need to be; it's the most concise demonstration of the fact that the Black Crowes are a great, classic rock & roll band.
~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide
TRACK LISTING:
1 Twice As Hard 2 Jealous Again 3 Sister Luck 4 Could I've Been So Blind 5 Seeing Things 6 Hard To Handle 7 Thick N' Thin 8 She Talks To Angels 9 Struttin' Blues 10 Stare It Cold 11 Don't Wake Me [*] 12 She Talks To Angels [Acoustic][*] 13 Mercy, Sweet Moan [*]
