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| | Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women | | | Music Artist : | | Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Yep Roc Records | | Release Date : | | 2009-05-26 | | Store Price : | | $17.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $13.99 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Marie Marie
2. California's Burning
3. Downey Girl
4. Weight of the World
5. Anyway
6. Boss of the Blues
7. Potter's Field
8. River Under the Road
9. These Times We're Living In
10. Nana and Jimi
11. Don't Make Promises
12. Que Sera Sera [Whatever Will Be, Will Be]
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Wrong female vocals
Submitted on: 2009-10-16 |
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| Tony Joe white hit a grand slam with The Heroines CD. So an album supported by vet female singers can truly work. But this one flops to me. Whoever that chick is singing "Weight of the World" is enough to make me burn this CD in a really hot bonfire. This experiment did not work for me. A few good tunes but I just don't feel the deep soul I enjoy from other efforts. If you're new to Dave Alvin, Ashgrove still stands alone as the very best Alvin CD. |
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 Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women
Submitted on: 2009-10-01 |
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| I've been a fan of Dave since the Blaster days and have watched him grow and mature as a songwriter, a guitarist, and an artist over the years. He's never been afraid to try something new as evidenced by the multitude of different versions he's recorded of classics like Marie Marie. The latest CD is no exception. The band it tight, the recording fresh and alive, and the sharing of the "stage" typical of Dave. It stands on its own as a fine CD. As an addition to one's Dave collection, its a must. |
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 Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women - Fine Roots Music
Submitted on: 2009-09-25 |
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Dave Alvin has assembled a group of some of the finest "guilty" women in good, basic down to earth "roots"
music. They cover a variety of styles from Cajun to folk to country to blues but the entire album hangs together with a common roots sound, that is also timeless. |
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 To each his own
Submitted on: 2009-07-23 |
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| Was curious about this album and went to see Dave and the Guilty Women in Pittsburgh. The show was excellent. I bought the CD and have listened to every song about 10 times. I like "Don't Make Promises" "Downey Girl" "California's Burning" "Boss of the Blues" "River under the Road" and "Potter's Field". So half the CD is good (in my opinion) and the other half is so-so. But if you get the chance to see Dave live, he's terrific. |
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Music to Nod Off To
Submitted on: 2009-07-18 |
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Let me state at the outset that I love Dave Alvin and have seen him numerous times with his band The Guilty Men. I have never seen anything but a great show and one of the main reasons for this is that the band rocks. It's tight and spontaneous at the same time. And of course, Alvin is an outstanding guitarist and song writer.
But this CD, DAVE ALVIN & THE GUILTY WOMEN, is the worst by Dave I've ever heard. This Alvin CD feels to me like dreary folk-fest by a collection of young (I guess) and disconcertingly earnest women. I like female singers a lot, but I prefer that they have a little soul, be it R&B, country, whatever. Lee Ann Womack, for example, or Patty Loveless are singers who have the cojones to work well with Alvin. But as the women he has with him on DA&TGW do not, the CD consists of non-descript and uninteresting songs which fit their styles.
There is one absolutely great song, "Boss of the Blues", on the CD. This song would be right at home on any other Alvin CD. "Marie Marie", one of Alvin's older songs is fine, though somewhat uninspired. And one of the Guilty Women's songs, "Potter's Field" is pleasant enough.
On the other end of the spectrum, "Don't Make Promises" is not only enervating at best, but it's close to 7 minutes long, and about 2/3 of the way through it, though I had stopped actively listening to it a while back, I became aware of it as an irritating background drone. Slightly better, due at least in part to the fact that they're shorter, are "River Under the Road", "These Times We're Living In", and "Weight of the World". It's not that the songs are unpleasant, but that they're boring.
And the CD slinks on out with an unnecessary Alvin version, for whatever reason, of "Que Sera Sera".
Mine is clearly a minority opinion here, but I've listened to the CD four times now in the hopes that I might grow to like it, but it ain't gonna happen. In my opinion, DA&TGW is pretty much a waste of time, and I rate it two stars only because of "Boss of the Blues" which is the only song on here I'll listen to again, and because it's Dave Alvin.
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What follows is an addition to the above CD review:
I went to a concert by Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women on August 22, 2009, at the Blueberry Hill Duck Room in St. Louis, and it was one of the best shows I've ever seen anywhere.
The Guilty Women flat out rip it up. You will not find a more burning band anywhere and I have to say they were as good as The Guilty Men, and that's damn good.
Even "Que Sera, Sera" was terrific, as Dave played it as a Chuck Berry number.
I still feel the same way about the CD, but the women playing with him have soul to spare, and anyone who likes Dave Alvin or just great rock and roll should see their show if you can. |
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