petak, 10.07.2009.
George Thorogood - Bad to the Bone (1982) (25.Anniversary Remaster Edit 2007)
The record companys finally did something right.Though I would have rather seen a 25.th anniversary of his first album, this one is just as good. First of all you get the original album sounding crisp and clean and better than ever with a bonus track. The b side instrumental called "that philly thing" which I enjoyed.Then you get six of the tracks from the album rerecorded with the 2007 version of the destroyers, which is exactly the same band except for the adding of a second guitar Jim Shuler which really fattens the sound and imo all of the new recording save "bad to the bone" sound equal or better. But the original bad to the bone will always be the best and the new recording doesn't stand up to it. So if your new to george this is a great album to buy because you will be unfamilar with most of the songs and even if you already have the album the new bonus track and rerecordings make it worth the purchase...C. Farough
George Thorogood was, is and always will be a bar band rocker at heart. On his first major label record 1982's "Bad to the Bone" made for Capitol, he and his tight-as-duck-feathers band don't change a single note of their hard rocking, beer guzzling sound. Only the size of the bar has changed; Thorogood's slide stings like a big and nasty bee, his voice is as dude-next-door as always, the rhythm section favors brute force over subtlety at all times and Hank Carter blows a marvelously yakky post-Clemons sax. They cover classic slabs of American rock and blues like the Isley Brothers' "Nobody But Me," Chuck Berry's "No Particular Place to Go," John Lee Hooker's "New Boogie Chillun," soulful ballads like Jimmy Reed's "It's a Sin" and Albert King's "As the Years Go Passing By," and most surprisingly, a restrained and almost thoughtful version of Bob Dylan's ballad "Wanted Man." The originals are good, too, with suitably raw rocker "Back to Wentzille" leading things off and the huge, timeless hit "Bad to the Bone" providing the albums' highlight. Next to Move It on Over, this is Thorogood's finest work and established him as one of the unsung heroes of the age of AOR. [The 2007 reissue adds the B-side to the "Nobody But Me" single ("That Philly Thing," a rollicking instrumental) and newly recorded version of six songs from the album including "Bad to the Bone." These recordings show that the George can still whip up some excitement but they dilute the power of the original album. Plus both "Bad to the Bone" (which oddly enough seems to be missing a note in the instantly recognizable riff) and "New Boogie Chillun" are stretched out past the seven-minute mark, which might be fun in a crowded bar but are tiresome on CD.] Tim Sendra
Codec: mp3
Bitrate: 320 kB/s
Size: 173 MB
Genre : Rock
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Tracklist:
01 Back to Wentsville 3:29
02 Blue Highway 4:43
03 Nobody But Me 3:27
04 It's a Sin 3:32
05 New Boogie Chillun 5:21
06 Bad to the Bone 4:50
07 Miss Luann 4:09
08 As the Years Go Passing By 5:01
09 No Particular Place to Go 3:58
10 Wanted Man 3:11
11 That Philly Thing Instrumental B Side 2:25
12 Blue Highway New Recording 4:08
13 New Boogie Chillun New Recording 7:10
14 No Particular Place to Go New Recording 4:26
15 As the Years Go Passing By New Recording 4:44
16 Bad to the Bone New Recording 7:05
17 Wanted Man New Recording 3:57
