CD Review:
This is a badly put together album and only a few bits make it worth a listen. It seems to be a recording of a stand up act in Atlanta but it jumps between bits so you don't know if it is a mishmash of different shows pasted together or just one.
The end of the CD has Rock singing, or rapping actually for two songs. You can see that Rock made a wise choice to pursue a stand up career after hearing him try to rap. It was a waste and you will soon take the CD out after a couple of verses.
The funniest parts of the CD come when he speaks of McDonalds and minimum wage, about how blacks aren't crazy and his take on paying taxes. But mostly the CD is forgettable. I might be a bit bored of the formula as I have watched Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy, two men who Rock has cloned, which might mean that the people who enjoy Rock's work most are those who were teens in the early '90s. Try Bigger & Blacker before this as Born Suspect is only for the die-hard Chris Rock fan.
Full Spectrum Staff
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| Artist |
Van Morrison |
| Album Title |
Blowin' Your Mind |
| Date Of Release |
1967 |
| Genre |
Blues Rock |
| Official Website |
www.vanmorrison.co.uk |
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CD Review:
Van Morrison was born George Ivan Morrison in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1945. He is a master innovator of various music genres, from pop, R&B, jazz etc. fused with his unique voice and poetic lyrical writings. This was the Van's first release and contains his first hit "Brown Eyed Girl." Mostly a blues record it is dominated by the lengthy song "T.B. Sheets" which lasts for almost ten minutes. A truly depressing song about tuberculosis, it is Van's best song on the album and makes the rest anti-climactic.
Full Spectrum Staff
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