All About Town

V-Roys | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 25, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: E-Squared
• ASIN: B000009OTJ
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #186,424 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Window Song

2. Mary

3. Amy 88

4. Arianne

5. Strange

6. Hold on to Me

7. Miss Operator

8. Testify

9. Sorry Sue

10. Over the Mountain

11. Viriginia Way/Shenandoah Breakdown

12. Fade Away

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a little bit country, a little bit rock&roll, December 27, 1999

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Martin Wilson (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: All About Town (Audio CD)

This is a fabulous album -- one I am surprised hasn't been reviewed yet! Although I have a few guesses as to why they have not been reviewed here yet -- first of all, they defy catagorization, so I'm sure it's hard for them to find an audience. But an audience they certainly deserve. The V-roys have a unique and flexible sound, encompassing everything from hard guitar rock/pop to pure bluegrass. It is a mix impossible to describe other than to praise. This band bends and twists in all kinds of ways, keeping listeners on their toes and never letting a particular sound or genre get stale or mundane. They are afraid neither to let their hair down and rock and roll nor to run off a blistering bluegrass number. If you appreciate more than one style of music and the blending of purely American music styles, you should check out the V-roys. A great, exciting, diverse album!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simple southern rock that sounds great, March 18, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: All About Town (Audio CD)

It is too bad that the V-roys split up in the fall of '99. I have seen them 6 times and they are incredible live. This CD is their second effort and it is a bit more refined than their first (Just add ice). The songs are catchy, with a great southern rock sound that retains a simplicity that makes it unique and energenic. It is really a good CD, worth buying.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 4.999 stars, December 17, 2008

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K. Crothers (Charleston SC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: All About Town (Audio CD)

4.999 stars because it's just slightly lesser than Just Add Ice, the debut. That .001 deduction is the sound of Steve Earle sticking his nose in where it didn't belong - it's the sound of Earle breaking up the band.
I threw away "Copperhead Road" after hearing a few stories about the recording of this album. A drum machine instead of Gentleman Jeff Bills? Insanity.

Still, despite the meddling the band managed to make this one of my top 10 desert island discs.