Back to the Blues

Gary Moore | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 20, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sanctuary Records
• ASIN: B00005A8BG
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  DVD Audio  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #195,460 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

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Guitarist Gary Moore is an anomaly: a testosterone-driven rocker with jazz and romantic leanings, equally at home pacing the stage with the Thin Lizzy boys, fusion riffing with Jon Hiseman's Colosseum or pouring out his heart in any one of the many versions of the same minor ballad that he keeps penning (represented here by "Picture of the Moon" and "The Prophet"). Mind you these are good minor ballads and no more repetitive than your average blues or country tunes. Speaking of the blues, with this CD Moore shows that he can also remind us what we liked about British blues in the first place: genuine feeling, great tone, and an energy that puts the electric in electric guitar. Those that miss the fire of Clapton's Bluesbreaker years will find it here. "You Upset Me Baby" shows that Moore can swing, and if some metal plod occasionally seeps into tunes like "I Ain't Got You" or "Looking Back" we can forgive him, for in a world blighted by way too much irony and cold craftsmanship, this man's honest passion is something to be treasured. --Michael Ross

Product Description

2001 album for the guitar hero, as the title suggests, marks a return to the genre in which he excels both artisticallyand commercially. This album demonstrates without equivocation exactly why Moore is regarded as one of the finest bluesguitarists of the blues era. Ten tracks including, 'Enough Of The Blues', 'You Upset Me Baby' and 'Cold Black Night'. Standard jewelcase. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars IT'S BLUES ALIVE WITH BACK TO THE BLUES!, April 8, 2001

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Jay Siekierski (STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Back to the Blues (Audio CD)

Gary Moore rolls into 2001 with a solid return to the blues with his new hard hitting Back To The Blues on CMC International. Those who know Gary's Blues Alive/After Hours/Greeny & Still Got The Blues albums are going to love this new tour de force plate. Though only 10 tunes grace this album (6 by Gary & 6 covers)...This is a generous helping with Gary at times burning the fingerboard and yet playing as slow with a textured precision that is fueled with passion and grace that satisfies the soul. Gary produced this album but this time around the sound is very stripped down and bare bone, as opposed to the albums mentioned above (excluding the live Blues Alive). Yes there are echoes of Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Rory Gallagher, Peter Green and Roy Buchanan. But you know what? Gary Moore is a master guitarist and a legend as well and the sound is all his own. His soul. His tune "Drowning In Tears" is a beautiful slow blues ballad with a mournful haunting guitar. On "Stormy Monday " & "Cold Black Night (another Gary tune) both have Gary turning up the fire and shredding the fingerboard. THESE TUNES ARE EXPLOSIVE! "Enough Of The Blues" may be the single but Gary's "Picture Of The Moon" is another great blues ballad in the "I Still Got The Blues For You" vein which could possibly get him another worldwide radio hit. Need a good dose of melodic articulate fret work? "The Prophet" a stunning instrumental is easily Gary's answer to guitar great Roy Buchanan's "The Messiah Will Come". I think you got the picture. This CD will be well received among his legions of fans. For new fans of his music, this CD is a great starting point. BTW: Gary is actually smiling in some of the pixs! A.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Moore blues from the master, March 30, 2001

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Carol E. Czaplicki (Nerja Malaga España) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Back to the Blues (Audio CD)

Yet another gem from the most underappreciated guitarist in rock.After two great records,Dark Days In Paradise and Different Beat,Gary Moore returns to the shaft where he mined his most precious gold...the blues.The man truly has a gift for this material."Enough Of The Blues","You Upset Me" and "Stormy Monday" especially show that Gary could show his contemporaries a thing or two about how this music should be played.Full of passion, soul and spirit, his guitar will take you places that mere mortals fear to tread."Cold Black Night" is an excellent nod to Gary's own hero Jimi Hendrix, which would not have been out of place on Electric Ladyland."The Prophet" ranks right up there with"The Loner" from Wild Frontier in sheer brilliance.All in all not a bad note played any place on this disc.It's really a shame that more people in the US especially don't know Moore!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Strong Blues from One of the Greatest Axemen, September 5, 2002

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T. B. Vick "T.B.V." - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Back to the Blues (Audio CD)

This is a raw and powerful album. It has Moore's rugged rock vocals along with his great guitar work. The CD starts out with a nice textured song, "Enough of the Blues," that begins with just Moore and the guitar and then explodes into a full sound. Nice!

Moore's guitar sounds much like Roy Buchanan, especially on "You Upset Me Baby." (which also has a bit of a swinging blues style). Track four, six (a track which has an Eric Clapton feel to it), and eight have a much more Gary "Moore-ish" sound to it, with his quick tricks and licks coming through, along with his trademark tone. Every song is either raw blues or has a very rock blues sound to it.

This is a great CD, every song is good (there's not a bad song in the lot). Those who are Moore fans will love this album, while those who are perhaps just getting acquainted with Moore will find this album a big treat as well. Overall the album is blues but has both upbeat and slower tunes as well, making for a nice textured album.