Black Licorice

Convoy | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 14, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Atlantic / Wea
• ASIN: B00005N82E
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #258,956 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Gone So Quick Tomorrow

2. Here's Lookin' at You

3. Caught Up in You

4. Anytime She Wants It

5. Is He in Your Heart Tonight

6. Weekends

7. Alice

8. Wet Cement

9. So Much You Can Do

10. Eleventeen

11. Loosen It Up

12. Goodbye Everybody

13. California Girls

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This album kicks butt, November 5, 2002

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Elaine (Georgia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Black Licorice (Audio CD)

I discovered this band by accident, but darn was it one of the best accidents of my life. This CD is an AMAZING blend of rock, pop, country, and couple of other flavors all woven together with some killer harmonies. I love these guys. Everyone should. They are good old fashioned rock and roll -- they've got the swagger of the Stones and the attitude to match. Black Licorice is a must have album for all lovers of rock and roll. Buy Black Licorice, listen to it about a thousand times, then when think you've got the band down go see a live show, the guys will take you to a whole new dimension and you'll be a fan for life!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars There is hope yet for rock n' roll!, January 4, 2002

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"inigoes" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Black Licorice (Audio CD)

Just when you thought rock and roll bands have become a bad parade of calculated, second-rate rap-metal hucksters and pale grungemeisters, along comes a band like Convoy to give hope to those of us who appreciate songcraft, musicianship and sincerity in their rock and roll. "Black Licorice" is an album that realizes rock music actually predates 1990-era grunge, and Convoy isn't afraid to mine mainstream rock's great heritage of the Beach Boys, Beatles, Stones, Gram Parsons. But don't call them revivalists (i.e. Black Crowes, Lenny Kravitz) - San Diego-based Convoy has the ability to reflect their influences, yet make music that is wholly their own. Echoing Jeff Tweedy and Wilco, the opening cut Gone So Quick Tomorrow opens with Beach Boys-like harmonies, then slashes into a country-twinged rocker featuring alternating lead vocals, with a George Harrison-influenced slide lead thrown in for good measure. Absolutely wonderful! Here's Lookin' At You, Caught Up In You, Anytime She Wants It continue the opening salvo - by this time, your ears are ringing "Hallelujiah! Rock is reborn!" Throw in a great Exile on Main Street-era rocker (Loosen It Up) that the Stones wish they could still write, and you realize Convoy is the real deal. And unlike the over-hyped and less talented The Strokes, these boys don't cop the cool affectations pulled from some rock critic's list of essential rock albums. In other words, "Black Licorice" is much more sincere than "Is This It." Convoy's got game, and they can sing and play pretty damn well, too! Let's hope radio and the critics wake up to discover these new torch-bearers of straight-ahead rock and roll.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Convoy's Black Licorice, August 14, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Black Licorice (Audio CD)

This album is amazing, finally good music being brought back into the main stream. This album is a modern day version of early Rolling Stones mixed with Beach Boys harmony. I love it! The CD is stuck in my car and is never coming out. This band is here for the long haul. Buy two, because you'll wear the first one out.