Champagne Jam

Atlanta Rhythm Section | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 6, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Mca Special Products
• ASIN: B000001FJY
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #18,695 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

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Media Type: CD
Artist: ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION
Title: CHAMPAGNE JAM
Street Release Date: 11/22/2005
Domestic
Genre: ROCK/POP

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Large Time, January 9, 2003

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Patricia R. Andersen "redheaded booklover" (MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Champagne Jam (Audio CD)

This is a great cd and a great place to start if you've never listened to the Atlanta Rhythm Section. The guitars are perfect, the drummer kicks ... and the lyrics are terrific.

I realize ARS gets classified as "Southern rock" mostly based on their name - nothing wrong with "Southern rock" but the music encompasses so much more than that label can reveal. They can be bluesy as on "Ballad of Lois Malone", they can rock out such as on "Champagne Jam" and they can do a haunting ballad such as "Imaginary Lover". There has been some criticism that all the somgs "sound the same" - it's as if you said all the Beatles songs sound the same. Yes, you can tell it's ARS when you hear the various songs, just as you can tell the Beatles when you hear them on the radio - but as with the Beatles, ARS manages to give each song distinctive without making the same song over and over again - a claim a lot of bands _can't_ make.

If you're into ARS, get this cd and have a "large time". If you're not familiar with them, this cd is a great place to start.
Either way, this is a terrific sounding cd that any fan of guitar rock should have in his/her collection.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Southern Guitar Masterpiece! Harmonies aplenty!, December 13, 2001

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Michael G. King "skyyking" (LOUISVILLE, KY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Champagne Jam (Audio CD)

The Atlanta Rhythm Section started out as session musicians in Doraville, Georgia's Studio One. They played with everyone from Elvin Bishop to Lynyrd Skynyrd. ARS was the little band that could, and boy could they. At low volume, some of these tunes could be mistaken for elevator music by geeks in ties. The trick is crankin' it up. It's like the thundering roar of a 4-wheel drive pick-up truck with glass packs & a rebel flag in the riew window, it may be mistaken for a regular ol' truck 'til you crank it up. The musicianship is so masterful, so clean, so crisp, and so right on the mark that it takes maximum volume to hear the music as it was intended to be heard. Let us not forget that this was recorded in the day of 180 watts per channel stereo hifi systems. The songs do not all sound alike, as one reviewer mentioned. "I'm Not Gonna Let It Bother Me Tonight" is very different from "Immaginary Lover" and "Evileen", and so on. "Large Time" is straight shootin' loud southern rock 'n' roll that lyrically tells the story of where ARS came from as session musicians. "I'm Not Gonna Let It Bother Me Tonight" is a bluesy-country little ditty that will get your feet tappin. "Champagne Jam" is jazzy in a southern sort of way. "Immaginary Lover" bleeds guitar rock & soul. "Evileen" was just ahead of it's time. ARS was a very talented ensemble of the south's best musicians. It is a damn shame that neither the critics nor today's generation of kids could appreciate the craftsmanship best displayed on this recording. I wish the other ARS albums would come back on CD, like "A Rock & Roll Alternative" with the hit song "So In To You", and "Quinella" with the song "Homesick". Guitars wale in the dead of night, feels so strong, feels so right. The boy's homesick.

I'm homesick! I Miss listening to great music like this fire out of my FM radio speakers at deafening volume.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great 70's blues-n-rock'n-roll, March 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Champagne Jam (Audio CD)

I HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO ARS SINCE THE MID 70'S. THE EMOTIONS THEIR MUSIC INVOKED IN ME STILL STIRS WHENEVER I AM LUCKY ENOUGH TO HEAR ANY TUNE FROM THIS GREAT CLASSIC ALBUM ON THE AIRWAYS. SADLY THOUGH, TODAYS MAINSTREAM RADIO STATIONS HAVE ALL BUT FORGOTTEN HOW REALLY GOOD THEIR MUSICIANSHIP AND MELODIES WERE, ARE, AND ALWAYS WILL BE.