Chirpin

The Persuasions | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 13, 1990)
• Original Release Date: November 13, 1990
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Elektra / Wea
• ASIN: B000002GYE
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #412,103 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Papa Oom Mow Mow

2. Willie and Laura Mae Jones

3. Moonlight and Music

4. Johnny Porter

5. Looking for an Echo

6. Women and Drinkin'

7. Sixty Minute Man

8. Win Your Love (For Me)

9. It's Gonna Rain Again

10. To Be Loved

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is my favorite Persuasions album., May 29, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Chirpin (Audio CD)

This could be the greatest of all The Persuasions' albums,in my humble opinion. The harmonies come so thick, they sound like a chorus. "Papa Oom Mow Mow" is a tour-de-force for Joe Russell, who also does one song, "To Be Loved,"all by himself. It is a torrid and moving performance by Joe that he has never surpassed, as far as I'm concerned. Of course, this has the very moving Persuasions' autobiographical theme song, "Looking For And Echo," and bass man Jimmy Hayes singing lead on the Persuasions concert staple,"Sixty Minute Man." Rolling Stone called this album one of the top 100 of the entire 1970s, and I agree.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gadzooks!, October 27, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Chirpin (Audio CD)

Gadzooks! Greatest vocal album ever made. Virtuosic. Powerful. Heartbreaking. Gorgeous. Percolating. Scintillating.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Flawless Harmonies, April 2, 2004

By 

Tyler Smith (Denver, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chirpin (Audio CD)

If you are a devotee of -- OK, a sucker for -- a cappella doo-wop, you can't do much better than "Chirpin'," one of many fine releases from the legendary Persuasions.

The album is completely free of musical instruments, unless, of course, you count the four members' voices, the combination of which makes anything else unnecessary. Their harmonies are flawless, and they sing with a confidence in the material and each other that makes each song a chapter in a superbly told story.

The range of their power is illustrated by their ability to inject energy into a dust-covered chestnut like "Papa Oom Mow Mow," hold you spellbound with the musical narratives of "Wille and Laura Mae Jones" and "Johnny Porter," and wrap you in the pure romanticism of "Moonlight and Music." And those are not to mention their tasty dollops of R&B ("Women and Drinkin'", "Sixty Minute Man").

But for me they capture the spirit of doo-wop in its purest form with "Looking for an Echo," a wonderful evocation of the street singing that is at the heart of the music. If you have only heard the Kenny Vance version of this tune, you'll be surprised by how much more the Persuasions do with it. It's on the relatively short list of pop tunes that I have played over and over again without ever getting tired of it.

Excellent CD to get if you are coming on the Persuasions for the first time.