Dose [Original recording reissued]

Gov't Mule | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 24, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued
• Label: Volcano
• ASIN: B00005LMMI
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #33,685 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Deep cosmic soul, February 6, 2000

By 

R. Hutchinson "autonomeus" (a world ruled by fossil fuels and fossil minds) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)    (REAL NAME)   

This review is from: DOSE (Audio CD)

This album is POWERFUL, too powerful for some listeners, apparently. It is a giant leap past their excellent 1995 self-titled debut. I would never have guessed that this would come from the guys I saw with the Allmans in the mid-'90s. Is it dark and heavy? Yes it is, and that's because it is plumbing the depths of life, which includes pain.

There is amazing variety, though -- two instrumentals, "Thelonious Beck" and "Birth of the Mule," the latter a jazzy shuffle; the mystically transcendent "Raven Black Night," and the folk-blues of "John the Revelator." This band, and this album in particular, has SOUL. The sound is impeccable, Warren's guitar incredible, and when it's over, you've been on a TRIP somewhere, and have resurfaced, with "I Shall Return," to redemption. If you've ever lived on the edge, this captures some of the experience in a way that few other record(ing)s do.

[Gov't Mule has never again reached the level of DOSE with their subsequent albums. I just heard BY A THREAD (2009), their latest as of this writing (11/9/11), and it is nowhere near as good.]

(verified purchase from Zia Records in Tucson)

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best album since Dylan's Time out of Mind, July 27, 1999

By 

[e-mail] (142 Evergreen Terrace) - See all my reviews

This review is from: DOSE (Audio CD)

I originaly knew of Warren and Allen only because of their gig with the Allmans. Later I heard about Live at Roseland Ballroom and decided to check it out-now I'm hooked. This album is great-soulful vocals, great guitar, great songs, well-done covers, and a rock-solid rhythm section. Buy this album and you won't regret it. If you ever get a chance to check them out live do it. They put on one hell of a show. I recently saw them play a short set at an outdoor festival (wish they were the headliner!) and I was amazed. Only a few weeks prior I saw the Allman Bros. with Derek Trucks and I was more impressed with the Mule's hour long set than the Allman's whole show. I am in no way knocking the Allman Bros.-they were great and Derek Trucks is going to be the best damn guitarist in the world 25 years from now (I closed my eyes and thought I was listening to Duane!), but the Mule was just incredible. Definitely check out Towering Fool, Thorazine Shuffle, and the Beatles cover She Said She Said. By the way, is it just me or does Raven Black Night sound an awful lot like Jethro Tull?

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Get your Dose of Gov't Mule., December 6, 2000

By 

Derek Greear (Virginia, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: DOSE (Audio CD)

I was a moderate Mule fan before I bought this album. To tell you the truth the only reason I bought this album was to hear what their version of John the Revelator sounded like, but that wasn't what caught my ear. When I heard BLIND MAN IN THE DARK, it knocked me out. The song is just awesome! That song makes the whole album worth buying. THORAZINE SHUFFLE is also amazing. In short, this album rocks! DOSE is a great album from a horribly underrated band.