El Toro

Royal Crown Revue | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 3, 2007)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCR / KUFALA Recordings
• ASIN: B000OVLA7W
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #62,515 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #45 in Music > Jazz > Swing Jazz > Retro Swing

Track Listings

1. El Toro

2. Won't You Ride with Me

3. Solitary Man

4. Brazil

5. It's a Good Day

6. Rockville

Editorial Reviews

Royal Crown Revue s new EP, entitled El Toro, is being released to coincide with the bands 2007 European Tour, which will last six weeks (April 11 May 19, 2007) and cover 12 countries. It s RCR's first release since 2004's Greetings From Hollywood. The disc includes two brand new RCR originals (El Toro and Won't You Ride With Me), plus a slamming cover of Neil Diamond s 1966 classic Solitary Man. Like RCR's previous albums, El Toro runs the gamut stylistically. The explosive title track - which looks at a bullfight through the frightened eyes of a creature about to meet its maker combines elements of punk, surf, jazz and mariachi. Rockville is a rough and tumble instrumental in the tradition of Hammond B3 pioneer Wild Bill Davis. It s A Good Day shows off the band s stellar jazz chops, while Brazil is a prime example of the Louis Prima inflected swing that has become RCR s signature. Won t You Ride With Me closes out the disc, sliding over the listener like a late night cruise up the coastline.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars I was let down, June 22, 2008

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The brain of Spain "psychobilly geezer" (Baltimore) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: El Toro (Audio CD)

While it is still better than much of what is available, I felt let down compared to the other six discs that RCR has done before it. But do go to see them live if you ever have the chance.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars another beauty from RCR, January 1, 2008

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J. Ciesla "www.opensouls.com" (Columbus, OH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: El Toro (Audio CD)

Though it is a little short on tracks compared to some of their other albums, it is definitely worth a listen! I love the title track, El Toro. It just has a nice mix of mariachi mixed in with the swing (as you'd probably expect from the title).

Love the band, hope to see them live again some time!

5.0 out of 5 stars Great RCR EP!, November 30, 2007

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Rawim (Palmdale, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: El Toro (Audio CD)

A great EP of new songs from the RCR. Eddie hits the vocals, and the music is top notch. Great to hear the guys still putting out awesome tracks after all these years.