Grooves in Orbit

NRBQ, N.r.b.q | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 17, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Wounded Bird Records
• ASIN: B000CC3S3W
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #77,826 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

NRBQ (the New Rhythm and Blues Quartet) have amassed a fanatical cult following over more than two decades of recording & touring with their incredibly versatile eclecticism; their music might veer from country to rockabilly to pop to bar-band R&B to blues to free jazz, all in the same album. Grooves In Orbit was orIginally released in 1983 on the Bearsville label. This CD release contains two tracks, which were not on the original album. Wounded Bird Records. 2005.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A shame this is Outta Print in the States..., December 6, 1999

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Andy Whorehall "aW" (Earth) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Grooves in Orbit (Audio CD)

Another lost musical nugget from the 80's. One listen to this album tells you the boys in the band never had any intentions whatsoever to stay in touch with 80's musical trends. An album of this musical quality, folk/rock mixed with 50's style R&B, such as "12 Bar Blues," and a touch of Burt Bacharach on "My Girlfriend's Pretty," plus touching sly lyrics on "A Girl Like That," never had a chance in the 80's. Even the production sounds timeless. Good ol' fashioned rock n'roll. A bar band album with something extra. Brains.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars outstanding, November 1, 2007

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Howlglen (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Grooves in Orbit (Mlps) (Audio CD)

This work is simply outstanding, I think NRBQ may have peaked with Grooves. The LP starts with the raucous Smackeroo and then proceeds to display the full range of Q's talent. Great melodies (Girl Like That) great jazz (My Girlfriend's Pretty) great country (Hit the Hay). And then again, just great R & B: 12 Bar Blues, I Like That Girl, When Things Was Cheap, Rain at the Drive-In. The only low point, in my mind, is Get Rhythym. I don't why they re-recorded it, the Yankee Stadium version is superior, to me. But, if you're looking for one of their best, do try this early 80s offering. You can't go wrong.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A welcome return..., January 25, 2006

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Gary Hobish "evil genius" (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Grooves in Orbit (Audio CD)

... to "in print" status for this, amongst the most accessible studio recordings from the long & storied career of NRBQ. "Rain At The Drive-In," of course, is one of the bands many "shoulda-beena" hits; a definitive version of Johnny Cash's "Get Rhythm" (recorded again for "At Yankee Stadium," another essential Q recording); "I Like That Girl," one of many 'Q recordings to appear on The Simpsons; live set stalwarts like "12 Bar Blues," "Smackaroo" and "Daddy-O." Simply a great, great, American rock& roll album.