Hooker

Gloria Deluxe | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 31, 2000)
• Original Release Date: October 31, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Gloria Deluxe Music
• ASIN: B000051YL1
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #599,732 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This Band is Incredible. The Album is Original-Classic-Fun, December 12, 2000

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Christopher (Brooklyn, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hooker (Audio CD)

I love this album. There is no band like Gloria Deluxe. The song "Hospital Waiting Room Blues" is great rock and roll - it is wild and funny and sad. The singer performs as a woman who has arrived at a hospital waiting room drunk and bleeding. And she bleeds, "waiting for the alcohol to wear off," before the hassled doctor will see her. It is awesome. No one writes and performs songs about drinking like Gloria Deluxe. This is only one of many many reasons to listen to this album.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This CD is sooooooo good!, March 27, 2001

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Arianne Vena (Brooklyn, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hooker (Audio CD)

Gloria Deluxe is a rare collection of true talent. Hooker is a CD full of gems. Cynthia Hopkins' voice and genius are quirky, soothing, hilarious, and rocking. My favorites cuts are "Little Piece of Grace" and "Hospital Waiting Room Blues." Buy this CD; it will improve your day tremendously.

Ari Vena, a big fan

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If You Like Liz Phair...., February 5, 2002

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Jon Watson (Austin, Tx United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hooker (Audio CD)

...then you'll love this CD. Cynthia Hopkins' tough lyrics and bluesy melodies are full of the same mix of anger, attitude, and sexual swagger that make Phair's "EXILE IN GUYVILLE" so raw and honest (and damn fun!). Plus, with HOOKER's amazing track "One-Legged Waltz," you get the sort of biting, melancholy, and tragic beauty I've not heard in a song since, well, Liz Phair on "EXILE's" "Canary." Gloria Deluxe on this album seems often to achieve a very Austin, TX-type blues sound. They need to go to Austin and play live and watch how many people fall in love with them. Just you wait....