More Than Ever

Blood Sweat & Tears | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 14, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Wounded Bird Records
• ASIN: B0000CNY46
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #88,432 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. They

2. I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know

3. Katy Bell

4. Sweet Sadie the Savior

5. Hollywood

6. You're the One

7. Heavy Blue

8. Saved by the Grace of Your Love

Editorial Reviews

Blood, Sweat & Tears was an extraordinarily successful rock group in the 60's and 70's. They had numerous charting albums. One that has never come out CD is More Than Ever, originally released in 1976. Featuring lead vocalist David Clayton-Thomas, fans will scarf this one up! Wounded Bird. 2003.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Less than ever...., March 13, 2006

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A. Pack "Music Voice" (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: More Than Ever (Audio CD)

I'm a huge fan of BS&T, but not necessarily a huge fan of this album. Not to say that it's terrible. I actually bought it because of two mellow ballads...."You're The One" and "I Love You More Than Ever" -- two beautiful love songs than seemed to fall through the cracks from record buyers. (Larry Willis' funk smash, "Heavy Blue" is also worth a listen as well.) But it seemed that the group was trying to hard to commercialize their sound and the tracks just seemed bland an not as powerful as the BS&T sound of their earlier releases.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ANGELIC VOCALS, March 4, 2004

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Thomas D. Christianson (Ashland, WI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: More Than Ever (Audio CD)

Angelic vocals? David Clayton-Thomas? No, I'm speaking of the
wonderful harmonizations of the female vocalists that run through this c.d.,
sometimes singing along with Thomas, sometimes
trading lines back and forth. I heard this release for the very
first time recently.(Where have I been?). I think it is as good
as their earlier releases, which came as a bit of a surprise
to me. It is much different, to be sure, but just as good. THEY
intersects a bit of the classical with a funky brass section,
top notch vocals from Thomas,(he is in top form through out), and
great keyboard work. I LOVE YOU MORE THAN EVER agin starts out
with a classical feel, but quickly changes into a country style
tune, highlighted by those angelic voices I spoke of earlier.
KATY BELL features great brass with a piece of dominant
saxophone work, and my, my, those voices. SWEET SADIE THE SAVIOR
is a soulful number, as is YOUR THE ONE, while HOLLYWOOD is "get
down" funk. HEAVY BLUES is just that, heavy blues. They finish
this offering off with SAVED BY THE GRACE OF YOUR LOVE, a hymn-
like tune heavy on the great vocals.(Thanks girls for that touch
of heaven). This is obviously not the classic B.S.&T. sound, but
it is an excellent piece of work nonetheless. I hope you enjoy
it as much as I do.
Thanks, and keep that smile on your face.
Tom

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Less Than Ever, May 7, 2009

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Saxman (SW Suburbs Chgo IL USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: More Than Ever (Audio CD)

This is without a doubt, the worst B,S&T album. Actually, it's really a David Clayton Thomas solo album passed off as B,S&T (except for the instrumental "Heavy Blue").

Bob James was a terrible choice for this album as he blanded out everything that was great about the band. It's all awash in female backing vocals and strings. In face, the then current members of B,S&T don't really play on the album at all except for Leader/Drummer Bobby Columby and a few cameos by Dave Bergeon (trombone), Bill Tillman (tenor sax on the God-awful cover of "Katy Bell," a folk tune from the 1800s!), guitarist Mike Stern and keys ace Larry Willis on Larry's instrumental "Heavy Blue," which is again drowned in strings.

The funky opener "They" starts out promising, but quickly bogs down in a meandering middle section that goes nowhere quickly...with no real soloing or developement. It's an over-produced pointless exercise.

"Sweet Sadie" is trying to reinvent "Heigh-De-Ho" and makes you want to barf with all the overdone female backing vocals and strings.

The satirical "Hollywood" and the only ballad that works, DCT's "You're The One" are worth a look, but the rest is just terrible. Dont waste your money.