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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
As good as CRACKED REAR VIEW...,
By The Fancy One "blackprincess" (Westchester County, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Musical Chairs (Audio CD)
Okay, I'll admit it...I was one of those people who doubted if Darius and the crew could recreate the magic of their excellent CRACKED REAR VIEW on the CDs that came out after it. Well, four years after this CD came out in 1998, MUSICAL CHAIRS has become a part of my massive collection mainly because of one song...the gorgeous "Only Lonely". With its beautiful string arrangement in the background, it has simple but heartfelt lyrics about longing for someone you've seen, but don't know. I was actually hanging onto Darius' every word when I first heard it. And the rest of the CD turned out to be a pleasant surprize for me.
MUSICAL CHAIRS is appropriately named. It touches upon several genres of music: rock, blues, folk, bluegrass, country, and even a little R&B...a very nice mixture. From "I Will Wait" to "Closet Full of Fear", the songs are tight, and even if you're not a Hootie fan, you will enjoy most of the songs on the CD. I especially loved "Wishing", "Las Vegas Nights", and the R&B-tinged "What's Going On Here" and "What Do You Want From Me Now". And how could I forget "Bluesy Revolution"?? Oh my God, this song is off the chain. The tunes "Michelle Post" and "Desert Mountain Showdown" were a little too country-fied for me, so I really wasn't feeling them... but other than those two, I really loved this CD. This is a CD that was unfairly slept on when it came out, because everyone was so down on Hootie at the time, but in all honesty, it's just as good, if not better than CRACKED REAR VIEW. This is fast becoming my favorite Hootie CD. Take a chance on it...I'm sure you won't be disappointed!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Finally, Hootie & The Blowfish have done it again!,
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This review is from: Musical Chairs (Audio CD)
Having bought their first two CDs, I had been waiting for so long for this third album. I got the first two in the summer of '96, when I was a real Hootie fanatic, but my interest in the band had sort of faded. But this release brought back my fascination as clear as could be! "Musical Chairs" is a masterpiece, a heart-felt work of art. While "Cracked Rear View" was one of the best records of all time, and "Fairweather Johnson" was good, although a bit too much on the bluesy side, this release is a combination of style from both of them, as well as a few things never before seen from this band. I first heard "Desert Mountain Showdown" performed live on MTV, and this is really just a care-free, feel-good song. The opening tracks "I Will Wait" and "Wishing" are two of the very best on the CD, and the guitar on "Bluesy Revolution" is amazing. "Las Vegas Nights" has a distinctive Calypso feel to it, and "Only Lonely" is one of the saddest, most beautiful songs I've heard in a long time. On the whole, this is Hootie & The Blowfish's most mature collection of music, and may very well be their best effort yet.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Their best album,
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This review is from: Musical Chairs (Audio CD)
This one is a great album. Why it didn't catch on is a mystery to me. this is the definitive Hootie and the Blowfish album with some of their best songs.
I thought Cracked Rear View was overrated. Fairweather was too hit and miss. This was a perfect album front to back. Their latest, Looking For Lucky is a close CLOSE second. But this one is the one I will always cherrish.
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