Neighborhoods

Olu Dara | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 20, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Atlantic
• ASIN: B00004ZC42
• Also Available in: DVD Audio  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #178,491 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The herbman commeth, March 22, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Neighborhoods (Audio CD)

Indeed Neighborhoods picks up right where Natchez left off but on first listen I was disappointed. It took three complete playings for me to be converted into a believer. Now, I'm asking "Who shot John-man" and looking for alabama cornbread to dip in my georgia buttermilk! This album lacks the raw trumpet power so beautiful in the first album in favor a more polished, production oriented, modern blues sound. But the extremely clever lyrics and african-caribbean-Natchez-New york eclecticism will literally send you reeling. Buy them both and by all means...see a live show.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars First rate, June 16, 2004

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William H. Maruca "Bill Maruca" (Wexford, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Neighborhoods (Audio CD)

This is a brilliant CD. I have had it for a while and just heard a cut on the local public radio station so I went on line to add his previous CD to my wish list for Fathers' Day. It's a shame he hasn't recorded more. He's and excellent, eclectic songwriter, vocalist, guitarist and trumpter fronting a slick but rootsy band that incorporates blues, funk, world beat and jazz. The lyrics are full of humor and evocative details. Yes, there are some similarities to Taj Mahal but it's not at all derivative.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars wow., January 30, 2002

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Como Gomez (SF, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Neighborhoods (Audio CD)

This album is a rich and varied musical feast. The title track, Neighborhoods, especially, is simply magical. Dara's masterful eclecticism of blues, funk, soul, and so on, is quality to core. Don't hesitate. ...but that's Como!