New Routes

Lulu

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 26, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 1970
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino Encore
• ASIN: B001CUXZSG
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #225,054 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Rhino Waited Too Long... Get the Atco Sessions 2 CD Set , October 30, 2008

By	gassy goon (buffalo, ny) - See all my reviews

Lulu's NEW ROUTES album is a bonafide classic. Hearing Lulu with her unbound soulful voice and energy backed up by the Southern musicians in Muscle Shoals, Alabama is female vocalist nirvana. I always thought this album deserved the respect that DUSTY IN MEMPHIS has received. It is a classic from the hit single OH ME OH MY [ I'M A FOOL FOR YOU BABY ], and other emotive ballads like the exquisite IS THAT YOU LOVE , the loneliness of WHERE'S EDDIE and AFTER ALL [ I LIVE MY LIFE ] to the rock / soul swagger that Lulu displays on stompin' versions of FEELIN' ALRIGHT, DIRTY OLD MAN and SWEEP AROUND YOUR OWN BACK DOOR This album illustrates how Lulu had a natural affinity for letting loose in the studio, and pouring her heart and soul into song.

The only disappointment is that Rhino waited just years and years to release NEW ROUTES on CD. With Rhino UK releasing this album, plus the 1970 follow-up album MELODY FAIR in a 2 CD set , with an extra Disc 2 of UNRELEASED and SINGLES ONLY TRACKS makes this reissue too late to the market. Rhino US should have released this 10 years ago when everyone was dying for it on CD. Always a classic, but spring for the 2 CD complete THE ATCO SESSIONS [ which again, the US Rhino label screwed up by NOT releasing it in the US ].

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Before you buy this, read the reviews for "The Atco Sessions 1969-1972", October 27, 2008

By	Craig A. Buxton (Midlothian, Virginia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

For years I'd been waiting for "New Routes" to come out on CD. Had it come out before "The Atco Sessions," I'd have gladly purchased it and been content. But please read the reviews of Lulu's creative output during this four year period of her career--you may want to spend the extra $$ on "The Atco Sessions." You'll get all of "New Routes," and you'll be investing in a real keeper.

5.0 out of 5 stars Lulu music CD, June 13, 2009

By	cjbrown45 (Rhode Island, USA) - See all my reviews

I played the CD as soon as it arrived. The packaging was excellent, so the CD looked and played like new.