One Believer

John Campbell (Blues) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 17, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Elektra / Wea
• ASIN: B000002H94
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #68,346 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

From Grove Press Guide to Blues on CD

A Shreveport native living in New York, John Campbell has spent too long staring at the skulls on his bookshelves. His sacred-versus-profane imagery is heavy-handed, and his tormented, doomsday voice is about as convincingly malevolent as Igor's in the grade-Z horror film Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter. His electric guitar casts a slightly more credible evil eye. -- © Frank John Hadley 1993

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Album, May 3, 2002

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"danimal56" (Memphis, Tennessee United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: One Believer (Audio CD)

I know his voice has been slammed, the production has been slammed, and just about every other nitpicky thing you can think of has been said about this album..... I don't care. This is one of my all time favorite albums....EVER!!
His voice is not for everyone, but if you like the hoodoo, voodoo, low rumbling , primal growl of a man made of mud, this album is for you.
The guy used to play a '58 Gibson Jumbo with a single coil pickup in the soundhole, it sounded awesome.
He played with heart and conviction. There's not a bum cut on any of his three releases, but since this was the first I bought, it's my favorite.

I saw him open for Buddy Guy when this album was released. I had never heard of him before, but the next day I went to every record store in two towns trying to find this album. No one had it in stock because everyone else who was at the show had beaten me to the store and bought the last copies. So, critics be darned, just buy the album already.......

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of my all time favorites, February 19, 2007

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Michael Roesch (Redwood City, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: One Believer (Audio CD)

Having read some of the other reviews here I am not sure about all of the controversy around JC's albums - the only thing that I personally can add is to let all of you now that this CD is one of my all time favorite blues albums - and close behind One Believer is JC's other album Howling Mercy - both of these albums are dark and very intense - my favorite tracks on this album are 'Devil in my closet' and 'Voodoo Edge'. If you like blues you will like this album - I highly recommend it.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars part 2 of the trilogy, November 3, 2005

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Eric Ah Kow "[e-mail]" (Mauritius) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: One Believer (Audio CD)

Not much can be said. This cd has to be listened to, not discussed.
In my opinion, it is JC's best collection of songs. It is definitely one of the favourite cds I own (along with Bitches Brew and Foreign Affair) and I LOVE it.
A Man & His Blues
Howlin' Mercy