Portrait of a Maniac [Import]

Screamin' Jay Hawkins | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 22, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: AIM RECORDS
• ASIN: B00001QEO4
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #513,728 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I Put A Spell On You

2. Africa Gone Funky

3. I Don't Know

4. What's Going To Happen On The 8th Day

5. What Good Is It If You Don't Use It

6. Please Don't Leave Me

7. Move Me

8. Don't Deceive Me

9. Guess Who

10. It's Only Make Believe

11. Time After Time

12. We Love

13. Itty Bitty Pretty One

14. Ashes

15. Ebb Tide

16. I've Got You Under My Skin

17. Portrait Of A Man

18. I Need You

19. I Put A Spell On You (2nd Version)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars INTRIGUING PORTRAIT, December 17, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Portrait of a Maniac (Audio CD)

As a long time collector of Jay's music I found this to be a very interesting CD. If you are looking for more hit oriented cuts this wont do it, but if you want to hear Jay's take on various musical styles this will do the trick. The song Portait Of A Man is brilliant stuff and there are real gems here even if they aren't the usual tunes one expects from Screaming Jay. This has become one of my favorite CDs.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Probably not the collection you want..., June 17, 2003

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Walter Five (13th Floor Elevator, Enron Hubbard Bldg. Houston Texxas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Portrait of a Maniac (Audio CD)

Mid-price Australian Import. Compilation of Hawkins late 70's studio material with studio musicians and studio back-up singers. The lows far outnumber the highs, although there's a couple of good "typical" Hawkins numbers, with screams, snorts and snuffles. Bad disco, lukewarm blues, mostly forgettable numbers. Two good versions of "I Put A Spell On You", one a 4/4 Go-go rocker, the other an over-the-top screamer, but both are remakes, not the original 1958 top 40 hit. An amusing cover of the Blues Brothers number "I Don't Know", a so bad it's good cover of "Itty Bitty Pretty One", a very ominous cover of "Portrait Of A Man", even an attempt at gospel on "What's Going To Happen On The 8th Day?" Not very representative of Screamin' Jay. Thank the saints he had a resurgance in his career, and put out several good LPs with Warner/Bizzare--it's sad when a legendary artist like this ends their career with the kind of 2nd rate product found on this CD.

NOT RECCOMENDED.