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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Drippin' with sauce, and fries on the side, June 12, 2007
If you love the crowes, and refuse to let them go to their early grave, which I hope they don't, you will love this. To listen to set after set through these first four albums (with cool stuff like Mellow Down Easy included as a bonus) and hear them grow into the consummate artists they are, it's something you don't wanna miss. These remasters are excellent, also. I love this boxed set. Get some laminating material for the groovy rib shack box it comes in, because it will wear out rather quickly otherwise.
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3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Crowes in a box, January 27, 2005
What the reviewer before me failed to mention is that the covers he references were throwaway tracks at best. I'm actually glad they weren't included, it would dilute the quality album material. This box set has every good Crowes album. From Shake Your Money Maker to Three Snakes you can really see the band develop from a solid Stones knockoff to a truly original band. The change begins on the Southern Harmony and is fully realized on the masterpiece that followed, the band's finest album, Amorica. Three Snakes has a more psychedelic leaning at times, but still has some amazing songs. Generally, it's a really underappreciated album. The live disc included here is a huge bonus, capturing the band at the peak of its powers; it features the group's defining lineup-Chris & Rich Robinson, with Marc Ford on lead guitar, Johnny Colt on bass, Ed Harsch on keys and Steve Gorman on drums (same lineup as the band's 2nd, 3rd & 4th albums). The pair of mediocre studio albums (the dumbed-down rocker, By Your Side, and the Led Zep ripoff, Lions) that came after this set was released are uninspired, feature a different cast of musicians and aren't worth your time & money.
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0 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Another crappy box set, January 15, 2005
The Black Crowes were a good band. So why is this yet another in the long line of crappy box sets?
If the title had been "a box set of all their regularly released albums," it would have been acceptable. But the title states "The Complete..." This box set is far from complete.
This box set excludes the great "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," "Rainy Day Woman #12 and #35," and several others.
Had the record company included these songs on the box set, I might have bought it. Instead, I'll go to the internet. And while I'm there, maybe get the rest!
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by The Black Crowes 
