Customer Reviews

Soul Tattoo

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These smooth, sweet songs will stick with you long after you turn off the CD player. From the funky Soul Mine, to the subtly reggae Window to Your Soul, it's one great performance after another. The production's excellent, and here is your first clue that Eliot Lewis is a blue-eyed soul to be reckoned with - listen up, and you won't be thinking about Hamish Stuart - Lewis has the goods to deliver. Pete Abbott and Roger Ball sound great, and Alan Gorrie and Onnie "Pure Evil" McIntyre are the vital soul of this band. (Ball and Abbott are no longer with the band, but they are still at it, and even better than ever. Fred Vigdor and the amazing Adam "Bomb" Deitch on drums have worked into the lineup and it's a must-see show!) If you love great Alan Gorrie tunes (and you'll also then love the great Eliot Lewis tunes here), grab this disc. Then turn the lights down a bit, press play and draw that someone special near, because this disc is inspiring on SEVERAL levels, if you catch my meaning...

Now were're getting into an entirely different era....no Hamish Stuart. Like having no David Ruffin, no Michael Mcdonald, or no Michael Jordan. You know what I mean. In comes Elliot Lewis, big shoes to fill to the die hard AWB fan's, but life goes on, and does it. Let's start out with "Soul Mine", "Livin on Borrowed Time" and "Oh Maceo". Once you hear those tunes, there no doubt in your mind, that's AWB. Yea there plenty for the die hards, cause that Average White Band sound is still there, although some of the names have changed. Ballads?? They put a few of those in the mix too. I never thought they got enough credit for alot of there slower tunes. There're some good one on "Tattoo". My favorite gotta be "there's no easy way to say goodbye", then there's a real sappy one, kinda like, AWB doing "Ambrosia"....."every beat of my heart" I like it, I'm sure you will too. Let's close it out with "you should've known". Soul Tattoo, I think there's something for everyone on this one. But remember guys "This Is Not Your Grand Dads "A W B"

"Welcome To The Real World" is one of my favorait songs ever. Some great funk as well. I would give 5 stars, but the problem is the song "With Every Beat Of My Heart"; When did the Backstreet Boys join AWB? The rest of the album rocks, but what's with that song?

I loved all the music on this cd--its slow in some songs--but so sensuous that it just makes you want to find someone to sway to in a dance and keep your arms around them. Easy to listen to and its perfect for a night of candles and romance. This is music you want to share with someone you love.

I wasn't aware they had recorded an album since the late 80's until I came across this album browsing Amazon. Have played it constantly since buying. Half the original line up plus a couple of excellent newcomers have produced an AWB album to rival anything they came up with in the 70's. Some really soulful stuff delivered with style. The replacement vocalist for Hamish Stuart comes up trumps and Alan Gorrie is back to his best, writing and singing - a gem for any true AWB fan.

Caught this CD live on a Net CD service -- very good; looking to order it soon. Has a great 70S feel to it -- but much superior to some of the less-than-inspired efforts AWB produced in the 80S. Good job, AWB: this one's FUNKY!