The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion [Vinyl]

Black Crowes | Format: Vinyl

Product Details

• Vinyl (September 1, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Plain
• ASIN: B001WIH1JC
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #97,849 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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U.S. 180gm vinyl LP pressing of the 1992 sophomore album from the American rockers. With a Faces and Stones-like soulful swagger, Chris Robinson and Co. blaze through nine originals and one cover on this full length. Featuring the hits 'Remedy' and 'Thorn In My Pride,' The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion debuted at #1 in the Billboard Top 200 back in 1992.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Great music - Terrible Vinyl, November 4, 2009

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Donal O'connell (Firhouse, Dublin 24 Ireland) - See all my reviews
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In the new wave of vinyl reissues this was one album I was on the look out for and pre-ordered as soon as it was announced. The music is a tremendous example of a rock band at the peak of its powers - new guitarist Marc Ford joined, album knocked out in less than two weeks in the studio - the sound is just so organic and not a bum note from the opening riffs of "Sting Me" going between speakers until the last bars of the Bob Marley cover "Time will Tell" - but and it's a big but the vinyl reissue is dreadful it skips throughout, has visible markings on both sides - a shameful ham fisted reproduction. What a shame.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Great album, lousy vinyl, October 5, 2009

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Andrew G. Drott "Andrew D." (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This is a spectacular release from the black crowes. The vinyl on the other hand was terrible. The first album I received skipped throughout the first two tracks, so I sent it back for a replacement. I was let down when the second record had the exact same problem! I know they didn't send me the same album because it arrived a day after I returned the first one. After reading that someone else had the same issue, I have to agree that it might be a manufacturing defect. Bummer...

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the greatest American rock albums of all-time., September 2, 2009

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D. Ashworth (Tacoma, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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1992... Hair-metal was gasping its last breath, Nirvana was exploding onto the scene world-wide and shattering the mold of the infant genre of alternative music and America was invading a middle-east country. Times continued to change and grow more and more frantic, music was getting angrier, crimes were becoming more gruesome as we waived goodbye to the '80's and looked toward a new millennium just around the corner.

Standing fast to a sound of a by-gone era, a time of lax attitude, laid back smiles and stoned love, the Black Crowes exuded the raw energy and swagger of past rock gods such as the Faces and the Rolling Stones, but certainly put a flair of their own on this sophomore release. There certainly was no shortage of flack from critics citing washed up sounds from bands that did it better, but the fact remains that by the time this album hit and possessed the ears of the listeners, The Black Crowes would make their mark on Rock & Roll and would not be going anywhere soon.

Marinated in thick southern blues rock and translated through passion driven vocals, The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion re-ignites the torch of true American Rock & Roll. Brothers Chris and Rich Robinson deliver an emotional ride from moneymaker shakin' rollicks on the dance floor to heart-on-your-sleeve confessions of broken promises and loves lost. The album displays a solid frame of what they are capable of doing, but it is their live performances which have made The Crowes legendary. Never performing the same set twice in over twenty years, they keep it as real as it gets feeding off of the energy of the crowd and delivering it back ten-fold.

Considered one of their best albums, TSHAMC showed the world that they weren't a flash in the pan and that there was some good music left to be had. 10 original songs, including four #1 hits (Hotel Illness, Remedy, Sting Me and Thorn In My Pride) and a wonderful translation of a Bob Marly tune, Time Will Tell, TSHAMC remains a timeless classic and milestone for a band that is still kicking today and learning from all of the growing pains it has endured, which naturally has translated into just as wonderful material on subsequent albums.