Starlite Lounge

David Ball

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 25, 1996)
• Original Release Date: June 25, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Warner Bros / Wea
• ASIN: B000002N7N
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #139,044 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
South Carolinian David Ball found his musical calling in the rickety wooden dance halls of Texas. There he discovered the pleasures of getting crowds to shuffle their cowboy boots to drawling honky-tonk tales of love gone wrong; he also learned that by cranking up the electric guitar and the snare drum, one can get the younger country dancers who hang out at converted suburban discos to shuffle to the same songs. That recipe made Ball's Thinkin' Problem one of the best albums of 1994, and it's a formula he uses successfully again on Starlite Lounge. The cover silhouettes Ball against the mirror ball from one of those revamped discos, but the vocals inside sound like Ray Price and Lefty Frizzell. Ball and frequent cowriter Tommy Polk collaborate on nearly half the songs here, displaying their knack for bemoaning a dim romantic situation in a lyric and contradicting it in a melody's resilient, upbeat attitude. --Geoffrey Himes

Product Description
Includes CD, Case, Artwork!! Very Minor Scratches. Promo CD. Great Buy! Fast 1st Class Shipping!!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WOW,,,,,IF YOU'D LIKE SOME LOVIN' -- this is a CD for YOU, November 17, 1998

By A Customer

listen to the words! the music is fantastic, the fiddle and HONKY tonk Piano are among the finest I have ever heard. But where THIS CD shines is in the lyrics !! I've got my baby on my mind, I never did know, I'll Never make it through this fall and What Kind of hold !! Classics future honky tonkers will be able to relate to!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars fine record., October 10, 1999

By A Customer

Very nice piece of record here. David Ball is something of a treasure. Bought a copy of this on the street in Fuzhou, China. It had obviously been impounded then re-sold by the police; got it for a dollar. Authentic country honky tonk; quite a bit like Garth Brooks but a bit more Nashville with some songs. Thanks David, xie xie for the memories of home, partner.