Customer Reviews

Tellin' Stories

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4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

Walter Trout is a "Jersey-boy gone good" playing a guitar-gone-bad. "Tellin Sories" opens with a fierce riff and never stops. During each song you wait for Walter to come up for air, but he doesn't. Every song is a wild ride of utter sponteneity--- the guitar is simply on fire. Every song offers different techniques usually done rapid-fire. Any person who has played a Fender Strat owes themselves a hearing of this CD. This man and his guitar belong at the head of the class. This is the Blues---and then some.

After I bought the 1998 Walter Trout CD I went back and bought this 1993 CD and was really pleased - same great stuff on guitar, super lyrics - top to bottom a fine effort - I'm just going out now to buy his newest CD that was released June 8th called Livin' Every Day - if it is half as good as the first two it is worth the money

Walter Trout has been a fixture on the electric-blues scene for years, but many of his later albums are inconsistent. The playing is always vintage Trout, but on virtually everything in the last decade there are peaks and valleys. If you never heard the original Walter Trout Band lineup on "Telin' Stories", you have missed the genesis of the artist. It's the cradle of his rock, and this CD kicks from beginning to end. Each song is completely different from the next, and there's no gristle in this meat. Solid blues with power and believability, opening to closing. HIGHLY recommended. I'd actually rate this 4 1/2 stars but haven't figured out how to do that!

Excellent blues-rock but the European mix is hideous.

Please understand that the meagerly two stars does not reflect the quality of the music itself. The songs are good--the material on this album ranks among Trout's finest, I think--but the sound quality is TERRIBLE!!!

I was in disbelief when I looked on the credits and saw that three or four people were actually involved in the production and engineering of this album. I literally thought at first that Trout and his band had recorded this themselves home-made. It makes my stereo sound like a transistor radio--some songs don't even sound like they were recorded in stereo! No bass--and too much blasted high end! (his guitar tone has too much of that tinny high end on some of his other albums, too.) Given that this album was recorded only about ten years ago, it's inexcusable to release a CD of this quality, sound-wise.

I'm glad Walter came back with more releases later that apparently utilized technology invented in the last forty years!

I have read reviews in which Walter Trout has received some criticism for his lack of originality, his technical ability in guitar playing being not as good as some others, his limited vocal ability, playing too many notes on the guitar, being to repetetive, songs too long etc.
Well everyone is entitled to their opinion but I reckon that's all a load of horse sh#t.

Just put any Walter Trout album on, THEY ARE ALL VERY, VERY GOOD!
I like the guy's voice, which I think is better than a lot of the other great blues players, but his guitar playing is what captures me every time. No wonder he was voted one of the greatest guitar players ever, he is amazing. I am a great fan of blues rock and Walter Trout is the master of that style of music.

This album is an onslaught of blues rock, with an occasional slower paced number here and there. My favorite tracks are "tremble", "head hung down", "tellin' stories", but I think the best track is "wanna see the morning".

The only reason I don't give this album 5 stars is because of the production. To me it just seems to lack a bit of punch overall, that oomph behind it, as the bass needs to be turned right up when you play it. Maybe digitally remastering would solve this problem, but don't let this stop you from getting this CD because dispite the production the 12 tracks are scorchers and I thuroughly recommend it.

This is the overall best effort from Walter Trout. The material hold a higher standard than other albums which are featuring mostly non-exciting but very traditional blues numbers. The material on "Telling stories" includes some songs that aren't the typical blue print blues, and that brings a feeling of variation. The best tracks are: "Tremble", "Wanna see the morning", and "Somebody's crying".

this may sound like whining, but the playing is a bit too intense. The guy "never comes up for air", but neither can the listener. I find I can only take a few tracks at a time before I'm yearning for just one long clean sustained note to give my ears and brain a rest. No subtlety here that's for sure, but can he ever play.

If Walter Trout Band is Tellin' Stories, it must be stories that have already been told a thousand times before.

There is nothing new, nothing smashing about this album. Every single song is one big cliché. It's decent blues, all right, but it's not worth listening to on your stereo. Go to a concert instead.

The exception is the rock'n'roll track »Tremble« which has something. But even on this one, Walter Trout Band is mainly a band of workmanship, not a band of creativity!

If Walter Trout Band is Tellin' Stories, it must be stories that have already been told a thousand times before.

There is nothing new, nothing smashing about this album. Every single song is one big cliché. It's decent blues, all right, but it's not worth listening to on your stereo. Go to a concert instead.

The exception is the rock'n'roll track »Tremble« which has something. But even on this one, Walter Trout Band is mainly a band of workmanship, not a band of creativity!