Tied to the Tracks

Treat Her Right (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000008LOX
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #141,038 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of my all-time fave albums, February 9, 2010

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Pat Land "cielodrive17" (Ath, Belgium) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tied to the Tracks (Audio CD)

One of my all-time fave albums & one totally underrated/ignored/misunderstood! What we have here is an absolutely unique form of blues but one adapted to the modern world. All songs are perfect pieces of catchy melodies with tasty lyrics on clever topics and always provide a particularly varied listening. The playing is of course faultless with great guitar, some slide, lots of harp, driving bass lines and percussions that sounds like no other in some kind of rockabilly style and, to top it all, Mark Sandman's great vocals. All this eventually creates a special brew helped by a neat production. Somebody even heard a saxophone somewhere, probably the product of some ignored capacities of reading into the future, when, after countless playings (and this is probably the album I've played the most of all so far), I still don't. It all sounds gorgeous, swings or rocks all the way through leaving you with a feeling of frustration, longing for more when it abruptly stops.

They made some other albums, good but sadly missing this level of magical perfection. Mark Sandman would of course eventually adapt the recipe, replacing guitar & harp with a saxophone (not a virtual one coming right away from the future this time!) to create Morphine, another maverick combo, and meet more recognition for his talents before sadly passing away.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pure Cool, September 10, 2009

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Tony Minzenberger (Louisville, KY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tied to the Tracks (Audio CD)

This album it makes you feel cooler for just having listened to it. From beginning to end, there is an incredible artistry in the simplicity of the music that lends itself well to the unique lyrical content. Treat Her Right had a tremendous dynamic that has seldom if ever been reproduced. It's such a shame that this album and all of the other Treat Her Right albums are so hard to find.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars eternally hip, January 4, 2008

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Michael Spencer "spencerpi.com" (oakland, ca) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tied to the Tracks (Audio CD)

Treat Her Right is one of those rare bands that makes you think about what you were doing in life when you heard them. For me, it was college in the mid to late '80s. A buddy turned me onto them. Hip, knowing, with the chops to back it up...that was Treat Her Right and later Morphine. Treat Her Right had "it." They merge genres. If you ever had the definitive noir movie this side of Chinatown it would feature a Morphine or Treat Her Right soundtrack. Pciture of the Future and Junk Yard are especially strong, forceful enought that I recall them after almost 20 years. Think of them as a more sinister Credence.