Toucan Do It Too/Burning the Ballroom Down

The Amazing Rhythm Aces | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 11, 2000)
• Original Release Date: 1977
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collector's Choice
• ASIN: B00004TZZU
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #87,528 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Never Been to the Islands (Howard and Hugh's Blues)

2. Never Been Hurt

3. Living in a World Unknown

4. Everybody's Talked Too Much

5. Last Letter Home

6. Who's Crying Now

7. Just Between You and Me and the Wall, You're a Fool

8. I'm Setting You Free

9. Geneva's Lullaby

10. Two Can Do It Too

11. Burning the Ballroom Down

12. A Jackass Gets His Oats

13. Ashes of Love

14. All That I Had Left (Left With You)

15. I Pity the Mother and the Father (When the Kids Move Away)

16. Della's Long Brown Hair

17. Out of Control

18. Red to Blue (When Dreams Come True)

19. The Spirit Walk

Editorial Reviews

'Toucan Do It Too' released in 1977 and 'Burning The Ballroom Down' the band's fourth album released in 1978 on one CD. First time on CD. Standard jewel case. 2000 release.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Aces move on, December 23, 2001

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Dr.D.Treharne (Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Toucan Do It Too/Burning the Ballroom Down (Audio CD)

Possibly underestimated because of the immediacy of the first two albums for ABC, this "twofer" represents the Aces at their very best.The complexity of the songs increased, Russell Smith collaborated with James H Brown Jnr for a lot of the material and on "Burning the Ballroom down" Billy Earhart and Jeff Davis have a song apiece included.Highlights of "Toucan do it" are the gently swinging "Never been to the Islands", Russell Smith's "Who's cryin'now" and "Geneva's Lullaby". The band seemed happy to experiment with both form and rhythm and the album is a very satifying listen. However "Burning the Ballroom down" has always been my favourite Aces album ( to date!). Only a band confident about what it was doing would start an album with a song as reflective as "Burning the ballroom down" and from there it just gets better. "Ashes of love", with a Spanish feel to it, is my favourite non-Aces written track, and "Della's Long Brown hair" resonates with personal experience.The whole sound is very assured, and there is some great guitar work from Byrd Burton.This double album takes some getting into, but is a very potent reminder of how good the Aces were at producing their own unique take on Country Pop Rock. Enjoy!

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Singin' Good Playin", July 13, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Toucan Do It Too/Burning the Ballroom Down (Audio CD)

The Amazing Rhythm Aces third and fourth albums - compiled on this disc - are not the revelations that the first two albums were. That said, the music on this disc is better than 95% of what you will find in ANY music store - online or otherwise - anywhere in the world.

Music fans have been waiting for this music for many years. Either one of these discs would be worth the price of a CD. To get them on the same disc is hitting the jackpot.

The Aces blend country, R&B, and soul into a brew so potent that you'll surely find yourself addicted after just a listen or two.

This disc is a MUST BUY!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tops, April 4, 2002

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Peter Bruce (Arlington, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Toucan Do It Too/Burning the Ballroom Down (Audio CD)

I came to the Aces many years after they made their first recordings, and it felt like stumbling on a gold mine or discovering at age 40 that there was such a thing as chocolate. I first heard "Burning the Ballroom Down" on a bootleg tape, driving to Dulles Airport before daylight, and it was like being transported elsewhere. This is my favorite album of the 1000+ albums I own.