Well After Awhile

Shinyribs (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 15, 2010)
• Original Release Date: 2010
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Nine Mile Records
• ASIN: B003O985Z6
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #136,563 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

We all know Kevin "Shinyribs" Russell is a loose cannon. How else to explain covers of R. Kelly's "Feelin' on Yo Booty," and Elvis Costello's Indoor Fireworks" in the same night. Most folks who follow such things consider his outfit, The Gourds, one of the best live bands in the land, in large part because of Russell's brazen eccentricites and creative syntax. However, the most overlooked thing about Russell is that when he plays it straight - as he does for most of his new Shinyribs record Well After Awhile - the man can produce some of the funkiest and most beautiful roots music on the planet. It's not to say the "psycholiteranaut w/8 AA batteries-tweed facade-equal parts Waylon Jennings, Robert Rauschenberg and Harvey Korman" (to quote his Twitter feed) doesn't dig into his bag of twistedness here. But a listen to the straight-up duet "Shores Of Gallilee" (with Sally Allen), the sweet quasi-fable "Who Built The Moon," or the intimate cover of Sam Cooke's "Change Gonna Come" that closes the record, shows that even when Russell puts aside some of the tricks, he delivers grade-A Country Soul.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best albums released in the last ten years, June 2, 2011

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Christopher Diersen (Redlands, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Well After Awhile (Audio CD)

I have been spinning this album for months. Almost daily. It's among the few albums that have been released in the last couple of decades that doesn't include a single dud. Although it's a cross-genre list, I'd include it with Spoon's "Gimme Fiction," Ween's "Pure Guava," Simon and Garfunkel's "Bride Over Troubled Water," Willie Nelson's "Red Headed Stranger," and Queen's "Night at the Opera" as an album perfectly crafted.

Add to that the entertaining nature of the music and lyrics, and you have an unbeatable formula for fun. Pure genius, Kev. Good stuff. Thanks.

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome!, November 1, 2010

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LisaNFla - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Well After Awhile (Audio CD)

My husband is a HUGE Shinyribs fan aned he was not diappointed in this new CD.

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Album of 2010, October 4, 2010

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M. Krueger "manfredtex" (New Jersey United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Well After Awhile (Audio CD)

I have had this album for a couple of weeks and can't believe how good it is. I had heard a few songs on Sirius' Outlaw Country and decided to purchase it. It is rare that I find an album these days where all of the songs are good. Of all the new albums I have heard this year, this was by far the best.