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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hellbound Train, June 9, 2001
Had the great fortune to see the latest version of Savoy Brown last night in Folsom CA. and they played Hellbound Train despite the absence of a keyboard player. That performance brought back memories of the Album itself which I've been playing all morning. Although there are a good half dozen Savoy Brown albums worth owning, Hellbound Train has got to be the best and most consistent of the lot. Starting with Doin Fine the pace never lets up. Do yourself a service and grab hold of this piece of Rock/Blues/Boogie and enjoy.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Fade into dissapointment, July 16, 2005
I bought this CD to replace my vinyl copy because I love the music but when the last song (Hellbound Train) was re-edited into a cop out fade out ending which shortened the song by almost 2 minutes I was dissapointed. Whoever did this did't get what it was all about. Aside from this, it is a good album but not as good as the original. I wish they would have faithfully reproduced this album.
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14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Elton Brown!, September 24, 2003
By 1972, Savoy Brown had existed as a band for half a dozen years. They had released several excellent albums, including three undisputed masterpieces in a row: Raw Sienna, Looking In, and Street Corner Talking. Starting with this album, the magic begins to fade, almost imperceptibly at first. Like many musicians, Kim and Co. were doubtless listening to the radio, tuned in to the most popular bands of the time. At the start of the seventies, Elton John and the new singer/songwriter movement held sway over the airwaves. To make a long story short, Savoy Brown incorporated some of these low-key, introspective grooves into the songs that make up Hellbound Train. In fact, close your eyes and listen to "Troubled by These Days and Times," and you would swear that the Rocket Man himself, not Dave Walker, was warbling the vocals. "Doin' Fine," the jaunty little ditty that opens the set, and the more thoughtful "Lost and Lonely Child" would fit right in on Elton's Honky Chateau album. However, Kim Simmonds was starting to lose touch with his writing muse, and while the first six cuts on the album are pleasant, even likeable, they are not strong enough to stand on their own merit. Then comes the unforgettable title track. Starting slow, the drums setting up the sound and motion of train wheels, the bass churning along, gathering speed, then comes the vocal. Dave Walker lets the passion build gradually, then falls back as the song speeds along. Then outstanding solos by organist Paul Raymond and Kim's fabulous guitar figures push the train into overdrive. Abruptly, the track fades out. In the original version, the song was suddenly cut off, the shock of arriving in hell. Why the change? One guess (and this is only a guess): the record company was probably getting too many CD's returned because the consumer thought they were defective and wondered what happened to the rest of the song! Thus, the fadeout. Overall, a decent effort, but not among the band's best. The three albums named above are where the would-be Savoy Brown fan should start his collection.
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