Paris Avenue

dB's

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 4, 1994)
• Original Release Date: October 4, 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Monkey Hill
• ASIN: B000003M13
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #321,719 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Welcome Addition to The dB's Canon, August 5, 2002

By	John L. Micek (Harrisburg, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This collection of 16-track recordings that would have comprised The dB's final album is a welcome addition to this late and lamented band's recorded history.


Even in their roughest form, lead dB Peter Holsapple's songwriting shines on tracks such as "Morning Bugle," the funny live set staple, "Why Did You Sleep with My Girlfriend?" and the mid-life reflection, "Bald-Headed Baby."


Bassist Jeff Beninato, meanwhile contributes a rare non-Holsapple lead vocal, and drummer Will Rigby cements his reputation as one of pop's premier drummers


Unfortunately for the band, the writing was already on the wall, and The dB's folded before this record saw the light of day.


Essential only to completists, Paris Avenue provides the final piece of The dB's puzzle and hints at what have might have been if the universe was dominated instead by witty and skilled craftsmen and not highly polished and disposable product.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Lackluster Swan Song From A Great Group, November 21, 2001

By	Eric R. Last "misterrockobscurities" (San Bruno, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I'm sorry to report that "Paris Avenue" is a pale, lackluster anomoly in the dB's catalog. Hard to identify what exactly is wrong, but somehow the whole thing is just lifeless. If you love all the other stuff, including Holsapple's and Stamey's solo albums and side project (such as the always interesting Continental Drifters), and you really want to have EVERYTHING, then go ahead and get Paris Avenue, anyone who's that much a fan is bound to find something worthwhile here. But I like everything else these guys have done better than this. By the way, for the record, Stamey did not participate in this one.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Yuck, January 20, 2003

By	Blackberry Tea (Kansas) - See all my reviews

I have just about every group/solo album from the dB's, Stamey, Holsapple, Sneakers, etc. It is not all great, but mostly very good. This ... stinks. It is the group that did Like This and The Sound of Music, lead by Holsapple. The music sounds unfinished or underwritten. If you are a Springteen fan, this is their "Human Touch". There are a couple things here and there which are nice, but *only* for the completist. BTW, if you are interested in checking out the dB's, just about everything else they did is worth hearing.