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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Darker and more serious than Exile, November 30, 2000
By A Customer
If you have the first album, then La Peste may take a little adjusting. The blues/country balance has shifted bluesward, resulting in a much darker sound. Even when they are joking around, the humor is darker than the first album. The songs all seem to tickle something sad in the subconscious. There's despair and anger behind much of the lyrics. The second thought that went through my mind as I listened for the first time was, "Who died?" The first, thought was, "This is better than the first album." And, after a few days, I definitely still feel that way. The first album was great despite the gimmicky feel, but on this disc, you'll find a lot less of the Reverend Love preaching and much more serious musicianship. A3 has re-engineered the path from blues to modern music and merged the two without the baggage in between. The result is a completely new sound that feels like it should have been there all along.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
How the light gets in, July 14, 2005
It must be hard to figure out whether or not you really want to buy this album. There are no 30 second clips here, no overarching hit songs. The mood of "La Peste" is definitely darker, as some have pointed out, but I think "poignant" is a more apt adjective. There is yearning, longing, and sorrow with a tinge of hope creeping through every now and then. I think of Leonard Cohen's song, "Anthem", when Cohen sings, "There are cracks, cracks in everything/ That's how the light gets in."
Favorite tracks: "Too Sick to Pray," "Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlife," and "Wade into the Water." The stand-out track on this album (the way "Woke Up This Morning" was the standout track on "Exile in Coldharbour Lane") would have to be "Mansion on the Hill."
If you have access to iTunes, you will be able to hear the clips there. For some reason, the cover of "Hotel California" is not available through iTunes, so if you realize that you must add "La Peste" to your music collection, buy the physical album.
I just received A3's new album, "Outlaw." It is available in the UK but not yet here in the States. I am enjoying it quite a bit, especially the songs "Honey in the Rock" (many of the words taken directly from the "O Brother Where Art Thou?" soundtrack, in a rather humorous way), "Hello... I'm Johnny Cash," and "Keep Your Shades On!"
Yes, I'm a fan.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
God, this is good!!!!!!, January 17, 2001
By A Customer
First, let me say that I loved Exile. I was kind of leery buying this CD as I'd heard so many people say that their style had changed so much from their first. And it has, but in a good way. Usually when one really likes a band's album we're generally disappointed by their "changes." Think Paula Cole from "This Fire" to "Amen." Reasonable, as we liked their sound, their style. But not this time. La Peste is an amazing CD. Bluesier than Exile, less Country, darker. It seems to have removed whatever small failings were on the first and seriously corrected it on the second. If only for the first two cuts on the CD, if you liked Exile, this CD is so worth buying. With a single exception, everything works, and it works beautifully. You know how when you listen to a new CD it takes a couple of plays to know whether you like it or not? Within a minute and a half of my first listen, I was dancing around my house, in rapture. Buy this. It's worth every penny.
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