Two Steps from the Blues [EXTRA TRACKS] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REISSUED] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

Bobby "Blue" Bland

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 27, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 1961
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: Mca
• ASIN: B000059T1U
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #21,801 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Editorial Reviews

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Bobby Bland could both comfort and chill, sometimes in the same song. He does so on this undeniably classic album's "Lead Me On," which begins with the line "You know how it feels, you understand / What it is to be a stranger in this unfriendly land" and ends softly two minutes later with the promise "I'll follow you." Such drama, coupled with a mellow soulfulness, is the norm on Two Steps. Bland has been called "the Sinatra of the blues" more than once, and this album is the best explanation ever for that appellation. --Rickey Wright

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Media Type: CD
Artist: BLAND,BOBBY BLUE
Title: TWO STEPS FROM THE BLUES
Street Release Date: 02/27/2001
Domestic
Genre: BLUES

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Real Deal...., January 8, 2002

By	tomfrompennsylvania (Greater Philadelphia) - See all my reviews

Here's an album anyone looking for great music should own. Has to be as good as any soul or blues album in the 1960's. Not dance music. Slow, simmering, deep but smoothe music from the human heart, and the crisp accompaniment of Bland's backing musicians is stellar and just punctuates the performances perfectly. The arranger and producer need some credits here, too, even though Bland and his band get first dibs on kudos. This is definitive Bobby "Blue" Bland. Make it your first purchase. Cream of the crop stuff. My favorite is "Lead Me On", a recording of haunting beauty. When his voice was in his prime and good form, this is a relief for those having purchased too many albums that overpromise. This one delivers in spades (sic). You won't feeled gipped here; that won't even occur to you. For the newcomer to the blues and the connoisseur of great records alike. A treat of a great set of performances par excellence, and what songs too! A tour-de-force, to use a term we seldom use anymore, because they hardly make great records like this anymore.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE FULL RANGE OF EMOTIONS COMES THROUGH LOUD AND CLEAR !!!!, August 31, 1999

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This review is from: Two Steps from the Blues (Audio CD)

In high school in Louisiana in 1961 this was our favorite album. The high scool was all white (segregation) but we all loved rhythmn and blues. Bo Didley palayed at our senior dance. Bobby Bluesboy Bland was the greatest of the singers with a voice with unbelievable range. I saw him in 1997 and his voice was still in remarkbly good shape. Two Steps from the Blues is a great album and is definitely unappreciated or should I say under appreciated because if you listen you have to love. Bill Johnson

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Classic album., May 19, 2004

By	P. Bailey "Paulsouth" (UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Bobby Bland is one of my favourite singers for decades, and on its initial release this album set new standards for R&B singers. Almost every track on this CD is a classic of the genre: "I pity the fool" and "St James Infirmary" could almost be described as "classic classics" they were so definitive at the time. It was such an advance for a blues singer that one reviewer then described it as "two million steps from the blues". Bland went on to become one of the most highly regarded R&B singers of his generation, influencing the singing style of later singers like Tyrone Davis.