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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The brains of The Black Crowes...EDIT ADDED!, November 7, 2004
Rich Robinson has created an album of music that I absolutely love. I can't put this album down. It really is hard to describe how musical this album is. It has such feeling, emotion, love, energy and intellect. In the past (even though they are one of my favorites) I think The Black Crowes were trying a little too hard to "create" a legacy like their forefathers...Led Zeppelin, but listening to Rich Robinson's solo work makes me realize that he isn't trying. Rich Robinson really has the talent and creative prowess already, and he is just expressing and sharing his talents. He should continue to write and record solo work. However, I love The Black Crowes so much that I want them to get back together...especially after LIONS was such an unbelievable album in its own right. Rich, you are my latest and greatest musical hero!!!
EDIT ADDED (1/18/08)...I was looking for something up beat and fun rockin' to listen to today. I scrolled through the artists in my iPod and came across Rich Robinson which caught my eye. I am listening to this album again, and man it is so good. Great guitar work in the vein of The Black Crowes or bluesy roots rock. Rich has a nice tone to guitar playing...this album sounds so warm and inviting with rich textures of guitar tones...the guitars all sound like vintage equipment including warm tube amps and or acoustic guitars made of solid American wood...GREAT STUFF!!! If you like The Black Crowes, then this album is a must have!
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The SOUND!, August 25, 2004
This is the signature Sound the Black Crowes made themselves famous with back in the early nineties. It's what was missing from the various solo efforts of members of the BC since the hiatus in 2001. Although some of those efforts were outstanding Rich brings it front and center again with this solo Rich Robinson work. Now before you think its just rehashed BC material, it's not. Rich has written and is performing a ongoing saga of updated and modern writing and playing that is a natural progression of his earlier work. And wait! He sings!. With an honesty and tone that fits these songs to a T. With Rich's well known wall of sound and some of the best use of riffs in rock and roll, this CD will make you a fan, if you wasn't already. Like a lot of BC fans we were waiting for this solo cd from Rich and were not disappointed with quality. Its time to be come aquainted with the writer of the music that made the 90's so great. Let me introduce you, This is Rich Robinson, fantastic writer of music, guitar player, the riff master and now singer. Rich Robinson....the Solo artist.Bravo
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Rich Robinson branches out, October 10, 2004
I am understandably weary of solo albums by people who were in important bands. Let's face it, artists do often peak early in their careers, or only make the music you really want to hear as a result of the chemistry they had in their seminal bands. That's why I was really refreshed that this album stands on its own, as an album, period, whether or not it's creator was in The Black Crowes, one of my favorite bands of all time.
"Paper" is a catchy, heavy psychedelic rock album. It's got hooks, crunch, lush arrangements and of course, awesome guitar work. The songs vary from mid and up tempo rockers to slower, more pensive, dirge-like songs. "Paper" shows a huge amount of range and songwriting skill. I think that besides Crowes fans, fans of Dave Matthews, O.A.R. or Ben Harper should check this out; some of the stuff on here reminds me more of a jam band than it does southern rock, although there's some of that too. Overall I think this is a well-done and fun to listen to album that's worth your time
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