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Elwood, ????? | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 16, 2000)
• Original Release Date: May 16, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Palm Pictures (Audio
• ASIN: B00004TCHV
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #106,636 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #26 in Music > Indie Music > Rap & Hip-Hop > Experimental

Editorial Reviews

1. Sundown 2. Slow 3. Red Wagon 4. Picture Of You 5. Forty Five 6. Bush 7. Peaches 8. Dive 9. Love Hook 10. Stockboy

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Elwood is a real surprise, this record is one of 2000s best, June 26, 2000

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"foxinthebox" (Wheaton, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: the parlance of our time (Audio CD)

Enough of this Beck wannabe stuff that I've been hearing in a couple of reviews on this site, Elwood is for real. Surely Beck and Everlast, along with countless other hip hop, jazz, and techno artists influenced this album, but Elwood's sound is all his own. "Sundown" is a superb Gordon Lightfoot remake and a quintesential summer song for 2000. "Slow" is a catchy tune with some great mixing, and "Red Wagon" is a true gem, blending folk rock, jazz, and hip hop into a wonderful song. "Forty five" is another great song with some experimental instruments and a sublime groove. "Bush" is a fun song with the best beats on the album. The horns that accompany Elwood on "Red Wagon," "Picture of You," and "Peaches" are the best you'll find anywhere. "Dive" is nice slow groove with some piano mixed in with hip hop. "Love Hook" and "Stockboy" use some electronica mixing as well hip hop grooves. There are very few albums that are worth the 5 stars, but this is 1 of them. This album is a great CD to pop in the car, put the top down, and just groove endlessly for miles.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sly summer grooves, June 4, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: the parlance of our time (Audio CD)

The debut album from Elwood, whose real name is apparently Prince Elwood Strickland III, is a fun and winning combination of studio tricks and charismatic songs. Although he may be compared sonically to Sugar Ray, Everlast, or Beck, Elwood carves out his own sound. Clearly more talented than the first two and not as concerned with being hep as Beck is, Elwood makes "Parlance" an album full of easy loping summertime grooves.

From the opening cut, a funky remake of Gordon Lightfoot's sort-of classic "Sundown" to the noisy clatter of "Stockboy," the last song on the disc and the edgiest selection here, Elwood covers a wide range of stylistic bases and does it all well. Check out the catchy chorus and horns on "Red Wagon," or the sophomoric, hilarious "Bush." There's something here for everyone, and it should be sold with a six of cold beer to make it perfect for summer.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars So underated.., August 5, 2004

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UberMom (Matthews, NC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: the parlance of our time (Audio CD)

Elwoood never got the recognition it should have. Even MTV2 only had one song in rotation. What a shame. The fact is, this album is smooth and catchy. It's laid back. I first heard of Elwood on what used to be the mp3.com website. I downloaded "Sundown", Little Red Wagon" and another song from their page. Then about 6 months later, I saw this CD in a record store and quickly snatched it up. That's the way mp3s and p2p are supposed to work. If it wasn't for their webpage, I would probably have never heard of Elwood in the first place, because it wasn't getting air play or video play in my neck of the woods. It's in my top 20 of all time.