###################################################################################################### # # # Release Info # # # # Artist : Buddy Guy # # Album : Bring Em In # # Tracks : 12 # # genre : Blues # # Time : 59:56 min # # Frequancy : 44.1KHz # # Bitrate : 256kbps # # Mode : Full Stereo # # Size : 109,9 MB # # Rip.date : Oct-10-2006 # # Ripper : T4 # # # # # # ___________________________________________________________________________ # # # # Artist/Group and Album Notes # # # # Buddy Guy's career and discography have been marked by inconsistency. # # Especially since his high-profile comeback in the early '90s, it seems he's # # been all too willing to turn over creative control on his albums, both for # # better and worse. Even just looking at the covers of those albums bears this # # out: 1991's Damn Right I've Got the Blues has him dressed in your basic '90s # # casual dress, but the next album has him wearing overalls! Anyone who saw # # Guy live any number of times before that album was released would realize # # that he never wore overalls. Then fast forward to the neo-psychedelic look # # of Heavy Love. The productions themselves have been similarly schizophrenic: # # big glossy guest star-laden albums to a heavy blues-rock sound to deep modal # # electric blues to acoustic albums. Well, this time out, drummer/session man # # Steve Jordan is in the producer's chair, and it seems that he wanted to give # # Guy a more contemporary sound. To that end, the songs are mostly lifted from # # the soul/R&B world: tracks written by Curtis Mayfield, Isaac Hayes, Otis # # Redding, and Steve Cropper. All the members of the assembled core band ù # # Jordan on drums, Danny Kortchmar on guitar, Willie Weeks on bass, and Bernie # # Worrell on keys (mostly Fender Rhodes) ù are solid players. There's a reason # # they've got probably thousands of credits between them, but the backing # # often comes off as professional rather than passionate. That can't be said # # of Guy, who always seems to bring plenty of passion to the proceedings, but # # for everything here that works, there's some kind of misstep. The Rhodes # # often adds a nice touch (as does the Optigan on "What Kind of Woman Is # # This"), but the slick backing vocals on "Now You're Gone" and "I've Got # # Dreams to Remember" really don't fit. Guest star du jour John Mayer adds # # nothing to "I've Got Dreams to Remember," and neo-soulster Anthony Hamilton # # pretty much takes over "Lay Lady Lay." Carlos Santana is producer for a # # thoroughly Santana-fied version of Screamin' Jay Hawkins' "I Put a Spell on # # You" (right down to the "Oye Como Va" keyboard lick) that might have fit on # # a Santana album but really doesn't fit here. Robert Randolph and Keith # # Richards' contributions fare better, with each fitting into the song nicely. # # "Somebody's Sleeping in My Bed" has some pretty hot guitar from Guy, but # # perhaps the album highlight is "Cut You Loose" because, well, he just cuts # # loose. Overall, Bring 'Em In is a mixed bag. Folks who liked Damn Right I've # # Got the Blues and Feels Like Rain will surely find a lot to like here. Guy's # # performances are solid, but the settings don't always suit him as well as # # they could. In fact, it almost seems like all the photos of Guy's "blues" # # jewelry are there to remind listeners that this is supposed to be a blues # # album. Won't somebody please get him in a recording situation where he can # # just be himself, with his working band # # ___________________________________________________________________________ # # # # 01 Now You're Gone [05:02] # # 02 Ninety Nine & One Half [03:47] # # 03 What Kinda Woman Is This [05:17] # # 04 Somebody's Been Sleeping In My Bed [07:16] # # 05 I Put A Spell On You [04:22] # # 06 On A Saturday Night [03:07] # # 07 I've Got Dreams To Remember [04:45] # # 08 Lay Lady Lay [04:35] # # 09 Cut You Loose [06:17] # # 10 Flashback Blues [07:41] # # 11 Price You've Gotta Pay [03:40] # # 12 Do Your Thing [04:07] # # # # # # # ######################################################################################################