|
| Mudcrutch | 
 enlarge
| Artist: Mudcrutch
Label: Warner Bros.
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
Buy New: $6.24
You Save: $12.74 (67%)
New (63) Used (12) from $6.24
Avg. Customer Rating:  80 reviews
Sales Rank: 279
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 455868
UPC: 093624987338
EAN: 0093624987338
ASIN: B0015FHDS6
Release Date: April 29, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
|
| Customer Reviews:
 Very pleasent album May 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Good album. Very nicely paced, good selection of songs, same Petty type formula with a little more experimentation. 'Scare Easy' is a very catchy first single, one of the best on the album. Other really stand out tracks include - Orphan, Shady grove, House of stone, Wrong thing to do. I agree with most of the reviews here... Mudcrutch is good stuff. Hopefully this won't be the first and last of em!
 Petty steps back in time and hits a home run! May 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Tom Petty has had upwards of thirty years in the limelight with his excellent band The Heartbreakers and as a solo artist. What is not so well known is that when little Tommy Petty came to L.A. from Gainesville Florida to seek same and fortune it was part of a fine club band called Mudcrutch. Mudcrutch consisted of eventual Heartbreakers Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench, Tom Leadon and Petty himself. Drummer Randall Marsh joined when the band reached L.A. in the early seventies. Mudcrutch would disband in the tough years that ensued with Petty eventually going on to fame and fortune with the Heartbreakers. Tom Petty reunited Mudcrutch in 2007 and recorded their long delayed debut album which was released April 29th.
The first thing that strikes me is how loose and grooving this music feels. These guys are obviously having a great time. Despite the excellent production you get the feeling these guys were in the same room jamming and smiling at each other when this was recorded. The whole thing feels as contrived as the weather despite being carefully and lovingly made. The primary sound here is 'Avocado Mafia' country rock with obvious hints of the Burrito Brothers, Byrds, Grateful Dead and Gram Parsons. This is not surprising given that Tom Leadon is former Burrito Brother and Eagle Bernie Leadon's brother and they shared similar influences. Tom's career high water mark was his writing of 'Hollywood Waltz' for The Eagles. There is also a smattering of bluesy rock that not surprisingly can be compared to Gainesville contemporaries The Allman Brothers Band.
Petty's Rickenbacker is absent. With two fine lead guitar men in the band, Petty plays bass just as he did in 1972. Tom Leadon is every bit as good as famous brother Bernie though he never experienced the fame his brother did. The two trade hot licks on "June Apple," play Allman Brothers guitar harmonies on the boogie-rock "Bootleg Flyer" and trip out Grateful Dead-style on "Crystal River" which includes a great organ track from Tench. Randall Marsh's tasteful drumming completes the musical anchor. Petty's age ravaged voice sounds reborn on these tracks-as if he really has reconnected with the reality of his youth in a meaningful metaphysical way. The harmonies with Leadon add a different dimension to Petty's sound that is striking and effective.
The songs are drawn from classic American myths. Petty's songs create a compelling image of road warriors, exotic dancers and drugged out losers that can favorably be compared to Gram Parson's caricatures of the bible thumping south or even Dead lyricist Robert Hunter's ethereal western thumbnail sketches. The Byrds' "Lover of the Bayou" and the Burritos' interpretation of "Six Days on the Road," are revisited here to great effect. The garage band enthusiasm of this group carries these songs to within an iota of matching the power of the originals.
This is a must buy for anyone who is a Petty fan or a fan of Avocado Mafia superstars such as The Eagles, The Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers, Poco or Gram Parsons.
Mudcrutch. Four stars out of five.
It's still Tom Petty and Mike Campbell! May 31, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I like all of Tom's stuff mostly because it is eclectic. This is my favorite since Wildflowers. Just has those catchy middle America lyrics that the common man relates to. A little country, a little blues, a little folk - but still rock and roll. Buy it, you'll like it.
Tom Petty - back to his roots June 4, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Tom Petty and Heartbreakers, Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench, reunite with former bandmates to produce the best Petty album in years. It sounds like he and the whole group had fun making this one too. There are at least four classic Petty tunes that rival his breakout early efforts, one of them eerily remiscent of Bob Dylan in his prime. "Shady Grove" and "Six Days on the Road" go back to the group's Gainseville, Florida country roots and, as with other offerings on the album, innovative, tight instrumentals add life to these two familiar songs. Always a Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers fan, I'm now a Mudcrutch fan as well.
Tom Petty at his best June 16, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a fantastic album and hopefully not the last we hear from Mudcrutch. Not any duds here, just inspired lyrics and powerful instrumentals the whole way through. "Scare Easy" and "The Wrong Thing to Do" are clear highlights, but all were toe-tappers and showcases of the talent of these musicians. A treat to hear Tom Leadon take the lead for "Queen of the Go Go Girls" and Benmont Tench's "This Is a Good Street," though Petty is still deservedly the bread and butter vocalist here. Thoroughly enjoyed every song here and the inspiration clearly comes through!
|
|
|
Powered by Associate-O-Matic
| |
