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Solomon Burke - Make Do with What You Got Audio CD

A fair review of the Solomon Burke "Make Do with What You Got" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Solomon Burke reviews here, or go back to the Solomon Burke tabs.

Solomon Burke Band: Solomon Burke
Title: Make Do with What You Got
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Release Date: 2005-03-01
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: I Need Your Love In My Life 2: What Good Am I? 3: It Makes No Difference 4: Let Somebody Love Me 5: After All These Years 6: Fading Footsteps 7: At The Crossroads 8: I Got The Blues 9: Make Do With What You Got 10: Wealth Won�t Save Your Soul

Not as good as Don't Give Up On Me
However, this CD miss the freshness and intensity of the predesessor, his comeback CD Don't Give Up On Me. This old guy definitely can sing.


You Can Teach a Bear to Dance
It's hard to believe after the excellent "Don't Give Up on Me" (5 stars), anyone could make a Solomon Burke CD this bad. You can teach a bear to dance, but don't expect him to enjoy it or look good doing it. From the first notes of the first cut, I said to myself "Oh no". First there's the terrible mismatch of the material/arrangements which has Solomon's wonderful voice stretched to the breaking point on virtually every cut. Then there's the uninspired musicianship of the backing instumentals. And finally, even the back-up singers are often shrill and seldom mellow. This is my first review for Amazon & I'm doing it so that those who loved "Don't Give Up on Me" won't make the same mistake I did & buy "Make Do with What You've Got". If you bought this one first, don't give up on Solomon, just back up in time a little, or a lot.


Heading back to Nashville.
Was' production and Ray's guitar are precisely the kind of abominations that may have prompted Burke to give such an apologetic title to this CD. The errors on "Make Do With What You Got" start with Don Was and Ray Parker Jr. Could no one more suitable for the job be found? Why pair up the guys who gave us "Walk The Dinosaur" and the Ghostbusters theme song with the guy who gave us "Got To Get You Off Of My Mind"? It makes no sense whatsoever.

"Make Do With What You Got" is a huge let down especially when one considers the other two CDs that bookend this one - the very good "Don't Give Up On Me" (which contains a much better reworking of a Van Morrison song than this CD does - namely "Fast Train") and the excellent "Nashville", which enjoys extraordinary production values, a smoking band and a commanding Burke.

"Make Do" is middling Burke. Barely passable actually, saved only by the fact that it is Burke singing despite Ray Parker Jr's constant clam blowing and Was' white bread production.


Make DO with What you got
recording Artist to make a play to renew real music. There is nothing like "Old School.


The King Is Back
You don't just hear his music, you feel it with everything in you as he bares his soul to you. Solomon Burke sings to your soul. He sings from his heart with so much raw emotion you can't help being touched at a level few others have reached. From the 60's to his new CD nothing has changed and that is why he remains the King. .


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