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Cherry Poppin Daddies - Susquehanna Audio CD

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Cherry Poppin Daddies Band: Cherry Poppin Daddies
Title: Susquehanna
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Release Date: 2009-04-07
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Bust Out 2: The Mongoose and the Snake 3: Hi and Lo 4: Blood Orange Sun 5: White Trash Toodle Oo 6: Julie Grave 7: Roseanne 8: Hammerblow 9: Tom the Lion 10: Wingtips 11: Breathe 12: The Good Things 13: Arrancate

Great, if you are aware they have albums besides Zoot Suit Riot
Basically, for fans of the Cherry Poppin' Daddies' non-Zoot Suit Riot albums, this will be awesome. I won't say much, because the first three reviews on Google said just about the same things I want to say. They have songs that span all kinds of genres: ska, punk, jazz, rock, country, swing and more. A lot of the songs on this album have a more latin twist as well.

If you're expecting a swing album like Zoot Suit Riot, you will be disappointed, but you might know that already if you have listened to any of their other 4 albums.

Listen to Bust Out and Arrancate (English and Spanish versions of the same song). Those songs have been stuck in my head for the entire week since I first heard them.


+1/2 -- Swing band looks south of the border for new inspiration
The opportunities for success on a mass scale have further fragmented amidst the decline of commercial radio and the isolation tanks of iPods, and the chance of a left-field revival combining `40s swing and `60s ska is just that much more remote. In the decade since the Cherry Poppin' Daddies' breakthrough compilation "Zoot Suit Riot," much as changed in the music landscape. Older and wiser, the Cherry Poppin' Daddies seem to realize that the opportunity for a commercial career revival is likewise slim and that like their earliest efforts, their best direction is to follow their musical muse. That thinking has lead them back to ska beats, but wedded more often to south-of-the-border flourishes than big band swing. Flamenco provides the heavily strummed guitars, handclaps and castanets of "Roseanne," and the flute-and-guitar of "Breathe" echoes Brazillian jazz of the 1960s. The album is neatly bookended by English and Spanish-language versions of "Bust Out" ("Arra'ncate"). The horn and rhythm sections still swing dancers around the floor, as on the manic ska "White Trash Toodle Oo" and the mid-tempo rockabilly "The Mongoose and the Snake," but it's no longer the band's only calling card. There are some new elements here, including the vocal harmonies that end "Blood Orange Sun," the cool organ of "Hammerblow," and the surprisingly straight rock of "Julie Grave. " There are a few weak links stacked up at disc's end ("The Good Things" sounds like mediocre `70s soft-rock, and the vocal on "Wingtips" sounds like a rehearsal), but overall, fans will enjoy this new helping of the `Daddies ska-based eclecticism. 3-1/2 stars, if allowed fractional ratings. [©2008 hyperbolium dot com].


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