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The Doobie Brothers - Sibling Rivalry Audio CD

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The Doobie Brothers Band: The Doobie Brothers
Title: Sibling Rivalry
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Release Date: 2000-10-03
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: People Gotta Love Again 2: Leave My Heartache Behind 3: Ordinary Man 4: Jericho 5: On Every Corner 6: Angels of Madness 7: 45th Floor 8: Can't Stand to Lose 9: Higher Ground 10: Gates of Eden 11: Don't Be Afraid 12: Rocking Horse 13: Five Corners

Very nice....
It's quite good, although if you're looking for more of the old Doobies' style of rock, this ain't it. I bought this on a whim when I got the "Live at Wolf Trap" DVD (one word - awesome!), and was very surprised by this effort. I would say this is a solid entry in the Adult Contemporary genre, which is undoubtedly why it got very little radio airplay. It's very well done, but it won't appeal to today's kiddies. A couple of the tunes were a bit overdone ("Jericho," "45th Floor"), but much of the disc was/is outstanding. I particularly liked "Angels of Madness," and wonder how big a hit it might have been had the album been released even 10 years ago instead of 2000.


VERY TIGHT

'Livin' on the fault line' is a 4 stars; 'the captain and me' is a 3 stars; 'Minute by minute is another' 4 stars. Being one of the most popular Californian Pop-Rock band's of the 70's, The Doobie Brothers never ever succeeded in making a tight album from start to finish; except this time.
In 'Sibling Rivalry', Amazingly, every song here rates 5 stars.
If you are a little into the Doobie Brothers music and want to buy a real tight great album.
This is the one.
.


A BIT TOO SLICK AND SLOW
Expect no big power chords here. The new version of the Doobie Brothers with originals Tom and Pat upgrade their sound with rich textures of production elements that create almost a serene feel to most of this material. The production is actually very good but dare I say, almost too rich at times, lacking the edginess that most of their releases had . Even the vocals, which include lots of guests, are a bit too layered, harmonized and optimized. <> Sibling Rivalry kicks off with great promise with "People Got To Love Again" and "Leave My Heartache Behind", both of which capture the essence of historic Doobies glory. After that things grind to a VERY slow pace and it's all the way to Track 7 before it picks up again. . . . and then immediately returns to snooze. I mean we're talking extremely Slowwwwww songs. These might work for late night candlelight but it's not at all like any previous version of the Doobs including McDonald. None of the jazz influences he brought to the table are here and that would have lent some spice to the sleepiness of this project. < >
It may say the DOOBIE BROTHERS on the cover, but except for the two openers, and the two closers- the killer cut "Rocking Horse", and the sweet little 5 Corners closer, it mostly doesn't resemble Doobie 1 or 2. .


A Real Musician's Album
Would somebody please explain why you can't like both the McDonald and Johnston eras of this excellent band? Both line ups composed and performed some fantastic music - if you like one to the exclusion of the other, you're blinkered. .

Also these silly comparisons with earlier albums. Two different albums are exactly that - Different! Its downright silly to say this sounds nothing like 'The Captain and Me' - its not meant to sound like it.

Personal taste does come into it. However, it is silly to equate this to prejudice with regard to the perceived quality of music. If you ever seriously learned to play a musical instrument - you will know what I mean.

From a musician's perspective this is fantastic album - the songs are well constructed, the arangements are complex and yet not overdone, and the performance - Wow! The singing, harmonies and sheer musicianship is breath-taking.

Give these fantastic musicians a break and stop being judgemental - sadly, you need no qualifications to pass judgement on art of any form in this day which values style over substance. . .

Well done Doobies - this is one of your finest albums - and not one duff song on the album. Keep up the good work.


Great music from a great band
They played the "ol" classics of course, but every song they played from this album was great entertainment. Got the CD after seeing the Doobies in concert at Williamsport, Pennsylvania. I bought and and can't hear it enough!.


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